Tauranga's dry, hot spell was well and truly broken with today's deluge of rain.
Up until 8pm today, MetService had recorded 20.2mm of rainfall with more still to come throughout the night and tomorrow.
Despite no respite from the downpour, temperatures today stayed in the 20s and overnight Tauranga could expect a low of 19 degrees.
The warm weather was expected to continue tomorrow with a high of 23C and a low of 19C again overnight.
But don't expect a break from the rain. MetService has predicted rainfall will become heavy with a chance of afternoon thunder tomorrow.