If you were thinking things have become suddenly much cooler than what they were, official weather records will prove you right.
Despite today's cold snap in Tauranga, Metservice has confirmed the city has experienced its warmest autumn since records began in 1913, with last month was the warmest May ever.
In the Metservice's rural outlook it said May had been extremely mild due to the combination of frequent northwesterlies and warmer than usual seas around the country.
The first half of the month was exceptionally warm, and even with a wintry end to the month, many new May temperature records were set around New Zealand.
It was the warmest May on record for five of the six main centres. Dunedin observing its third warmest May.