It was a dramatic weekend with winds close to 200km/h, snow, downpours and dramatic temperatures. This week isn't so crazy with the first few days of the week far more settled and a bit milder. By the the end of the week gales and rain returns with a potential short lived polar blast on Sunday and next Monday (Aug1)
Summer lovers rejoice.
We are gaining 10 minutes a week of extra sunlight as we hit the tail end of winter, says WeatherWatch's Philip Duncan.
Five weeks on from the shortest day of the year, our days are getting longer.
Duncan says the upper North Island has passed the10-hour mark of daily sunshine, and Auckland is now getting 10 hours and 7 minutes a day. Whangarei is enjoying the most daily sunshine hours at 10 hours and 9 minutes.
The lower South Island, by comparison, has 50 minutes less daylight. Invercargill is recording 9 hours and 19 minutes per day.
