Hawke’s Bay weekend forecast: Hot days ahead with highs near 30C

A hot weekend with some near record-breaking temperatures will lead into mostly fine weather for Hawke's Bay for the start of the week. Photo / Ian Cooper

It’s going to be a shorts and jandals weekend in Hawke’s Bay.

Temperatures around the region are set to be above 25C all weekend long, even hitting 30C in some places on Monday.

Saturday will see Wairoa and Waipukurau hit highs of 27C, Napier reaching 25C and Hastings topping the bunch on 28C.

MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane said to expect mostly settled weather conditions on Saturday, however, rain is possible for some places in the afternoon.

“But, it’s not very widespread ... just a few places might see those. Otherwise, dry for most people.”

Sunday will see similar conditions to Saturday with highs of 26C in Wairoa, 27C in Waipukurau, 25C in Napier and 28C in Hastings.

But Makgabutlane warned those living near or heading to the Ruahine Range to expect cloudier conditions and potentially heavy showers.

“Keeping an eye on the forecast would probably be a good idea,” she said.

But she added to expect no significant winds across the weekend.

Moving into Monday, expect a warm evening, cloudier conditions across the region, northwesterly winds to pick up and the heat to intensify, with Hastings predicted to hit 30C, Napier 29C, Waipukurau 28C and Wairoa 27C.

Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke’s Bay Today and has worked in radio and media in the UK, Germany, and New Zealand.