Dairy Flat drops to -3.1c overnight to win the coldest place across the upper North Island so far this year. This is within 0.8c of the all time record of -3.9c set by Riverhead in 1936. Several other places weren't far behind. Here is a sample across the region.
-3.1 Dairy Flat -3.0 Waitoki -2.9 Ngatea -2.9 Kaukapakapa -2.4 Waimauku -2.3 Puhoi -2.0 Riverhead -1.7 Warkworth -1.5 Clevedon -1.4 Hunua -1.3 Thames -1.0 Papakura -0.9 Albany -0.9 Greenhithe -0.6 Whenuapai -0.5 Kopu -0.4 Waiuku -0.3 Birkdale 0.0 Pakuranga 0.3 Silverdale 0.4 Red Beach 0.4 Stanmore Bay 0.7 Kaiaua 0.9 St Heliers 1.0 Matakana 1.3 Paramoremo 1.4 Auckland city 1.7 Howick 1.9 Pukekohe 2.1 Glenfield 2.3 Whitianga 2.4 Algies Bay 2.5 Ellerslie 2.5 Beach Haven 2.5 Browns Bay 2.6 Whangamata 2.6 Coromandel 2.7 Devonport 2.7 Beachlands 2.8 Waipu 3.0 Orewa 3.6 Birkenhead 3.9 Bayswater 4.4 Whangarei 4.5 Castor Bay 4.8 Rothesay Bay 4.9 Mangawhai 4.9 Belmont 5.2 Waiheke Island 5.7 Great Barrier Is 5.8 Northcote 8.3 Kawau Island
Sources: Private online weather stations. Air temperatures have been recorded on automatic weather stations at a height between 1.5 to 2m. Ground temperatures and car thermometers can be several degrees colder due to environmental differences.
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