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Weather Forecast for Whanganui15m above sea level

Showers. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.

Now

16°
Whanganui
Observed at 3:00pm from:
Saint Johns Hill (IWHANG199)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmNE 3km/h18°79%1019.64hPa

Today

20°
Whanganui
Showers. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
70%2.7mmNNW 30km/h4 (Moderate)5:39pm6:34am

Tonight

16°
Whanganui
Light rain developing late. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
80%2mmNNW 32km/h-7:45pmWaning Gibbous

Next 24 Hours in Whanganui

Next 9 Days in Whanganui

Sat 11 Oct
Sat 11 Oct
20°
Day
14°
Night
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
37km/h
100%
chance
of rain

4.9mm
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Sun 12 Oct
Sun 12 Oct
20°
Day
13°
Night
Rain developing during the afternoon. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
31km/h
100%
chance
of rain

15.4mm
Rain developing during the afternoon. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Mon 13 Oct
Mon 13 Oct
16°
Day
9°
Night
Rain. Breezy South to Sou'East winds.
SSE
19km/h
70%
chance
of rain

8.1mm
Rain. Breezy South to Sou'East winds.
View hourly forecast
Tue 14 Oct
Tue 14 Oct
15°
Day
12°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy to brisk West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
31km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy to brisk West to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Wed 15 Oct
Wed 15 Oct
16°
Day
9°
Night
Windy and partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
36km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Windy and partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk West to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Thu 16 Oct
Thu 16 Oct
18°
Day
11°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
27km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Fri 17 Oct
Fri 17 Oct
18°
Day
12°
Night
Mostly cloudy. Breezy to brisk Nor'West winds.
NW
30km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Mostly cloudy. Breezy to brisk Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Sat 18 Oct
Sat 18 Oct
18°
Day
12°
Night
Morning showers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
25km/h
30%
chance
of rain

2.2mm
Morning showers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Sun 19 Oct
Sun 19 Oct
18°
Day
13°
Night
Morning showers. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
29km/h
40%
chance
of rain

1.1mm
Morning showers. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast

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Linda on 9/10/2025 9:56pm

Hilarious that In,gill gets a wind icon for today and tomorrow yet Wellington doesn’t. We are not currently under a watch or warning!

WW Forecast Team on 9/10/2025 10:08pm

Wind icon in our forecast don’t indicate warnings – it just means it may be a bit windy.
– WW

Jet on 9/10/2025 9:44pm

Hi Phil do u know what the weather in Nelson might be like on Friday 31 Halloween

Can u give me any predictions

WW Forecast Team on 9/10/2025 10:08pm

Too far out to know sorry, can only see abou 7 to 10 days out.
– WW

Cameron on 8/10/2025 11:10pm

I was wondering what makes WeatherWatch more accurate than the Android weather app?

Couple days ago, the weather app showed a forecast for thunder and rain, whereas WW showed less than 50% chance of rain, which ended up being a lot more accurate.

Cheers,
Cameron.

WW Forecast Team on 9/10/2025 12:21am

Hi Cameron, We use The Weather Company – as they are the world’s most accurate weather forecaster, whereas Android phones get their data from a variety of sources. We also add our own formula to some of the data, to improve it in New Zealand due to: 1) NZ’s rugged topography, and 2) The lack of open data from the two commercial Government Agencies (Niwa and MetService).

This forces us to do better – but if we had Government/public weather data (like all other modern nations) we’d be able to nail all isolated downpours/showers too. That is a blindspot the Government has purposely created to keep their two Weather Agencies more commercially viable/relevant.

Also, in Auckland, we manually adjust some forecasts. Wish we had the resources to do that for everyone. 🙂

Thanks for the message
Cheers
Phil D

josh on 7/10/2025 12:53am

hey phi;llip i dont know if you follow us storms but a tornado in north Dakota u.s in june has just been upgraded to be the first ef5 tornado since 2013!!!! historic moment for the us storm chasers i would say.

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