Hawke’s Bay weather: Hastings has high of 26.4C on Sunday

The sun has been shining in Hastings as the first month of spring draws to an end.

Hastings has claimed the warmest September temperature for Hawke’s Bay.

While the average in September is usually around 17.1C, Hastings beat that by 9.3C reaching a high of 26.4C on Sunday, according to MetService meteorologist Oscar Shiviti.

“The previous hottest day was 23.6C and that was way back on the 18th [of September].”

Napier had a high of 24.5C to end the weekend.

Shiviti said this was due to a change in the air mass, with the winds turning north-westerly.

“Typically, we have westerly and south-westerly winds which bring cooler air masses over the country, but then we had a period where we had north-westerly winds, which brought a bit of warmer air mass over the area, hence the slightly higher temperatures.”

Shiviti said the hottest day of 2025 for the region was in February when it reached 31.9C.

He said the weather for the rest of the week would be changeable with a drop to 19C on Tuesday.

For the remainder of the week temperatures would be between 20C and 21C.

“It’s that story of changeable weather so bands of rain and dry conditions.”

Michaela Gower joined Hawke’s Bay Today in 2023 and is based out of the Hastings newsroom. She covers Dannevirke and Hawke’s Bay news and loves sharing stories about farming and rural communities.