After a cool start, the sun shone in many places today without too much wind and most temperatures reflected this in being a little higher overall than yesterday. A southerly however still made itself known in one or two eastern areas.

Tonight looks as if a very cool night is on the way once again, with temperatures getting close to that zero mark in some inland and southern regions.

Wednesday should be a hummer over more than 95% of the country with just a little cloud and drizzle about Fiordland being the only blip on the radar at this stage.

The top temperature was 24 in Kaitaia and the low was 14 in Waiouru.

Kaitaia : 24
Whangarei : 21
Auckland : 20
Tauranga : 22
Hamilton : 21
Whakatane : 21
Rotorua : 19
Tokoroa : 20
Taupo : 19
Gisborne : 17
New Plymouth : 20
Napier : 19
Hastings : 18
Wanganui : 19
Palmerston North : 19
Levin : 19
Kapiti : 19
Masterton : 17
Wellington : 16
Nelson : 19
Blenheim : 17
Westport : 19
Greymouth : 18
Hokitika : 18
Christchurch : 19
Timaru : 18
Oamaru : 18
Alexandra : 23
Queenstown : 20
Dunedin : 21
Invercargill : 17

Bay of Islands : 23
Murchison : 23
Kaikoura : 15
Culverden : 23
Amberley: 22
Ashburton : 21
Darfield: 21
Lyttelton : 15
Hanmer Springs : 23
Milford Sound : 18
Haast : 19
Gore : 19
Dunedin Airport : 21
Manapouri : 19
Lake Rotoiti : 21
Molesworth : 19