Archives for September 2009
Air Nelson flight diverted after lightning strike
A suspected lightning strike has caused an Air Nelson flight to be diverted to Nelson airport today. Air Nelson flight…
Tornado hits South Auckland
A tornado has damaged a number of rural properties in Ramarama south of Auckland reports NewstalkZB. It struck at just…
Wet start to the week
Auckland has been wet, Christchurch has been gloomy and drizzly and it hasn’t been the best day to get the…
Continent extreme temps
Each continent around the globe faces the challenge of extreme weather and here is a list of each continent’s most…
A moist Monday
Almost the entire country should see some rain or showers at some stage today, with temperatures in the mid to…
Wall of thunderstorms “the length of NZ” moving our way
UPDATEDA wall of thunderstorms the length of New Zealand is moving towards the country ahead of a large low pressure…
Sunday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 21 at Whangarei. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 10 at Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Manapouri, Queenstown,…
Photographic week in review – Exclusive photos
We’ve received some amazing photos this week across both islands and across (and even over) the Tasman. Take a look…
Weather on this day…..
Worldwide 1953, Chetumal, Mexico: The strongest wind gust ever recorded during a hurricane: 281 km/h. 1959 Typhoon Vera hit Honshu on…
Lighter evenings
Clocks went forward one hour earlier this morning and the lighter evenings are now underway. Although mornings will be a…
