“Which, funnily enough, was also on June 30, exactly three years ago,” she said. Even more remarkable are the records of the all-time minimum temperature in Auckland, which was reported by the Auckland Airport weather station on June 30 1994, when the city dropped to -1.1C. “According to my list, Auckland Airport has only fallen below freezing only eight times in the last 55 years,” said Rossiter. Supplied It’s a chilly day in Auckland, with the mercury plunging to around zero overnight. MetService had recorded temperatures of just below freezing at Hunua, near Auckland, in the early hours of Wednesday, and Waitākere dipped under zero at one point.