Next 24 Hours in Hamilton
Next 9 Days in Hamilton
Fri 10 Apr
Fri 10 Apr
23°
Day
19°
Night
Cloudy. Fairly breezy East to Sou'East winds.
ESE
26km/h
20%
chance
of rain
21.2mm
Cloudy. Fairly breezy East to Sou'East winds.
Sat 11 Apr
Sat 11 Apr
21°
Day
17°
Night
Rain and wind. Breezy to brisk SE winds, turning westerly later and may be stronger, as Cyclone Vaianu moves southwards over Waikato/BoP (this forecast may change).
SE
33km/h
100%
chance
of rain
42.9mm
Rain and wind. Breezy to brisk SE winds, turning westerly later and may be stronger, as Cyclone Vaianu moves southwards over Waikato/BoP (this forecast may change).
Sun 12 Apr
Sun 12 Apr
21°
Day
13°
Night
Rain. Fairly breezy North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
24km/h
80%
chance
of rain
10.5mm
Rain. Fairly breezy North to Nor'West winds.
Mon 13 Apr
Mon 13 Apr
19°
Day
11°
Night
Thundershowers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
24km/h
80%
chance
of rain
12.1mm
Thundershowers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
Tue 14 Apr
Tue 14 Apr
18°
Day
13°
Night
Showers. Breezy to brisk West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
29km/h
50%
chance
of rain
2.8mm
Showers. Breezy to brisk West to Sou'West winds.
Wed 15 Apr
Wed 15 Apr
18°
Day
10°
Night
Showers. Breezy to brisk Westerly winds.
W
31km/h
50%
chance
of rain
1.7mm
Showers. Breezy to brisk Westerly winds.
Thu 16 Apr
Thu 16 Apr
19°
Day
12°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Westerly winds.
W
22km/h
20%
chance
of rain
2.8mm
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Westerly winds.
Fri 17 Apr
Fri 17 Apr
19°
Day
12°
Night
Rain. Fairly breezy North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
26km/h
60%
chance
of rain
13.5mm
Rain. Fairly breezy North to Nor'West winds.
Sat 18 Apr
Sat 18 Apr
17°
Day
10°
Night
Light rain. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
23km/h
60%
chance
of rain
8.4mm
Light rain. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
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Carla on 9/04/2026 10:45pm
Hi Phil, Can you explain why the windspeeds for the incoming cyclone differ considerably between your rural weather forecast and the Met office warnings?
I have looked at the Whangarei wind forecast for Saturday and Sunday and it is 39km/h with gusts of up to 71km/h max on Saturday and and 40km/h with gusts of 74km/h max on Sunday.
The Met office predicts from 11pm Sat, 11 Apr – 2pm Sun, 12 Apr: Severe gale southeasterlies changing to severe gale southwesterlies during Sunday afternoon, gusting 130km/h in exposed places. Moderate chance of upgrading to a Red Warning.
Since we overlook the sea we do get more rain and wind than Whangarei itself sometimes, so I looked up Taiharuru as well and there the wind is 47km/h with 78km/h gusts.
From past experience I know that they tend to try and cover all eventualities, however this seems to be a big gap this time.
Any ideas?
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Jo on 9/04/2026 9:25pm
Hi, is the wind for tomorrow afternoon in North Auckland likely to increase above predicted levels? Are you seeing the cyclone tracking faster than predicted? I see warnings got moved from early Sunday morning to 9pm Saturday.
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Jason on 9/04/2026 8:46pm
HI Phill, why are we not getting predicted wind speeds for the incoming storm. the forecasts are showing only 38km
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josh on 31/03/2026 9:21pm
i just saw the rain accumulative maps for next week on your site and it says 100mm is possible for auckland next monday/tuesday!!!!
wheres el nino?
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Aaron on 26/03/2026 10:24pm
Hi Phil,
Was just wondering why there was such a large discrepancy in the reported rainfall amounts yesterday. I live in Takapuna, and was monitoring the radar all day. We had a lot of rain but no downpours, just steady rain. Anyway, the rainfall amount recorded towards the end of last night per your Takapuna station was close to 100 mm which seems accurate, but the Northcote station was reporting that 190 mm had fallen just before midnight! Northcote is just 5 minutes away from Takapuna so surely there couldn’t have been such a massive difference when there were no thunderstorms present yesterday in either suburb.
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WW Forecast Team on 26/03/2026 10:30pm
Hi Aaron, not sure sorry – as it’s a private network and so we can’t double check collaborations etc – and of course no/limited public data for verifying. I know when the Tauranga/Mount floods happened earlier this year both Niwa and MetService had two totally different numbers for the event within a fairly short distance – so it is possible some narrow lines of rain clipped one station and not yours. But without knowing the precise set-up it’s hard to be sure.
Cheers
Phil D
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josh on 26/03/2026 10:08pm
wow 100-160mm for auckland yesterday. thats much of this months rain in 24 hours. wettest day since auckland 2023 floods.
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Jet on 26/03/2026 7:41pm
Hi phill when is your next climate outlook gonna be ?
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WW Forecast Team on 26/03/2026 10:26pm
Hi Jet, Wednesday April 1st.
-WW
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