A cold southerly is very slowly heading north today bringing a dramatic drop in temperatures.

Around noon Oamaru hit 30 degrees and within 29 minutes had fallen to just 12.  Timaru and Dunedin have also temperatures drop from near the 30 degree mark to around 13 following the cold southerly change.

Christchurch is next in the firing line with the cold change likely late this afternoon.  The temperature has been around 29 degrees in the past hour at the airport however private weather stations are now recording temperatures over 30 degrees.

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The heat is continuing to affect other regions too with Hastings on 27 and Gisborne on 26.  Napier has 25.

Invercargill has just 11 with a gale force westerly and Wellington has just 15.  It’s 20 in Auckland.