Temperatures range greatly this afternoon with the hottest parts in central and northern areas and the coldest in eastern and southern parts of the Mainland.

Hottest

Blenheim 28

Gisborne 27

Napier 26

Coolest

Timaru 13

Oamaru 13

Gore 13

Windiest

Welington with a northerly averaging almost 60 kph

Paraparaumu with a northerly gusting near 60 kph

Wettest

Paraparaumu with almost 2mm in the last hour