Climate of New Zealand

## Temperature records

The highest temperature ever recorded in New Zealand was  on 7 February 1973 in Rangiora.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in New Zealand was  on 18 July 1903 in Ranfurly.

### By region

|Region|Record high|Location and date|Record low|Location and date|Ref|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Auckland|style=""||Henderson, 12 February 2009|style=""||Riverhead, June 1936|NIWA|
|Northland|style=""||Waipoua Forest, 30 January 1991|style=""||Glenbervie, 31 July 1957|NIWA|
|Waikato|style=""||Te Aroha, January 1924|style=""||Tūrangi, 12 September 1992|NIWA|
|Bay of Plenty|style=""||Te Teko, 7 February 1973|style=""||Wairapukau Forest, 6 July 1971|NIWA|
|Taranaki|style=""||Te Wera Forest, 5 January 1975|style=""||Stratford, 2 July 2001|NIWA|
|Gisborne|style=""||Ruatoria, 7 February 1973|style=""||Mōtū, 3 July 2016|NIWA|
|Hawke's Bay|style=""||Wairoa, 11 January 1979|style=""||Kuripapango, June 1958|NIWA|
|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||Waione, 8 January 2009|style=""||Whakapapa Village, July 1937|NIWA|
|Wellington|style=""||Masterton, 27 January 2021|style=""||Ngaumu, 24 July 1977|NIWA|
|Nelson|style=""||Nelson, 7 February 1973|style=""||Nelson, 19 June 1945|NIWA|
|Tasman|style=""||Murchison, 4 February 2005 and 29 January 2006|style=""||Appleby, 24 June 2015|NIWA|
|West Coast|style=""||Reefton, 4 January 1975|style=""||Springs Junction, 16 July 1991|NIWA|
|Marlborough|style=""||Jordan, 7 February 1973|style=""||Molesworth Station, 14 June 1975|NIWA|
|Canterbury|style=""||Rangiora, 7 February 1973|style=""||Omarama, 24 June 2015|NIWA|
|Otago|style=""||Alexandra, New Zealand, 5 February 2005 and 30 January 2018|style=""||Ranfurly, 17 July 1903|NIWA|
|Southland|style=""||Mid Dome, 21 January 1974|style=""||Mid Dome, 25 September 1970|NIWA|

### By location

|Location|Region|Record high|Date|Record low|Date|Ref|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Auckland|Auckland|style=""||12 February 2009|style=""||30 June 1994|NIWA|
|Christchurch|Canterbury|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||July 1945|NIWA|
|Wellington|Wellington|style=""||February 1895|style=""||July 1920|NIWA|
|Lower Hutt|Wellington|style=""||5 January 1975|style=""||5 July 2001||
|Tauranga|Bay of Plenty|style=""||1 February 2020|style=""||May 1931|NIWA|
|Hamilton|Waikato|style=""||4 December 1935|style=""||20 June 1945|NIWA|
|Dunedin|Otago|style=""||27 January 1981|style=""||29 June 1974|NIWA|
|Palmerston North|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||9 February 1982|style=""||30 June 1975|NIWA|
|Napier|Hawke's Bay|style=""||2 February 2020|style=""||4 Aug 1975|NIWA|
|New Plymouth|Taranaki|style=""||6 January 2013|style=""||26 July 2011|NIWA|
|Rotorua|Bay of Plenty|style=""||January 1940|style=""||June and July 1942|NIWA|
|Whangārei|Northland|style=""||4 February 2020|style=""||11 July 1982|NIWA|
|Nelson|Nelson|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||19 June 1945|NIWA|
|Hastings|Hawke's Bay|style=""||1 February 2009|style=""||June 1931|NIWA|
|Invercargill|Southland|style=""||January 1948|style=""||4 July 1996|NIWA|
|Upper Hutt|Wellington|style=""||29 January 2019|style=""||July 1944|NIWA|
|Whanganui|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||10 February 2022|style=""||5 July 2001|NIWA|
|Gisborne|Gisborne|style=""||31 Jan 2020|style=""||2 August 1990|NIWA|
|Paraparaumu|Wellington|style=""||16 March 2014 and 6 February 2016|style=""||2 July 2001|NIWA|
|Blenheim|Marlborough|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||June 1944|NIWA|
|Queenstown|Otago|style=""||29 January 2018|style=""||30 July 1995|NIWA|
|Timaru|Canterbury|style=""||6 February 2011|style=""||3 August 1998|NIWA|
|Taupō|Waikato|style=""||26 January 2020 and 4 January 2022|style=""||26 July 1993|NIWA|
|Masterton|Wellington|style=""||27 January 2021|style=""||5 July 2001|NIWA|
|Ashburton|Canterbury|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||19 July 1945|NIWA|
|Levin|Wellington|style=""||29 January 2019|style=""||July 1899|NIWA|
|Rangiora|Canterbury|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||5 July 2001|NIWA|
|Whakatāne|Bay of Plenty|style=""||3 February 2020|style=""||30 June 1994|NIWA|
|Tokoroa|Waikato|style=""||13 January 1988|style=""||19 July 1980|NIWA|
|Oamaru|Otago|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||August 1966|NIWA|
|Wānaka|Otago|style=""||27 January 2018|style=""||1 July 1995|NIWA|
|Lincoln|Canterbury|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||16 July 1945|NIWA|
|Greymouth|West Coast|style=""||8 February 2023|style=""||9 July 2015|NIWA|
|Motueka|Tasman|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||5 July 2001|NIWA|
|Kerikeri|Northland|style=""||30 January 1960|style=""||29 July 1957|NIWA|
|Waiheke Island|Auckland|style=""||29 January 2019|style=""||11 July 2012 and 23 July 2014|NIWA|
|Gore|Southland|style=""||18 January 1959|style=""||2 August 1957|NIWA|
|Kawerau|Bay of Plenty|style=""||11 January 1983|style=""||1 July 1973|NIWA|
|Thames|Waikato|style=""||27 January 2018|style=""||9 June 1959 and 30 May 2012|NIWA|
|Cromwell|Otago|style=""||21 January 1959 and 29 January 2018|style=""||20 June 1992|NIWA|
|Kumeū-Huapai|Auckland|style=""||12 February 2009|style=""||11 July 1982|NIWA|
|Warkworth|Auckland|style=""||17 January 1990, 26 January 1991 and 3 February 2020|style=""||30 June 1994|NIWA|
|Whitianga|Waikato|style=""||1 February 2020|style=""||30 June 1994|NIWA|
|Kaitaia|Northland|style=""||29 January 2019|style=""||15 July 1986|NIWA|
|Stratford|Taranaki|style=""||29 January 2019|style=""||2 July 2001|NIWA|
|Alexandra|Otago|style=""||5 February 2005 and 30 January 2018|style=""||20 June 1966|NIWA|
|Dannevirke|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||9 February 1982|style=""||18 May 2014|NIWA|
|Dargaville|Northland|style=""||20 February 1998|style=""||July 1949|NIWA|
|Wairoa|Hawke's Bay|style=""||11 January 1979|style=""||June 1964|NIWA|
|Kaikohe|Northland|style=""||3 January 2011|style=""||30 June 1994|NIWA|
|Taumarunui|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||29 Jan 2019|style=""||12 July 2010|NIWA|
|Temuka|Canterbury|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||11 May 1976|NIWA|
|Te Aroha|Waikato|style=""||January 1924|style=""||August 1924|NIWA|
|Paeroa|Waikato|style=""||5 February 1998|style=""||28 May 1977|NIWA|
|Westport|West Coast|style=""||8 Feb 2022|style=""||18 June 1974|NIWA|
|Tūrangi|Waikato|style=""||8 February 2009|style=""||12 September 1992|NIWA|
|Riverhead|Auckland|style=""||February 1955|style=""||June 1936|NIWA|
|Waimate|Canterbury|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||26 August 2010|NIWA|
|Darfield|Canterbury|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||7 June 2012|NIWA|
|Hokitika|West Coast|style=""||17 December 1910|style=""||21 July 1941|NIWA|
|Winton|Southland|style=""||14 January 2018|style=""||5 July 1996|NIWA|
|Kaikōura|Canterbury|style=""||2 February 2011 and 1 February 2014|style=""||15 August 2011|NIWA|
|Twizel|Canterbury|style=""||4 January 2015|style=""||23 June 2015|NIWA|
|Bluff|Southland|style=""||18 Feb 1999|style=""||July 1971|NIWA|
|Taihape|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||27 January 2021|style=""||24 July 2014|NIWA|
|Ruatoria|Gisborne|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||19 July 1980|NIWA|
|Ophir|Otago|style=""||21 January 1959|style=""||3 July 1995|NIWA|
|Ranfurly|Otago|style=""||30 January 2018 and 31 January 2019|style=""||17 July 1903|NIWA|
|Jordan|Marlborough|style=""||7 February 1973|style=""||5 July 1986|NIWA|
|Omarama|Canterbury|style=""||27 January 2006|style=""||24 June 2015|NIWA|
|Fairlie|Canterbury|style=""||15 February 1982|style=""||July 1938|NIWA|
|Hanmer Springs|Canterbury|style=""||31 January 2019|style=""||July 1934|NIWA|
|Mount Cook Village|Canterbury|style=""||5 January 2013|style=""||July 1968|NIWA|
|Whakapapa Village|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||December 1952|style=""||July 1937|NIWA|
|Minginui|Bay of Plenty|style=""||16 January 1978|style=""||28 May 1978|NIWA|
|Glenbervie|Northland|style=""||30 December 1964|style=""||31 July 1957|NIWA|
|Oban, Stewart Island|Southland|style=""||5 January 2013|style=""||21 June 1980|NIWA|
|Murchison|Tasman|style=""||4 February 2005 and 29 January 2006|style=""||28 June 1975|NIWA|
|Manapouri|Southland|style=""||19 January 1999|style=""||26 July 2011|NIWA|
|Waiouru|Manawatū-Whanganui|style=""||9 February 1982|style=""||11 August 2011|NIWA|
|Milford Sound|Southland|style=""||4 February 2023|style=""||11 July 2011|NIWA|
|Lake Tekapo|Otago|style=""||31 January 2019|style=""||June 1927|NIWA|
|Chatham Islands|Chatham Islands|style=""||30 January 2013|style=""||21 July 2007|NIWA|