Temperature soars to 34C in Canterbury as summer heat blasts

Metservice meteorologist Tuporo Marsters stated that Hanmer Springs in Canterbury took the highest spot at 34C.

Dunedin, Blenheim and Oxford additionally reached 31C, and warmth alerts have been in place for a lot of locations throughout the nation.

Marsters stated a heat northwesterly circulate of air coming round from the tropics drove temperatures up.

On Sunday, the deep south is predicted to chill off, however the North Island can be scorching nonetheless.

Within the North Island, solely Auckland was hit with a warmth alert and forecast to achieve ranges of 28C.

An lively entrance will deliver transient heavy rain to the west of the South Island, in addition to robust northwest winds to uncovered components of central and southern New Zealand, MetService stated.

A heavy rain warning was in place for Fiordland, north of George Sound and Westland, south of Haast from 12am to 4pm on Sunday.

MetService stated there may very well be as much as 110 millimetres of rain on the ranges with peak charges of 15 to 25 mm per hour.

There have been additionally a number of heavy rain watches in place, together with for Fiordland south of George Sound, Westland between Haast and Otira, and the headwaters of the Otago Lakes and Rivers.

In the meantime, there have been additionally robust wind watches for Wairarapa, Wellington, Fiordland, Southland, Stewart Island and Clutha, and Canterbury Excessive Nation.

Different locations within the South Island will even really feel temperatures drop, MetService stated.