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Issued at 23rd January at 10:09 am by Russell Voice

Sunny skies with a light veil of high cloud, more extensive from evening. Light winds early, tending blustery NW, strong at night. Pleasant conditions and very warm temperatures under high pressure. Freezing Level: 3600m

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Low
9°C

snow Chance
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24 January 6:09am

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6 January 4:44am

WEATHER ANALYST - Russell Voice

Monthly Outlook for January.

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☀️ EVEN HOTTER FOR PARTS OF CANTERBURY TOMORROW 34-36 degrees forecast for inland basins.

🌡YOUR DAILY HIGHS FOR THURSDAY - brought to you by Plains Power.

☁️ Our cooler southerly flow tracked north this morning; confining parts of South & Mid Canterbury to the early twenties.

➡️Keep an eye out for the odd isolated shower this evening about the Canterbury Foothills and Upper Canterbury Plains. For many areas and towns it will be a cooler more pleasant evening.

Hawarden 32.1, Cheviot 31, Culverden 31, Waiau 31, Hanmer Springs 30, Twizel 30, Lake Tekapo 30, Mt Lyford Village 29, Oxford 29, Amberley 29, Omarama 29, Darfield 28, Rangiora 28, Mt Cook Village 28, Castle Hill Village 27, Kaikoura 27, Methven 27, Christchurch 26, Rolleston 26, Akaroa 26, Gore Bay 25, Leeston 25, Arthurs Pass Village 24, Fairlie 23, Geraldine 23, Waimate 21, Timaru 21, Ashburton 21.

➡️More on the incoming heat - https://cwu.co.nz/news/canterbury-set-to-sizzle-even-hotter-and-drier-weather-moving-in/

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Reached 45 at our place today so hot

Hi Janice I played golf today and it was 41. Didn’t finish the last three holes.

Tom Sherborne good day good day

Damian Connor-Eddy

Sarah 'Holt' Ward

Jadie Babie Savannah Jane fml

Emma 😓

Ashburton was really pleasant today, at the bottom of the temperature range. I’d be quite happy to come last in those stakes again tomorrow and for the next few days.

Was defo that temp in Waipra on the hills in the vineyards today all for a glass of wine 🍾🍾🍸🍷🍷😎😎

10.30 am at our house in Oxford

Had to work in that heat all day, not good. 😥😥

Just been perfect at Motunau Beach with a hint of a breeze every now and then

“Only” 30 degrees in Twizel, thank goodness 😅

Sitting in Springfield it’s abit chilly

In Waipara today, I know it's not exact

Awesome spectacular

Beautiful photo

Boyaaaa

Yahoo about time ☀️☀️😎

It wouldn't take much to get hotter than it was here today. No harvesting at all.

Megan Russell we picked a great day for tomorrow 😉

Temp still sux in chch. 22!

cooled down with this sw coming thru

Love it!

Crikey!

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I'll believe it when it happens as the cloud has put a cap on the temperatures so far this summer.

Wow bit like here really. Hope you don't get the fires tho.

WOW good job we have sun hats!

bring back the days of the high of 16

Might have to cut those marshmallows Simon Van Der Heyden 🙄🤪

Terrible in waipara

Jacqui omg meant too be hot as 🤦‍♀️

Think I'll be taking the week off Kylie Malin

Nick, Simon time for a mish 🛶 🐬

Jeremy Bond see 35-36 inland

For the next 10 days in Timaru, nothing over 28 degrees. Can hardly call this summer! Give me some 32+ degrees please

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Extremely dry driving upto culverden, amazing how quickly that green grass turns yellow.

Dark clouds over Staveley at the moment. Looks like it's gonna rain! The temp drop is nice tho

Nah can't do it, feel sorry for people working in kitchens, me included 😔

Just got back from Banff -33 celcius with wind chill 2 days, Jasper -47 with wind chill for 3 days last wk. Was amazing to experience but was an extreme weather event lots of warnings. Vancouver was mild at 8 degrees. Bit hot arriving in chch yesterday..

Why don't they just make it from NOW!!!!??? 🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔🤔

I love this kind of weather however bedrooms upstairs get so hot its unbearable may need to buy another fan as we only have one.

Melissa Hannan - keep hydrated lady 🍾

Was a hard day working in the vineyard, so freaking hot and dry.

Inside with a the a/c cranked kinda day if it gets mid 30 😳 Dan Lodge

Courtaney Pownall no burn offs for our wedding....clear skies woohoo!!! Was worried to have a wedding weekend surrounded by smoke.

Sounds like our summer

Finally..summer 👍🔥🌡

🌡SCORCHING TEMPERATURES - CHECK OUT THE DAILY HIGHS CANTERBURY.

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🔥HEAT WAVE ON TRACK FOR MOST OF CANTERBURY - INCLUDING CHRISTCHURCH CITY OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS.

Hanmer Springs 34.1, Culverden 33.2, Twizel 31, Mt Lyford Village 31, Lake Tekapo 30, Omarama 30, Cheviot 30, Castle Hill Village 29, Darfield 29, Methven 27, Mt Cook Village 27, Oxford 28, Fairlie 27, Ashburton 25, Rolleston 25, Rangiora 25, Geraldine 24, Amberley 24, Leeston 24, Waimate 24, Little River 23, Akarao 23, Christchurch 23, Kaikoura 23, Timaru 23, Arthurs Pass Village 22.

🌡☀️ Heat will become even more widespread on Saturday, with Christchurch City set to push into the high twenties and early thirties from Saturday, through until Thursday next week. 34-35 degrees is possible in parts of Canterbury during this time frame.

➡️ We end the month with a more active Tasman - more rain opportunities for the Main Divide & Canterbury Headwaters; possible heavy falls about the Main Divide.

💧For eastern areas the end of January could be significantly colder with colder south-west winds, showers and even some snow about the ranges.

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⬇️THIS EVENING’S WEATHER.

☀️Christchurch forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/christchurch/

☀️Rangiora forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/rangiora/

☀️Rolleston forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/rolleston/

☀️Ashburton forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/ashburton/

Timaru forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/timaru/

⬇️ MAIN RURAL TOWNS.

☀️Culverden at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/culverden/

☀️Oxford at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/oxford/

☀️Darfield at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/darfield/

☀️Methven at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/methven/

☀️Geraldine at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/geraldine/

☀️Fairlie at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/fairlie/

☀️Canterbury High Country Central Point - https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/castle-hill/

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wow this a HEAT WAVE ? LOL 35-45 IS A HEAT WAVE

Ali Keslake, you picked a good week.

What's new.

Christine Bougen

Belinda Atkinson

Kathleen Littlejohn

Very humid at Taylors Mistake

Typically the heat hits when kids are back in school in hot uniforms. Spare a thought for all our hardworking teachers

Quite a hot day in Greta Valley

Awesome photo

Rain needed, way too hot for me. 😩😩

Nope🙅‍♀️ I dont do "hot" weather over 25 degrees...

Feels like the 70s

Been terribly hot in Ashburton. Im waiting patiently for winter.

Lane Mcskimming the boys were working in hanmer today 🥵

Josh Thorne Yay! Nice and hot for camping!!! Low of 15, high of 29! That’s so good aye!

27 in Southbridge!

Lisa Gould look how hot it was in hanmer!!!! Shit it was hot

Typical - gets hot as school goes back *ugh* feel sorry for the kids and the teachers!

Emma Hughey I think waiau never gets the high coz it's not classed as a town Hwould of definitely been around the 33 yesterday 😪😪

34 degrees 🤨🤨 We won’t get in the pool at that temperature 😂😀

Need some rain😢😢

Frederick D'Rozario... I told you the heat wave would hit once school re-opened 😳😳😳😳😳😳. Looks like migraine season is about to kick off again 😕😕😕😕

Gary Miller 34!!

Rachael gonna get hot from the weekend on

🌡HEAT WAVE CONTINUES ABOUT OUR INLAND BASINS

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🌡Today our summery theme continues, with out 5 hottest spots across the region.

➡️ Keep up to date with our town forecasts for the most detailed and comprehensive weather cover for Canterbury - there will be significant contrast in temperatures across the region today, with a 10 degree temperature spread.

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📌MAIN CENTRES.

⛅Christchurch forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/christchurch/

🌥Rangiora forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/rangiora/

🌥Rolleston forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/rolleston/

🌥Ashburton forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/ashburton/

🌥Timaru forecast at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/timaru/

⬇️MAIN RURAL TOWNS.

🌥Culverden at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/culverden/

🌥Oxford at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/oxford/

🌥Darfield at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/darfield/

🌥Methven at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/methven/

🌥Geraldine at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/geraldine/

🌥Fairlie at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/fairlie/

🌡 PLACES TO BE TODAY – tucked away from onshore winds, quality sun and warm temperatures.

🌡☀️Lake Tekapo at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/lake-tekapo/

🌡☀️Twizel at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/twizel/

🌡☀️Arthur’s Pass Village at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/arthurs-pass-village/

🌡☀️ Hanmer Springs at https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/hanmer-springs/

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Bring back that crappy summer we were having, or drop the temperature 5 degrees in Twizel please. 🥵

Lovely morning beautiful

We have had 0 rainfall for the entire month here. This has never occurred before. Looks like the rest of January is looking very negative too.

32 in Hanmer Springs! Way too hot

No thunder for the foothills? Grrr been on the cards all week 😔