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[wkid_one]

Yup - one of Upper Hutts better ones this morning.

I remember when I was going to college @ UHC, we had a -6deg frost and the school heaters weren't working. It was actually warmer sitting outside than in the class rooms! - what's that all about.

I think the measure the frosts at ground temp don't they? I can't recall if this is so. I will check the paper tonight to see. Upper Hutt temp is measured from a stupid place anyway and is never accurate.

I remember many a trip in to Wellington on the bike from the Hutt. It wasn't until Petone that you actually get out the shadow of the hill and actually start to get some heat from the sun. Tried every trick in the book to keep my hands warm (other than elecics)

[pete376403]

Upper Hutt temps are measured at Wallaceville Research Station in Ward St.
(Edit - no they're not. Temps are taken at what used to be the MAF site at Silverstream, near the tip entrance) Probably out in the middle of a large open paddock, so the temps can't be influenced by any nearby buildings. So whatever they measure there is going to be about right for most of the city. Not like Wellington where the temps are measures at the top of the hill where the met station is

[LB]

We had ice on our deck, which is most unusual. The top of our wheelie bin had a thick layer of ice too. There was ice at the bottom of our hill, but by the time we went down the early risers had broken it up in the wheel tracks.

I think I heard rain just before, so this morning will be warmer.

Bungbung, please pack up some of that warmth and bring it back for us huh?

[jrandom]

Not very cold in Auckland this morning. Almost warm-ish, didn't need my balaclava or underglubs. Wet, though. It's one of those Cold Wet Crotch days, since I forgot to pack spare trous.

*Who* was it that sold the yellow PVC overalls? I gonna buy me some and the fashion police be damned.

[Milky]

the wharehouse of course... where else? Try bicycling in the rain at about 7am and see how you go it is a relief to get into uni when that happens...

[FROSTY:Me]

Not very cold in Auckland this morning. Almost warm-ish, didn't need my balaclava or underglubs. Wet, though. It's one of those Cold Wet Crotch days, since I forgot to pack spare trous.

*Who* was it that sold the yellow PVC overalls? I gonna buy me some and the fashion police be damned.

Try thos $10 warehouse specials--they keep ya legs dry.

[MikeL]

Wouldn't be without me $10 Warehouse yellow plastic pants... Though today they stayed in my bag. After heavy rain early in the morning, I rode to work at 7:30 completely dry, and after pretty steady rain most of the day, rode home at 5 again in the dry. That's what I like about Auckland - the unpredictability is so predictable.

Learnt the following sentence today from my Chinese students:
Zai Aokelan mei tian xia yu.
In Auckland it rains every day.

But at least my fingers weren't frozen this morning.