It's the end of the golden weather for the South Island at least with temperatures set to drop by as much as 20C over the next 48 hours.
Parts of the South Island continued to bake and break records today with Blenheim Airport recording 36C - its highest temperature since records began and Christchurch Airport topping 35 degrees for the second day running- the first time since 1954.
Elsewhere, Ashburton also baked in 36 degrees and it was already 33 degrees in Timaru by 11am.
But MetService says whilst Christchurch reached a stifling 37 degrees last night, it'll struggle to get to 17 by Thursday as a cold front takes hold. Sally Murphy has more.
