A MetService weather station at Whenuapai Air Base has recorded the hottest temperature reading ever in Auckland.
Temperatures peaked at 32.4 degrees Celsius during the 3pm hour, equalling the previous high recorded in the Auckland Domain in February 1872 – 137 years ago.
That temperature followed the highest overnight low for February since records on that began in 1961. The temperature did not drop below 22.1C between Wednesday evening and yesterday morning.
WeatherWatch.co.nz’s thermometer went one better, recording an unofficial 34C in West Auckland – a temperature that was fuelled by a hot nor’wester.
WeatherWatch head weather analyst Philip Duncan said although the humidity in Auckland was lower yesterday than on other days, the intense heat and sunnier skies meant it felt more like 38C.
Auckland’s previous temperature high this year was 28.2 degrees, on the North Shore earlier this month.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10556442
I was lucky yesterday, I was in a air conditioned office. However, last Sunday it almost hit 40C in Albany (the high of 28.2C).
The problem with the official tempertures is they do not take into affect humidity. So while yesterday was the hottest in 130 years, five days ago it felt hotter. I am a little guttered that I lost the screenshots I had taken of the weather stations on Sunday. But I have got hardly any sleep in the last week. Just insane.
