Photo / Tim CuffNew Zealand has again experienced its warmest winter – but also its wettest. Eighteen places - spread from Te Puke to Lauder in Otago, and including Blenheim, Wellington, Oamaru and Greymouth – observed their highest winter rainfall totals on the books. 🌡️🌡️🌡️ Three-peat: Aotearoa New Zealand just had its warmest winter on record - yet again 😬The country now has the dubious distinction of having 3 consecutive record warm winters. It was also the wettest winter on record & the warmest winter on record for our coastal seas 😶 pic.twitter.com/OcRbM764ar — NIWA Weather (@NiwaWeather) September 2, 2022That meant New Zealand had had three consecutive record-warm winters, with each coming in slightly hotter than the last. "The distinctive lack of southerlies during winter replaced by more warm and wet airmasses is characteristic of La Nina – a key driver of our climate for the third consecutive record warm winter."

Source: New Zealand Herald September 02, 2022 18:48 UTC