Dunedinites might be thinking all their Christmas’s have come at once, as once more the southern city steals the show this morning, with the top temperature in the country of 22 degrees.

The wettest stakes goes to Milford Sound with some heavy falls in a nor’ wester and the windiest centre is Wellington with a northerly gusting up to 50 kph.

Main centres

Auckland18

Hamilton 14

Tauranga 18

Dunedin 22