Pools were popular places to plunge for perspiring people on the weekend as Waimarino weather wilted many, just days after home fires were alight to chase away the last of winter's chills. The official temperatures don't do justice to what people are really experiencing, with the weather station reporting a maximum of just 27°C. The Ohakune Hotel clock often showed over 30°C on the weekend and one regular temperature watcher reported that the temperature in the shade on his deck had reached over 40°C and was mostly in the high 30s. "I don't know why they read the temperature in a small dark box," said the reader, "because no-one sits around in small dark boxes." Pictured are just a few of the "heaps" of swimmers who went to the Ohakune baths on Saturday, where the water temperature was 25°C.

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 615, 5 December 1995, Page 1

Pools were popular places to plunge for perspiring people on the weekend as Waimarino weather wilted many, just days after home fires were alight to chase away the last of winter's chills. The official temperatures don't do justice to what people are really experiencing, with the weather station reporting a maximum of just 27°C. The Ohakune Hotel clock often showed over 30°C on the weekend and one regular temperature watcher reported that the temperature in the shade on his deck had reached over 40°C and was mostly in the high 30s. "I don't know why they read the temperature in a small dark box," said the reader, "because no-one sits around in small dark boxes." Pictured are just a few of the "heaps" of swimmers who went to the Ohakune baths on Saturday, where the water temperature was 25°C.