Temperatures are expected to drop to freezing or below this week as Southern Ocean winds blow over the country.<\/p>\n
A low pressure system is expected to continue to bring showers and some clouds along the eastern and lower parts of both islands, which would influence temperatures.<\/p>\n
South Island inland areas could even see temperatures in the negative, MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane said.<\/p>\n
Most of the South Island was forecast to wake up to single digit temperatures on Wednesday, with Blenheim, Queenstown, Christchurch and Timaru expected some of the coldest areas.<\/p>\n
For the remaining days this week, Christchurch’s low temperatures range from -4C on Thursday to 1C on Wednesday. For Timaru, the low range is from -3C to -1C, for Blenheim -2C to -1C, and for Queenstown -4C to 2C.<\/p>\n
A high temperature of 4C on Thursday in Wanaka was about four degrees below average, MetService said on its X page.<\/p>\n
“Still a long way off the coldest maximum of -1.1\u00b0C at that station.”<\/p>\n
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