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Winter in Ophir

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Winter in Ophir

Some of New Zealand’s coldest temperatures have been recorded in Ophir in Central Otago. At 3 p.m. on 13 July 2007, the temperature was minus 6ºC and Blacks Hotel was surrounded by hoar frost.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Climate, plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22622/winter-in-ophir (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.