Nationally, temperatures have been a little on the cool side, especially in central and southern areas over recent times.

Below is the main centre average maximum temperatures for October 

Auckland 17

Napier 17

Wellington 16

Christchurch 17

Hokitika 15

Dunedin 15

The temperatures are fairly uniform, although the southern cities and the capital have struggled in the last couple of weeks to reach the ‘usual’ monthly average.