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Archives for December 2020

Sunday’s forecast – Several degrees below normal for some, high pressure growing in south (+11 Maps)

Unseasonable cold will move up and across much of the North Island and most of eastern New Zealand today. Temperatures…

Boxing Day gets even colder, over 8 degrees below normal, inland frosts actually possible! (+4 Maps)

A colder change is moving up the country and gets even colder today in the South Island and Sunday in…

Christmas Day National Forecast – It’s not looking like summer for some! (+6 Maps)

A colder change is moving into the South Island on Christmas Day with showers in some areas. Much of the…

Live Santa Tracker

Santa Tracker 2020

Final Update — The WeatherWatch Santa Tracker has ended for 2020! Here’s the last recording of the radar at 11pm…

Weather videos return mid January 2021

Thank you for all your support across 2020. The small team that helps make our videos is now on holiday…

Thursday’s national forecast – A cooler sou’west change arrives (+4 Maps)

Cloudy or rainy weather will continue due to a series of low pressure systems and fronts for the next five…

VIDEO: Our final video for 2020 – How Christmas and beyond is shaping up

The humid, warm, weather across many parts of NZ will be pushed away on Christmas Day but a colder southerly…

Wednesday’s national forecast (+5 Maps)

A large low is moving in from the Tasman Sea making for a mild day in most places, but cloudy…

Is the top of NZ turning to drought again? La Nina is drenching Aussie, but not NZ… yet (+10 Maps)

High pressure killed off Cyclone Yasa from reaching NZ, now forecasters are looking for the next rain maker. This week…

Wintry snap for some parts of NZ for Christmas & this weekend, lows near zero & snow on the mountains!

If the cold weather of a Northern Hemisphere’s Christmas appeals to you, then Dunedin or the Southern Alps may be…