Hawke's Bay incurred nearly five days of heavy rain last week but thankfully the taps have been tightly turned off for the weekend.
Last week the region incurred over 300mm of rain near the Kaweka Range, Wairoa more than 200mm and one farmer recorded 260mm of rainfall on his Napier farm."
Spring sunshine and barely-there breezes will settle over Hawke's Bay for the next two days before another front looms over the country.
While cloudy periods and isolated showers were expected in the north and west of both islands, warm temperatures are likely to continue in the east, with maximum temperatures reaching into the twenties.
MetService meteorologist Tui McInnes said spring is generally a bumpy month for weather patterns, but he was happy to see bright weather from Hawke's Bay stretching down to Wellington.