Related Links
Relevant offers
Twizel was blanketed with hoar frost earlier this week, as the town continued to experience an unusually long spell of cold weather.
Do you have hoar frost photos? newstips@stuff.co.nz
On only one day in the last month has the temperature in Twizel reached above 0 degrees Celsius.
As the fog cleared on Wednesday, so did the hoar frost, but not before local Nordahl Paul was able to take some photos of it.
While residents described the weather in Twizel as ''beautifully clear'' yesterday, it was still cold - the temperature gauge at the nearby Pukaki Airfield recorded -1.8 degrees C at 5pm.
When a hoar frost occurs, needle-like ice crystals protrude from surfaces and vegetation chilled below freezing.
- © Fairfax NZ News
Sponsored links
Comments
Students left to learn the hard way
China customs 'issue' keeps NZ meat off shelves
Catholic Church powerless in face of extreme fringe
About-face means more choc in block
Drug charge cop 'loved his job' says loyal wife
Family counts blessings after superbug scare (graphic content)
Warning on killer coming back to NZ
Sting busts more ghost-writers
Crew member air-lifted from cruise ship
NZ close to Taiwan free trade agreement
Greens plan Kiwi Bid in oil drilling fight
New York police kill hostage in shootout
Warning on killer coming back to NZ
'Suitcases of cash' in kiwifruit scandal
Hapless Warriors determined to bounce back
Aussie soap star in serious condition after crash
Aston Martin sets $6m price record
The Highlanders' season of woes continues
NRL boss wants to see more 'Road Warriors'
Ugly people mover gets makeover
Warriors humiliated in all-time record fashion
Laws - the parents are the problem
Family counts blessings after superbug scare (graphic content)
Southee spell turns test Black Caps' way
'Suitcases of cash' in kiwifruit scandal
Ex-TV host's new recipe for success
Students left to learn the hard way
Warning on killer coming back to NZ
Drug charge cop 'loved his job' says loyal wife
