While Christmas Day was sunny for most of the country, New Zealand can expect rain across the board on Boxing Day.
Metservice is forecasting showers in all the main centres and temperatures much lower than on Christmas Day.
Auckland and the upper North Island will be getting rain throughout the day and possible thunderstorms for the afternoon.
Towards the bottom of the North Island, the rain is expected to be briefly heavy but ease to showers in the early afternoon.
Canterbury will be breathing a sigh of relief today as rain dampens the possibility of scrub fires in the region. The showers are expected mostly around morning and evening.
Boxing Day weather:
- Northland and Whangarei: Showers and possible thunderstorms, high of 26degC
- Auckland: Showers and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, high of 24degC
- Hamilton and Waikato: Showers with a chance of thunderstorms from midday, high of 23degC
- Tauranga: Frequent showers from midday, possible evening thunderstorms, high of 24degC
- New Plymouth: Rain late morning, possible thunderstorms but clearing afternoon, high of 21degC
- Napier: Rain in the late morning, turning heaving in the afternoon, high of 26degC
- Wellington: Rain in the morning with strong southerly, high of 19degC
- Nelson: Rain to clear morning with some afternoon and evening showers, high of 25degC
- Greymouth: Mainly fine with a chance of showers, high of 19degC
- Christchurch: Partly cloudy with showers morning and evening, high of 16degC
- Dunedin: Showers clearing in the morning but return afternoon, high of 16degC
- Invercargill: Cloudy with showers but clearing to fine by evening, high of 15degC
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