The dreary weather that caused sport cancellations and kept locals inside for much of the weekend was a precursor to the icy-cold temperature drop coming this week.
According to MetService, wind reached 69km and there was 10.4mm of rain recorded on Saturday. The total rainfall forecasted yesterday was 6.9mm, with some short spouts of heavy and thundery falls.
"There were some heavy falls forecasted [yesterday] but they were relatively short-lived," MetService meteorologist Emma Blades said.
She said Saturday saw the most rain for the week but compared with other areas of the North Island, Rotorua "got off pretty easy".
"There were some fronts going over the North Island with some areas getting around 9mm of rain in one hour. Comparatively the most rain Rotorua had in one hour was 4mm which isn't as bad."