Your web browser (Internet Explorer) is out of date. Some things will not look right and things might not work properly. Please download an up-to-date and free browser from here.

Archives for May 2020

Temperature trends – frosty in southern and central parts tonight; pleasant-mild everywhere tomorrow

Jack Frost will be sneaking back tonight in sheltered parts of both islands as today’s cool southwesterly flow dies away…

VIDEO: Special long weekend weather update for Queen’s Birthday

Rain and showers are coming this weekend for northern parts of the North Island while the further south you go…

Queen’s Birthday Weekend looks wet in northern NZ (+3 Maps)

NZ’s first outdoors long weekend since Waitangi Day is with us this weekend and the weather is looking wet in…

RainWatch Tuesday: Useful showers continue for north of NI; mostly dry elsewhere

A ridge of high pressure pushing on to the South Island and the southern half of the North Island on…

Tuesday’s national forecast – high pressure is growing again

It’s a cloudy day for many regions with the sunniest weather on the West Coast today as high pressure continues…

Temperature trends – mildest temps in the west of both islands

It’s been a cloudy and pretty wet day over many parts of the country and those messy skies will ensure…

VIDEO: High pressure expands this week but we’re not done with sub-tropical downpours

Low pressure covers NZ today bringing areas of rain and showers along with dry spells and drizzle patches. By Tuesday…

Rain not enough to seriously impact droughts – but more downpours are coming (+7 high res Rain Maps)

Rain fell overnight and this morning in dry drought zones of the upper North Island but the rain failed to…

Temperature trends – mild for much of NI, cooler about Cook Strait and eastern SI

The double-yolker low-pressure system crossing central parts of New Zealand today will have quite different effects on maximum temperatures where…

Monday’s national forecast

Low pressure covers much of New Zealand today with rain bands broken up. Rain will push further into the South…