![Antarctic blast to slash Hawke's Bay temperatures by up to 10 degrees](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Antarctic blast to slash Hawke's Bay temperatures by up to 10 degrees
Daytime temperatures could drop by 10 degrees by the weekend.
Daytime temperatures could drop by 10 degrees by the weekend.
MetService National Weather: March 12th - 16th. Video / Metservice
March is about to feel more like May, as a polar surge brings chilly weekend temperatures.
Much of the North Island lies under a severe electrical storm watch until 6pm.
MetService Severe Weather: Monday March 4th Video / MetService
Metservice said anything above 6mm of rain an hour was considered heavy rain.
A smattering of severe weather watches have been issued with more possible.
MetService National Weather: March 2nd - 5th Video / MetService
Conditions will turn in the south on Saturday, ushering in days of wet and wild weather.
Meteorologist's gloomy forecast spells doom for cricket fans today.
MetService Severe Weather: 19th - 21st February. Video / Metservice
Wind gusts of up to 130km/h will strike parts of the country today.
Temperatures will be "above average" for the North Island to start the week.
MetService National Weather: February 12th-14th.
New Zealand recorded its hottest day in over three years yesterday, almost reaching 37C.
Time to hit the beach - Auckland temperatures are about to hit up to 30C.
The warmest temperature on record for a January in Tauranga was in 1983: 33.7C.
People shouldn’t put away their raincoats and umbrellas just yet.
Slips were reported in Taranaki and a Hamilton concert was reportedly forced to end early.
Rain should start in upper North Island later Saturday evening, then set in for weekend.
Holiday hotspots around Coromandel and Northland would also see rain, hot temps up to 28C.
Holiday hotspots around Coromandel and Northland would also see rain, hot temps up to 28C.
Cold air from the south will sweep muggy conditions in the north for two days.
If it's felt uncomfortably, unusually hot - even for January - there's data to show why.
Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty was the hottest town on Monday, hitting 31.7C.
MetService Severe Weather: January 19th-22nd. Video / Metservice
MetService National Weather: January 19th-21st. Video / Metservice