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Weather Forecast for Wellington18m above sea level

Windy and mostly cloudy. Brisk North to Nor'West winds.

Now

20°
Wellington
Observed at 11:00pm from:
Wellington (NZWN)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmNNW 41km/h23°73%1016.95hPa

Tonight

15°
Wellington
Windy and mostly cloudy. Brisk North to Nor'West winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
20%traceNNW 41km/h5:31pm9:53amWaxing Crescent

Tomorrow

19°
Wellington
Windy and mostly cloudy. Brisk Northerly winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
20%traceN 39km/h6 (High)4:41pm7:41am

Next 24 Hours in Wellington

Next 9 Days in Wellington

Tue 3 Dec
Tue 3 Dec
19°
Day
15°
Night
Windy and mostly cloudy. Brisk Northerly winds.
N
39km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Windy and mostly cloudy. Brisk Northerly winds.
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Wed 4 Dec
Wed 4 Dec
20°
Day
12°
Night
Windy and partly cloudy. Brisk North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
41km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Windy and partly cloudy. Brisk North to Nor'West winds.
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Thu 5 Dec
Thu 5 Dec
17°
Day
13°
Night
Mostly sunny. Fairly breezy Sou'East winds.
SE
22km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Mostly sunny. Fairly breezy Sou'East winds.
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Fri 6 Dec
Fri 6 Dec
19°
Day
14°
Night
Partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
N
28km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
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Sat 7 Dec
Sat 7 Dec
17°
Day
15°
Night
Windy, with afternoon showers. Strong and blustery North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
53km/h
40%
chance
of rain

4.6mm
Windy, with afternoon showers. Strong and blustery North to Nor'West winds.
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Sun 8 Dec
Sun 8 Dec
19°
Day
13°
Night
Windy and partly cloudy. Strong and blustery North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
45km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Windy and partly cloudy. Strong and blustery North to Nor'West winds.
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Mon 9 Dec
Mon 9 Dec
18°
Day
13°
Night
Mainly sunny. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
28km/h
0%
chance
of rain

trace
Mainly sunny. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
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Tue 10 Dec
Tue 10 Dec
18°
Day
13°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
N
25km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
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Wed 11 Dec
Wed 11 Dec
19°
Day
14°
Night
Windy and partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
N
35km/h
20%
chance
of rain

0.6mm
Windy and partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
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Edward on 1/12/2024 11:24pm

Hi Phil,

I was wondering if you could elaborate a little more around cold fronts. What conditions/set up is needed for them to properly make it to the Waikato (in the sense of delivering meaninful rain), and what causes them to fizzle?

I know from my own rainfall records that last summer here where I farm (Matamata/Tirau), it started to dry out a bit in December but we had some rain between Christmas and the new year (I think from a low, if my memory serves me right), and then regularly we received 20-30mm of rain from cold fronts in January, which kept things growing well. Once February rolled around however, that dried up. I’ve noticed that also this year, the cold fronts have just decided to give up and only deliver a few mm’s or none at all. What causes this?

Cheers,
Edward

Josh on 1/12/2024 7:40pm

hey phil and ww team. Josh here. december already. I love your auckland forecast today haha. yes its been very cloudy most of weekend and last week with few sunny days. hopefully this summery week is sunny.

Pete Davies on 1/12/2024 5:39am

Hi Phil
NIWA said on Friday there was a significant weather rain event for second or third week of December,for the west of both islands
Care to comment? Thanks pete ( hopefully it’s true😂)

WW Forecast Team on 1/12/2024 6:02am

Hi Pete, Lots of westerly driven showers and southern rain bands are coming – so it ‘piles up’ on the South Island’s West Coast. Long range data still shows wetter than normal for Westland southwards – and normal northwards, with those totals tapering off as you head towards Cook Strait and Tarakaki. Below normal rainfall for the western North Island. We’ll have more details in our December ClimateWatch video out later on Monday afternoon. It’s still spring-like in our view and that means a messy forecast mixed in with some big high pressure zones nearby.
– PD

Jet on 26/11/2024 9:38pm

Hi guys when is your next climate outlook

WW Forecast Team on 26/11/2024 10:33pm

Hi Jet,
Monday afternoon December 2nd.
– WW

josh on 25/11/2024 9:24pm

hey phil There was thunder in auckland last thursday but nothing was mentioned by the metservice. i know there was some south .

Tony on 25/11/2024 6:17pm

WW Forecast Team on 25/11/2024 8:51pm

Hi Tony, here’s the raw data from the Australian Government. In NZ, NIWA is very commercial for a Govt Agency so NIWA just give their prediction but don’t provide data to support it (as open data means others might use it, and NZ Govt is against fair competition). Here’s the data so you can see for yourself in graph form: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/#tabs=Pacific-Ocean and it shows no major ramp up yet to La Nina.

It’s always been possible that a La Nina might form, but for now NZ’s weather in 2024 continues to be dominated from south of NZ not the equator. We are forecasting spring weather into December with increasing dry areas. A similar outlook to NIWA maybe, but without the La Nina focus quite so much.

Kind regards
Phil D

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