Wind chills below zero, strong southerlies – it was a wintry Saturday over New Zealand.

For the most part this system is fairly dry and we don’t expect a lot of snow around the country – but certainly most ranges will get a dusting and for those in Southland and Otago in particular expect more snow flurries off and on across Saturday, then into the Central North Island. 

Below are photos sent in to our Twitter and Facebook pages across Saturday.

Stay warm!

Rimutaka Range at the tail end of the southerly – Grant Joyce, uploaded to our Facebook page.

Sun’s poking out in Queenstown / Tim Niven via our Facebook page.

Nice & snowy walk to the airport this morning (Frankton, Queenstown) / Stacey Arendt  via our Facebook page.

“ooops, not a good idea to leave your redbands outside!!! Dipton this morning” – Heather And Graham Milligan via our Facebook page. 

A good inch here in Cromwell.â„â„â„â„☃ pic.twitter.com/2eVauRH7AE

— Malcolm Rees-Francis (@Pno_nwa) May 19, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ #nottropical at #WaikakaStn pic.twitter.com/iahx6uyA6o

— The Patersons (@waikakagenetics) May 19, 2017

Off to football soon. Hard to see by my photo but there is fresh snow on the port hills. @NapierinFrame @WeatherWatchNZ @PhilipDuncan pic.twitter.com/NHEOu27FVe

— James Morrison (@weatherbom) May 19, 2017

Just dropping below 2C with a sleety shower passing over #Dunedin airport. @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/yA4b2gZ094

— Tim Slade (@SamandMaxPhoto) May 19, 2017

Pretty good coating in the south this morning! @WeatherWatchNZ
Your missing all the fun @wainuidairies ! pic.twitter.com/VTSKocjAHI

— Bruce (@fairleigh_ag) May 19, 2017

First winter in the deep south. This was a super exciting find to wake up to. Snowing in Balclutha! @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/3FmgbmQ5UM

— Rebekah Fraser (@bexjfraser) May 19, 2017

3am west otago…….. @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/YHYQEYmiI4

— Bruce (@fairleigh_ag) May 19, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ Didnt mean that ‘ugh’, I’ll just harden up pic.twitter.com/oA17vJFBR6

— greg (@pregtester) May 19, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ wet snow now, settling to around 100m pic.twitter.com/OIenOohDmE

— Tim Slade (@SamandMaxPhoto) May 19, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ Ugh pic.twitter.com/BRICFz3VKu

— greg (@pregtester) May 19, 2017

Snow falling quite heavily here in Kaikorai (Dunedin) but not settling yet. @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/KMRNrvBLav

— Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl) May 19, 2017

Cold start to the day in Balfour! @WeatherWatchNZ #agchatnz #431AM #Southland pic.twitter.com/H4oOlbhvVf

— Anieka Venekamp (@AniekaNick) May 19, 2017

@massivepeace @WeatherWatchNZ And yes!! Even prettier sitting in the spa pic.twitter.com/UXfbNu9GLA

— Chanelle (@Chandy229) May 19, 2017

Snow storm – Port Chalmers, Dunedin @WeatherWatchNZ @MetService @StormHour #otagoharbour pic.twitter.com/WDT9W0PtJN

— Chris Hibberd (@chrisanddannz) May 19, 2017

Antarctica blast calls for pumpkin and kumara soup! @WeatherWatchNZ @nzfoods #christchurchnz pic.twitter.com/SYk1d54lEp

— michelle (@JoinMichellea) May 19, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ A moment of blue sky but it hasn’t stopped snowing here in Cromwell yet @alexwohara pic.twitter.com/pmiiSJKdfZ

— Malcolm Rees-Francis (@Pno_nwa) May 19, 2017

Normally we can’t get her out into the cold. Today we can’t get her in. First snowfall for Indie! @WeatherWatchNZ #dunedin #DunnerStunner pic.twitter.com/C60Bkw1hKb

— Phil Lemin (@phil_lemin) May 19, 2017

No wonder it was a bit brisk this morning! #huttvalley #wellingtonlive pic.twitter.com/C5nGva7Buj

— Lainey (@nzgirlemd) May 19, 2017