Invercargill could be the warmest place in New Zealand on Tuesday. Photo / 123rf
Invercargill could be the warmest place in New Zealand on Tuesday. Photo / 123rf
New Zealand's southernmost city is set to give the Far North a run for its money with a forecaster picking it to have the country's hottest temperature today.
Weather forecaster Niwa has predicted a high of 26C in Invercargill on Tuesday, topping Kaitaia's high of 21C.
Meanwhile, MetService has cappedthe temperature in the Southland town at 22C with a low of 11C.
It looks like Invercargill could be in the running for NZ's warmest temperature on Tuesday afternoon 😎 pic.twitter.com/A0MXmh19hP
It follows a dramatic week of weather across the country - with hail storms battering parts of New Zealand, and even certain suburbs in Auckland, while others remained sunny.
Mother Nature had a flair for the dramatic in the skies above Auckland this evening! 🌇
Showers, high clouds, mid clouds, low clouds, and a colourful display to boot! pic.twitter.com/lWlcfwqI9N
Summer thunderstorms dumped heavy hail and torrential rain sparked flash flooding in the upper South Island on Boxing day, causing extensive crop damage.
Heavy hail blanketed Motueka on December 26, with a tally of the damage it caused to orchards in the area by an industry association in the millions.
Richard Clarkson, president of the Motueka Fruit Growers Association, said some growers had lost their entire crops, RNZ reported.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, a burst of hail in the central North Island made some residents' backyards look like they were coated in snow.
Tauranga resident Justine Laidlaw said her Oropi home was hammered with a "freak hailstorm" on Sunday, which lasted for about 30 minutes.
