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Weather Forecast for New Plymouth28m above sea level

Mostly Sunny. Light West to Nor'West winds.

Now

17°
New Plymouth
Observed at 3:20am from:
New Plymouth (INEWPL164)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmN 0km/h18°69%1031.83hPa

Today

17°
New Plymouth
Mostly cloudy. Light East to Nor'East winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
10%traceENE 10km/h3 (Moderate)7:10pm5:30am

Tonight

12°
New Plymouth
Mostly cloudy. Light Easterly winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
20%traceE 12km/h7:23am10:27pmWaning Gibbous

Next 24 Hours in New Plymouth

Next 9 Days in New Plymouth

Tue 5 May
Tue 5 May
18°
Day
15°
Night
Light rain developing in the afternoon. Fairly breezy Nor'East winds.
NE
21km/h
60%
chance
of rain

6.6mm
Light rain developing in the afternoon. Fairly breezy Nor'East winds.
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Wed 6 May
Wed 6 May
18°
Day
15°
Night
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
N
33km/h
90%
chance
of rain

30.7mm
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
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Thu 7 May
Thu 7 May
18°
Day
15°
Night
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
N
37km/h
90%
chance
of rain

39.9mm
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
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Fri 8 May
Fri 8 May
17°
Day
12°
Night
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
37km/h
90%
chance
of rain

15.7mm
Rainy and windy. Breezy to brisk West to Nor'West winds.
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Sat 9 May
Sat 9 May
16°
Day
11°
Night
Windy, with showers. Breezy to brisk West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
37km/h
50%
chance
of rain

2.8mm
Windy, with showers. Breezy to brisk West to Sou'West winds.
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Sun 10 May
Sun 10 May
15°
Day
11°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Sou'West winds.
SW
25km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Sou'West winds.
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Mon 11 May
Mon 11 May
16°
Day
9°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy South to Sou'West winds.
SSW
24km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy South to Sou'West winds.
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Tue 12 May
Tue 12 May
16°
Day
10°
Night
Partly cloudy. Breezy Southerly winds.
S
18km/h
0%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Breezy Southerly winds.
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Wed 13 May
Wed 13 May
16°
Day
9°
Night
Mainly sunny. Fairly breezy South to Sou'East winds.
SSE
22km/h
0%
chance
of rain

trace
Mainly sunny. Fairly breezy South to Sou'East winds.
View hourly forecast

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Colin Gibbs on 30/04/2026 12:00am

Hi, there is a lot of noise on social media and news sites about the El Nino this year. Maybe you could do a video with the facts as they are known as of now?

WW Forecast Team on 30/04/2026 12:13am

Hi Colin, we will do next week 🙂
– WW

josh on 30/04/2026 12:57am

drought for Auckland and for places that been flooding last 4-5 years?

Anne on 21/04/2026 7:39pm

Thurs 23, says 0% chance of 5.5 ml of rain …
I realise that forecasts are only a ‘best guess’ and can change at any time, but this seems to me on of the weirder ones, would love to know if there is an explanation

WW Forecast Team on 21/04/2026 8:07pm

Hi Anne, our rainfall data each day in the daily totals is actually broken into two segments: Daytime and nightime. So if you see that it means rainfall will be occuring overnight. If you use the rain graphs at RuralWeather.co.nz or in the WeatherWatch App you will be able to make more sense of it.
Kind regards
– WW

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