Spring by the numbers

■ Of the six main centres this spring, Auckland was the warmest, Christchurch was the coolest, driest and sunniest, Hamilton was the wettest and least sunny.

■ The highest temperature was 31.7 degrees Celsius, observed at Hastings on November 14.

■ The lowest temperature was -6.3C, observed at Middlemarch on September 1.

■ The highest one-day rainfall was 178mm, recorded at Tolaga Bay on November 3.

■ The highest wind gust was 222kmh, observed at Cape Turnagain on September 10.