"We had a bit of a windy period on Friday that brought a few trees down.
"We have been monitoring the erosion at Clifton. Haumoana got hit but mainly just by debris, otherwise Haumoana and Ocean Beach are fine."
Unison Networks customer relations officer Danny Gough said lineman had been prepared for the worst but in the end "dodged a bullet".
"We were very well prepared, knowing that the storm was coming from a long way out. We took all precautions and had crews on stand-by, but luckily for us we had no power outages.
"We may have had the odd pocket here or there, a single household that went without power for a little while, but nothing significant.
"Wellington bore the brunt of it."
In Wellington, linemen struggled to restore power after more than 1200 homes were left in the dark.
While Hawke's Bay did not experience prolonged periods of heavy downpours as forecast, some areas suffered localised surface flooding.
The bitter southwesterly kept temperatures barely in double digits, with a high of 12C on Friday and 11C on Saturday in Napier, while in Hastings highs of 10C and 11C were recorded on the same days.
An Air New Zealand spokesman said six flights in and out of Hawke's Bay Airport were cancelled on Friday due to the storm. All six were to or from Wellington and were scratched due to high winds in the capital. Saturday saw the resumption of normal flight operations.
The MetService 10-day forecast predicts an extended fine spell, interrupted by a just few brief showers this week. Today, Napier will reach a high of 15C, while in Hastings a maximum temperature of 14C is expected.
Southwesterlies will keep the temperatures in the low to mid-teens, while some early morning frosts are forecast, with overnight lows dropping to 1C in the twin cities tomorrow.
