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Antarctic southerly for parts of NZ Fri & Sat

For the first time this year a southerly from off Antarctica is heading towards the South Island, followed by more polar air going into the weekend along with large dry areas developing. The polar boundary, which surges over N...

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Snow, rain showers & cold polar southerlies set to return

Friday will be a wintry day across NZ as the next cold front arrives, bringing snow to lower levels of…

Frosts, late week rain & another cold weekend coming

High pressure will cross NZ over the next few days meaning more cold nights/mornings with frosts, but a nor’wester will…

NZ: Cold & windy, then calm & frosty

Downpours, some squally with the chance of thunderstorms and even small tornadoes are possible for parts of NZ over Friday…

WeatherWatch App launches real-time local lightning tracker

A bolt out of the blue! WeatherWatch has launched a live, real-time lightning tracker, enabling Kiwis to gain access to data provided by the…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 11:28pm on Wed 29 July 2026
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ClimateWatch: JULY outlook & what El Niño means for NZ

El Niño is officially here and still getting stronger in the months ahead, but it’s harder to notice its effects…

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Ways to get fewer nasty surprises when it comes to wet weather that is (or isn’t!) forecast

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

From our Education page — New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically…

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