Weather Forecast for New Plymouth28m above sea level
Mostly sunny. Light East to Nor'East winds.
Now
Today
16°
New Plymouth
Mostly sunny. Light East to Nor'East winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
10%traceENE 13km/h2 (Low)7:24pm5:16am
Tonight
9°
New Plymouth
Partly cloudy. Breezy East to Nor'East winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
10%traceENE 17km/h11:09pm8:22amWaxing Crescent
Next 24 Hours in New Plymouth
Next 9 Days in New Plymouth
Wed 20 May
Wed 20 May
17°
Day
Day
10°
Night
Night
Mostly cloudy. Fairly breezy Nor'East winds.
NE
21km/h
21km/h
10%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
trace
Mostly cloudy. Fairly breezy Nor'East winds.
Thu 21 May
Thu 21 May
17°
Day
Day
10°
Night
Night
Mostly cloudy. Light Easterly winds.
E
11km/h
11km/h
10%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
trace
Mostly cloudy. Light Easterly winds.
Fri 22 May
Fri 22 May
17°
Day
Day
11°
Night
Night
Partly cloudy. Light Sou'East winds.
SE
10km/h
10km/h
10%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
trace
Partly cloudy. Light Sou'East winds.
Sat 23 May
Sat 23 May
17°
Day
Day
9°
Night
Night
Mostly sunny. Breezy East to Sou'East winds.
ESE
15km/h
15km/h
10%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
trace
Mostly sunny. Breezy East to Sou'East winds.
Sun 24 May
Sun 24 May
16°
Day
Day
11°
Night
Night
Partly cloudy. Light East to Nor'East winds.
ENE
13km/h
13km/h
10%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
2.3mm
Partly cloudy. Light East to Nor'East winds.
Mon 25 May
Mon 25 May
15°
Day
Day
12°
Night
Night
Rain. Fairly breezy East to Sou'East winds.
ESE
21km/h
21km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
12.6mm
Rain. Fairly breezy East to Sou'East winds.
Tue 26 May
Tue 26 May
16°
Day
Day
11°
Night
Night
Rain. Fairly breezy East to Nor'East winds.
ENE
23km/h
23km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
14.9mm
Rain. Fairly breezy East to Nor'East winds.
Wed 27 May
Wed 27 May
16°
Day
Day
11°
Night
Night
Rain. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
N
23km/h
23km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
16.7mm
Rain. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
Thu 28 May
Thu 28 May
17°
Day
Day
12°
Night
Night
Rain. Fairly breezy Easterly winds.
E
21km/h
21km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
14.7mm
Rain. Fairly breezy Easterly winds.
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19/05/2026 12:04am
West Coast rain, a few showers elsewhere – but still high pressure holding on
Some heavy rain is coming to the West Coast and winds will change direction a few times over the week…
Blake Harvie on 6/05/2026 1:58am
The weatherwatch ‘day’ starts at 7am and finishes at the same time the following day. A 24 hour period.
Are you satisfied that this best meets the needs of your viewers?
It’s confusing somewhat I feel. I could look at Thursday for example and there’s no rain predicted… when in fact there might be a strong possibilty of rain on Thursday between 0000 and 0700. But you’ve accounted for that rain on Wednesday. It’s just not correct. A civil/calendar day would be better in my opinion.
Cheers,
Blake
WW Forecast Team on 6/05/2026 2:10am
Hi Blake, that is the way the data is delivered to us and currently we don’t have a work around for it. Visit RuralWeather.co.nz or download our app for clearer rain graphs.
Kind regards,
– WW
Bruce on 10/05/2026 7:11am
7am is a start of the day ,after a night of sleep. I think the 7am to 7 am day is good practical solution.
It shows overnight rain etc as part of that night, not rain to midnight then rain to 7 am, so you don’t have to add two figures together to get the overnight forecasted rain.
In the olden days before computerisation to weather day was 9 am to 9 am, so the met staff could do their reading during the working day.
Fi on 11/05/2026 4:39pm
Yeah, I agree, I like it like that too. Most of the time I want to know what is happening when I’m going to be outside working, not asleep in bed. I check out the hourly breakdown for a closer look if I want to know more.
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?
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