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Winter in Ophir

Winter in Ophir

Some of New Zealand’s coldest temperatures have been recorded in Ophir in Central Otago. At 3 p.m. on 13 July 2007, it was just 6ºC, and Blacks Hotel was still surrounded by frost.

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Otago Daily Times
Photograph by Gerard O'Brien

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Malcolm McKinnon. 'Otago region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/otago-region/3/2