Eastern areas were again the hottest part of the country today as north to nor’ west winds starting to kick into gear as an approaching front moved in from the Tasman Sea.

“Canterbury had a day that’s hardly occurred throughout the entire summer” says WeatherWatch.co.nz  weather analyst Richard Green.” We had a very  warm nor’ wester pick up over parts of the province with lots of warm sunshine this afternoon and it seems that daytime highs in this part of the world have been higher this month compared to last month which is very unusual ” Mr Green said.

WeatherWatch.co.nz  facebook readers also enjoyed some of the warmth “The sun has just come out in christchurch. It’s almost 25deg!” said Tracy and Jason put it succinctly  with “sunny and warm in Christchurch”.

The comments kept coming and Cindy posted “Started off cloudy in Christchurch now its sunny , hot & muggy :)just beautiful” and further north Alex stated “Hot and windy in Rangiora. It was cold yesterday.”

It wasn’t smelling of roses everywhere though as Ann said  “Wellington damp, windy and miserable.”and then added later “Wellington has had a stink of a summer. Virtually on tomatoes, peppers or eggplants to harvest this year “.

Tonight, wet and windy conditions are set to cross many parts of the nation but clearer skies should be back by tomorrow morning however the odd shower could still linger in places during Sunday.

Story by WeatherWatch.co.nz weather analyst Richard Green