.....JUST CONFIRMED: our climate station (elevation 318 m) on the Sky Tower in Auckland recorded a peak gust of 146.16 km/h at 9:20 pm Tuesday 🌬️
— NIWA Weather (@NiwaWeather) 10 April 2018
A wind gust of this magnitude is typical of a category 2 tropical cyclone. pic.twitter.com/Cb3JIYopgT