{"id":560140,"date":"2026-08-05T21:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/560140\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:22:13","slug":"north-island-town-registers-near-record-low-as-cold-snap-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/560140\/","title":{"rendered":"North Island town registers near-record low as cold snap bites"},"content":{"rendered":"

One area has recorded its coldest temperature in nearly two decades this morning as a cold snap<\/a> continues to bite across the country. <\/p>\n

MetService said “the mercury has plummeted across the country with many places recording their coldest temperature this year”.<\/p>\n

“Auckland is the coldest it’s been since 2021, and Taumarunui has recorded its 3rd coldest temperature ever (records begin in 2007),” the forecaster said.<\/p>\n

Shortly after 6am MetService meteorologist Maddy Neal told 1News that Mount Cook airport recorded a low of \u201310C this morning.<\/p>\n

\"Frost<\/p>\n

Frost pictured in Auckland’s Waiatarua Reserve (right) and \u014crewa this morning. (Source: Jack Horsnell )<\/p>\n

She said Pukaki Airport recorded \u20139C at that time. <\/p>\n

“Alexandra got down to \u20138C as of 6am this morning, and Christchurch got down to \u20133.7C as of 6am this morning.” <\/p>\n

Tourist hotspot Queenstown recorded \u20135.2C. <\/p>\n

Invercargill recorded \u20135.3C, which was their coldest recorded temperature this year. <\/p>\n

Neal said there were also “very cold temperatures across the North Island today”. <\/p>\n

Auckland Airport this morning got down to 2.5C. <\/p>\n

Hamilton Airport recorded \u20132.4C at 5am. <\/p>\n

\u201cWellington was a bit warmer, we only got down to a minimum of 7.8C this morning,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s been a little bit of cloud about, so that has kept that wee bit warmer.\u201d <\/p>\n

Taup\u014d recorded \u20135.8C, and Palmerston North got down to \u20132.8C. <\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A frosty Waiatarua Reserve in Auckland on August 6 (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Temperatures noticeably plummeted<\/a> earlier this week and have continued to stay cold across the country, prompting some traffic chaos in Dunedin<\/a> and rare snow flurries in Wellington. <\/p>\n

Yesterday Transpower said it was keeping a close eye on the situation, saying it did not anticipate any impact to electricity supply<\/a> and New Zealanders did not need to take any action. <\/p>\n

It told 1News this morning that it was looking likely that a new record had be set for electricity use. <\/p>\n

MetService warned that tomorrow morning could be even colder, especially for the North Island, so people should “make the most of todays afternoon sunshine”. <\/p>\n

Neal said there would likely be “frost for most parts of the North Island tomorrow morning and also the South Island too. <\/p>\n

\u201cHamilton and Te Kuiti are looking like some of the coldest for the North Island at \u20135C being forecast for tomorrow morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cAlso the likes of Dannevirke and Masterton and the Wairarapa also looking very cold.\u201d <\/p>\n

Drivers were urged to slow down, drive to the conditions and watch out for black ice. <\/p>\n

The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including a billboard blunder for Auckland\u2019s CRL, dangerous turbulence on a flight, and a new twist in the Beckham family feud. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One area has recorded its coldest temperature in nearly two decades this morning as a cold snap continues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69,3393],"class_list":["post-560140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-weather-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560140","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=560140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}