Spring went on holiday in the South Island on Wednesday and winter moved well and truly back in.
The anticipated cold front that's making its way up the country blasted the lower South Island early on Wednesday morning.
And while it's a pretty distraction for some school holidaymakers, it's a distraction many farmers in the middle of lambing and calving don't need and it isn't over yet.
Spring here has been colder than usual and this arctic front is making matters worse.
"We're still calving, we've got about 30 to go, and we're wanting the grass to go and it just cools the soil temperature down, so we're feeding out a lot more supplements than we would like to," dairy farmer Jenna Ross told Newshub.
It's a hassle for sheep farmers too who are right in the middle of lambing.
"I looked out the window at 5:50 this morning. It was quite depressing to see the whole farm covered in snow," sheep and cattle farmer Andrew Paterson said.
At just one day old, a lamb was separated from its mother overnight, sheltering from the sharp, bitterly cold wind before eventually finding its way back to mum.
"This is a very stressful period of the year. All your hard work goes into raising the sheep and getting the ewes in lamb, and hopefully getting them on the ground and alive," Paterson said.
The blue skies and sun have already started melting the snow on the ground but it's doing nothing to buffer the wind and in some places - the wind chill factor could get as cold as 15C.
Down in Cromwell, people weren't going anywhere because of the cold weather.
"The road through the Lindis [Pass] is closed. It's going to take about two hours to clear so thought we'd just come here for breakfast," Raglan resident Deli Kaukau said.
Kaukau and his family travelled from Raglan, so the sight of snow was a school holiday surprise.
"We don't see snow up there. I think the closest to snow we get is like dandruff and that's about it," Kaukau said.
Wednesday's blast moving up the country brought snow to many parts of Southland, Otago, Canterbury, Lawrence, Darfield, Methven and Twizel.
"It will get even colder around places tomorrow. We might see some record cold temperatures for parts of the country," said MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris told Newshub.
It's putting spring on ice for now.
