Up To 1 Metre Of Snow In New Zealand, Record Low Maxima

[forecaster]

Christchurch had its coldest day ever, reaching a mere 0.4C and had about 20cm of snow in places. Higher elevations reached one metre.

It was a warm conveyor snow situation, with a cold southerly at the surface, which is perfect conditions for heavy snow in Canterbury.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7055292/Coldest-day-in-130-years-of-records

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7063183/Power-restored-and-alpine-passes-reopen

[Styx]

Quite remarkable that the Christchurch record was broken by almost a full degree and many years of records.

Glad that despite global warming very cold still has capacity to occur ( especially this part of the world! )