It's shaping up to be a foretaste of summer, with days of scorching temperatures as high as 26C in store for many parts of New Zealand starting tomorrow.
After a tumultuous week where we reached for our thick coats and turned heaters up as snow coated the deep south and strong, icy winds and squally showers lashed the country, eastern and northern regions of both islands will be bathed in sunshine for much of next week.
![Parts of New Zealand will bask in summer temperatures after the South Island was coated in fresh snowfall. Photo / Logan Church](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YQSSSS7TYC3UGRQXYKPE5N7SAM.jpg?auth=6d6e52e1a140aae8770cf4b43743215baba23baf10c4d217d473cd74923b4489&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Both Christchurch and Napier will see the mercury rise to a balmy 24C on Sunday.
But the week will kick off on an even hotter note if you're in Kaikoura, where temperatures are tipped to reach 26C, or Gisborne, which will welcome a sizzling, sunny 25C as a pool of hot air from Australia cloaks the country.