As we approach mid-winter, Napier today was the warmest place in NZ with a high of 16 degrees...
We have had the chilliest autumn in NZ so far with 5 white frosts so far during autumn in Hawke's Bay, the coldest being on Thursday morning when we got down to minus 0.7 degrees... :-)
Last winter we had 4 frosts from May to October.... so we are exceeding that already!!!!!!!!!
We have our log fire going most nights... it keeps the house really warm. The logs cost about $230 (about 90 UK pounds) for the winter so that is much less than oil or gas central heating for a year!
Last weekend was very cold with snow down to 200m. We are at 90m above sea level but we had hail at our place and there were a couple of snow showers in Napier!!! Very unusual.
The Kaweka Range (about 30 miles west) is now snow covered and will be that way until late September. It was actually covered in white for a couple of days in March when we has a cold blast of weather come up from the South Pole.
Global warming is not happening in NZ this year!!!!!
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