{"id":559510,"date":"2026-08-05T06:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559510\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:58:09","slug":"snow-hits-rural-gisborne-colder-nights-forecast-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559510\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow hits rural Gisborne, colder nights forecast ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">MetService meteorologist John Law said a combination of \u201ca feed of cold air from the south and a steady stream of showers running up the eastern coast\u201d had brought snow to the higher parts of Tair\u0101whiti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">He said wet conditions could be expected.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" Emerson Ribbon enjoys the snow at Wharerata Lookout, along State Highway 2, on Wednesday. Photo \/ Evie Ribbon\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> Emerson Ribbon enjoys the snow at Wharerata Lookout, along State Highway 2, on Wednesday. Photo \/ Evie Ribbon<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cToday [Wednesday], we\u2019ll continue to see showers moving into the region, with the chance of some hail in the mix. There could still be some flurries of snow over the highest ranges this morning (above about 500m) but, as we head through the day, these are expected to turn to rain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Snow on the hills at Tahunga, Gisborne District. Photo \/ Tegan Langlands\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Snow on the hills at Tahunga, Gisborne District. Photo \/ Tegan Langlands<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">Showers overnight and into tomorrow morning were expected to be confined to the coast, with sunny weather emerging across most of the region in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile it stays a little cloudier and windier today, our daytime temperatures in Gisborne will struggle to get out of single figures and overnight lows of 4C are forecast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Horses covered up at Tahunga, Gisborne District. Photo \/ Tegan Langlands\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Horses covered up at Tahunga, Gisborne District. Photo \/ Tegan Langlands<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">He said Thursday night could see temperatures drop  further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWith clearer skies and lighter winds, the temperature is likely to drop down below freezing and is likely to be our coldest night of the year so far.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Dave Phillips snapped this picture of snow at \u016aawa, Gisborne District. Photo \/ Dave Phillips\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Dave Phillips snapped this picture of snow at \u016aawa, Gisborne District. Photo \/ Dave Phillips<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWith cold conditions and wet roads, there is the chance of some frosty and icy roads so take extra time and care on the roads, especially during the night and early mornings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/gisborne-herald\/news\/black-ice-crash-near-gisborne-caught-on-video-as-car-skids-off-sh2\/FKTXXVX4XFAIRFWWEA36E27MOE\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/gisborne-herald\/news\/black-ice-crash-near-gisborne-caught-on-video-as-car-skids-off-sh2\/FKTXXVX4XFAIRFWWEA36E27MOE\/\">Three vehicles slipped on black ice<\/a> along State Highway 2, in the Whareratas, and crashed last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MetService meteorologist John Law said a combination of \u201ca feed of cold air from the south and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3017,45290,186692,2841,7557,275340,5616,12506,4508,1304,111,43,139,11550,69,78383,530,3175,6633,1961,13032],"class_list":["post-559510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-ahead","tag-blast","tag-colder","tag-country","tag-district","tag-dusting","tag-forecast","tag-gisborne","tag-hits","tag-morning","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nights","tag-nz","tag-polar","tag-residents","tag-rural","tag-snow","tag-this","tag-woke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}