The north and west of the country got most of the warmth today with some autumn sunshine.Elsewhere, cloudy spells with one or two showers were keeping a lid on the temperatures with southwest winds.

Friday night looks likely to be relatively cool with mostly dry conditions for 90% of the nation, with just a random shower possible in the remaining 10%.

Tomorrow as an anitcyclone edges closer, more sunshine nationwide is expected and the temperatures will hopefully rise a degree or 2. The far north may see a shower on Saturday.

Today the highest temperature was recorded in Kawerau with 25 degrees and the low was 14 in Darfield.

Kaitaia : 23
Whangarei : 22
Auckland : 20
Tauranga : 23
Hamilton : 20
Whakatane : 23
Rotorua : 20
Tokoroa : 20
Taupo : 20
Gisborne : 19
New Plymouth : 23
Napier : 18
Hastings : 19
Wanganui : 21
Palmerston North : 19
Levin : 20
Kapiti : 20
Masterton : 15
Wellington : 16
Nelson : 20
Blenheim : 18
Westport : 18
Greymouth : 18
Hokitika : 17
Christchurch : 17
Timaru : 17
Oamaru : 15
Alexandra : 22
Queenstown : 17
Dunedin : 17
Invercargill :15

Bay of Islands : 22
Murchison : 22
Kaikoura : 17
Amberley : 16
Ashburton : 15
Darfield : 14
Lyttelton : 16
Hanmer Springs : 16
Milford Sound : 21
Haast : 16
Gore : 15
Dunedin Airport : 17
Manapouri : 17
Lake Rotoiti : 20
Molesworth : 16