A southerly change has brought temperatures down across Hawke's Bay today, and temperatures are forecast to stay mild for much of the week.
Both Napier and Hastings reached 27 degrees today but will drop to a cool 14 degrees tonight.
MetService meteorologist Tom Adams said the southerly change that has just gone through Hawke's Bay has brought with it some rain.
"There is some rain spreading north at the moment and that's going to bring some slightly cooler temperatures, so for example tomorrow's high for Napier/Hastings is only 20 degrees," Adams said.
"The rest of the week is just sort of gradually cooling as the southerly winds die out and just looks like for tomorrow and the next day, it's just going to be cloudy with the odd shower about."