As we predicted on Monday, the south east of the South Island was going to be in for a northern hemisphere Christmas and that’s exactly what they got! Dunedin Airport’s highest temperature was just 12 degrees.

Meanwhile the nation’s high went to Murchison with 26.

Kaitaia : 23
Whangarei : 22
Auckland : 21
Tauranga : 24
Hamilton : 21
Whakatane : 25
Rotorua : 21
Tokoroa : 20
Taupo : 20
Gisborne : 21
New Plymouth : 21
Napier : 24
Hastings : 24
Wanganui : 21
Palmerston North : 22
Levin : 22
Kapiti : 22
Masterton : 21
Wellington : 18
Nelson : 21
Blenheim : 19
Westport : 20
Greymouth : 18
Hokitika : 19
Christchurch : 16
Timaru : 13
Oamaru : 13
Alexandra : NA
Queenstown : 16
Dunedin : 14
Invercargill : 16

Bay of Islands : 22
Murchison : 26
Kaikoura : 18
Culverden : 14
Ashburton : 13
Darfield : 14
Lyttelton : 16
Hanmer Springs : 16
Timaru Gardens : 12
Milford Sound : 19
Haast : 20
Gore : 13
Dunedin Airport : 12
Manapouri : 14
Lake Rotoiti : 18
Molesworth : 14