UpdatedJack RiddellMultimedia journalist·Hawkes Bay Today·6 Aug, 2026 10:27 PM3 mins to read‌MetService's John Law with your weekend weather outlook, Friday, August 7. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAYLike it’s darkest before the dawn, it’s coldest in Hawke’s Bay before the warm.That’s the way the weather is playing this weekend after near-record cold temperatures saw the mercury plummet across the district on Thursday evening and Friday morning.

MetService meteorologist Braydon White said overnight and early-morning temperatures were