It’s funny – almost every year without fail – we get a decent cold snap (Chch – April) so we finally decide to chuck on the winter duck-down douvet & flanelette sheets…then what happens ?
NW heat for days…u gotta laugh !
Now that we are in May however, even after a warm day – we are v. v. unlikely to get a warm night – just not enough solar input any more down here…winter has begun. Sleeping is COZY…nice 🙂

LOL not like Auckland here. Had to get up a few times in April to flick the heater on with cold overnight temperatures. Had it on a fair bit over April with low temps and 0C several times. Jan//Feb were also bad months for that. Our mountain froze solid in Jan and March … summer.  Got sick from the very crisp SW air in April, when it was around 4C and 41% and up against the warmer SE … something colder than an SE is unreal in itself. Have enjoyed the warmth from the Westerlies ex Oz though at night times, but a rogue cold/arid SW keeps spoiling it.  Been a very, very strange summer for lack of humidity and the South Island haranguing us. Mountain drainage & inversion has been cold this summer too and was frigid on occasions in March … stable air. Otaki people also complaining about very cold mornings over summer and needing a heater on, and also like us with stinking hot afternoon drainage. My order is for a return to nice, mild nights with wind in one direction or with one temp only. It has been a summer of extremes. 

I HATE sleeping in winter! First I go to bed with cold feet so I can’t get to sleep until they warm up. Then I wake up with cold ears and don’t want to get out of bed. And the weight of so many blankets in winter is oppressive too. I could carry on about the many horrid things about sleeping in winter, let’s just leave it at I’m a summer sleeper!