Temperature rising across Canterbury as records close to breaking
As conditions reached the mid-30s in Christchurch and across Canterbury into the evening, Fire and Emergency (Fenz) urged people across Canterbury to be extra vigilant about potential fire dangers. Rangiora in North Canterbury holds the record maximum of 42.4C recorded in 1973, with Christchurch recording 41.6C that same year. More recently, Timaru reached 41.3C on Waitangi Day in 2011. NIWA Previous heat records for Canterbury. Ashburton and Temuka reached 40.2C and 40.1C respectively on Tuesday and had the potential to beat their records by the end of the day, Canterbury Weather Update...
Source: stuff.co.nz