Hawke's Bay is expected to have mainly fine weather on Saturday and Sunday before an end to more than a week without rain through much of the region.
According to national weather agency MetService, Napier had the country's maximum temperature on Friday, at 19.5C, and, along with much of the rest of the region from Wairoa to Waipukurau could expect fine weather until a change on Sunday.
Occasional rain is forecast from Sunday afternoon, becoming more persistent with northwesterlies turning to southerlies, with continued rain early next week, with temperatures forecast to reach up to 20C on Sunday, but later in the week to be no higher than 11-12C.
An earlier turn to rain was forecast for the Dannevirke area on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's monthly rainfall summary shows rain in July was within the "normal" range for the month, though above normal in some places across the Heretaunga and Ruataniwha plains'.
