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Kōrero: Weather

Record temperatures, 1865–2004

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Record temperatures, 1865–2004

This table shows the record high and low air temperatures for New Zealand since readings started in the 1860s. It also shows the lowest grass temperature, which indicates the extent of the frost.

Updated information: Climate extremes (NIWA)

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Erick Brenstrum, Weather – Highs – anticyclones, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/7745/record-temperatures-1865-2004 (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Erick Brenstrum, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.