South Island weather: Blenheim hits 36C in another day of record-breaking temperatures
27 Jan, 2021 04:32 AM
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Sumner Beach in Christchurch on Tuesday. Photo / George Heard
Digital producer, Christchurch, NZ Heralddevon.bolger@nzme.co.nz
There has been little relief for South Islanders with another day of record-breaking temperatures with the mercury topping 36C in Blenheim.
It s not just the South Island either today, with some parts of the North also creeping above 30C.
For the first time since 1954, Christchurch topped 35C two days in a row, according to Metservice.
Blenheim also hit 36.1C at 4pm, smashing its January temperature record set in 1972.
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 1:05 pm
All active fire permits in the Nelson Tasman district
with the exception of Nelson Lakes, Murchison, and Golden
Bay West have been placed on a 48 hour suspension, effective
immediately says Principal Rural Fire Officer Ian
Reade. Like quite a bit of the country, we are on
high alert due to the predicted weather forecast across the
New Zealand over the next few days, says Ian
Reade. It is also to conserve resources should we be
asked to assist with any large wildfire emergency occurring
within the Te Ihu region.
Permits are suspended in
the following zones: Coastal Rural, Coastal Urban, Waimea