Whakatane is currently sitting on 28 degrees as a hot nor’wester blows across the Bay.

Tauranga is currently at 26 while Rotorua and further east, Gisborne, have 25.

Temperatures this high aren’t common in November across these regions according to WeatherWatch.co.nz.  

Skies are starting to finally clear over Auckland after several gloomy days.  It’s hovering around 20 degrees in downtown Auckland.

22 is the spread across Waikato and coastal Hawkes Bay with 23 inland about Hastings and Masterton. 

Slightly cooler winds are keeping temperatures down to around 16 and 17 over Horowhenua and Manawatu and 18 around Wanganui, New Plymouth and Wellington.

In the South Island Christchurch has 20 with Blenheim on 22, meanwhile a cool sou’west has Dunedin on 16 while a gale force westerly, gusting to 85km/h, has Invercargill on 14.