Weather Forecast for Rotorua289m above sea level
Windy, with showers early. Breezy to brisk Westerly winds.
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Next 24 Hours in Rotorua
Next 9 Days in Rotorua
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18km/h
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of rain
7.1mm
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15km/h
chance
of rain
6.8mm
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19km/h
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of rain
trace
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19km/h
chance
of rain
0.5mm
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14km/h
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of rain
2.8mm
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21km/h
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of rain
18.9mm
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17km/h
chance
of rain
12.9mm
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Night
14km/h
chance
of rain
11.1mm
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Night
15km/h
chance
of rain
2.7mm
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neil on 11/04/2026 8:18pm
All other forecasters were predicting westerly wind for Saturday youre the only one predicting the SE we got.
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Kathy on 11/04/2026 7:17am
Great website for current weather – not sure there are any others as good
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Bruce on 11/04/2026 12:00am
Under Maps and Radar > Wind > MajicWeather Wind Forecast. The colour is based on the surface (2m) temperature, and varies from dark blue below freezing, up to green at around 10-15°c, yellow around 25-30°c and red at about 40°c.
Am I correct in assuming that the light colour (white) between the green and yellow is approximate temperature of around 16-24, or is it just light yellow?
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WW Forecast Team on 11/04/2026 4:10am
Hi Bruce, the white (brightness) areas represent the strength of the wind, being severe gale and above – not the temperature. Hope that helps.
Cheers
– WW
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Abigail on 10/04/2026 3:25am
Hi Phil and team WeatherWatch!
Always love and appreciate your work and your informative and calm forecasts.
Quick q about the rain totals for Auckland broken down hourly – the break down is done from 7am-6am but the overall total is done by the day – so Saturday 11 April has a very high rain total but when you break it down by hour the worst of it kicks off from about 1am onwards which technically informs the total for the day, for Sunday 12 April.
So at first glance Saturday’s total rain total for the day looks worse than Sunday’s….until you break it down by hour.
Also do you expect these totals to change tomorrow as they have been mostly consistent-ish for the last few days based on the modelling I assume?
Thanks,
Abigail
Just wondering if this is intentional?
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WW Forecast Team on 10/04/2026 11:32am
Hi Abigail, thanks for your message. The way we receive the data comes in 12 hour blocks so there is basically a daytime rainfall and a nightime rainfall, so rain that is coming in overnight can show up in the prior day’s rainfall total. In our app and at RuralWeather.co.nz you can better see the rainfall in graph form so that it’s much clearer as to when that rain will fall, and how heavy it will be.
As for the totals to change – yes – because the centre of this cyclone is coming in near Auckland the precise tracking of that centre matters a lot at working out heaviest rain and strongest winds. Cyclones can wobble left and right and that may shift the future tracking, and therefore your rainfall. Our data updates each hour, so worth keeping an eye on. MetService warnings cover what is possible though and as with any rainband if it slows down the forecast rainfall totals will increase, if the storm moves faster that will decrease rainfall. Quite a few moving parts to it all!
– WW
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