It is mid-winter in New Zealand but temps are unnaturally cold - from stuff.co.nz:
New Zealand drops to 20C below freezing
It was colder at Lake Pukaki on Tuesday morning than the summit of Mt Everest.
Mountain-forecast.com forecast a minimum summit temperature of -19C overnight Monday on the world's highest peak - not quite as cold as the -20C recorded at Pukaki Airport.
MetService meteorologist Rebekah LaBar said Pukaki, near Mt Cook, recorded the -20C temperature early on Tuesday.
And the record low?
New Zealand's coldest temperature on record was -25.C in Ranfurly, Central Otago, in 1903.
Time to build another coal generator plant. The vegetation will thank us for the additional CO2.
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