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Weather Forecast for Whanganui15m above sea level

Mostly cloudy. Light North to Nor'East winds.

Now

27°
Whanganui
Observed at 10:49pm from:
Whanganui East (IWHANG247)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmWSW 2km/h33°60%1016.73hPa

Tonight

16°
Whanganui
Mostly cloudy. Light North to Nor'East winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
20%traceNNE 12km/h11:58am4:01amWaning Crescent

Tomorrow

26°
Whanganui
Thunderstorms. Light North to Nor'East winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
100%14.4mmNNE 10km/h4 (Moderate)5:43pm7:24am

Next 24 Hours in Whanganui

Next 9 Days in Whanganui

Thu 12 Feb
Thu 12 Feb
26°
Day
18°
Night
Thunderstorms. Light North to Nor'East winds.
NNE
10km/h
100%
chance
of rain

21.6mm
Thunderstorms. Light North to Nor'East winds.
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Fri 13 Feb
Fri 13 Feb
20°
Day
14°
Night
Morning showers. Breezy South to Sou'West winds.
SSW
19km/h
40%
chance
of rain

0.3mm
Morning showers. Breezy South to Sou'West winds.
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Sat 14 Feb
Sat 14 Feb
17°
Day
13°
Night
Windy, with afternoon showers. Breezy to brisk Southerly winds.
S
34km/h
60%
chance
of rain

14.8mm
Windy, with afternoon showers. Breezy to brisk Southerly winds.
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Sun 15 Feb
Sun 15 Feb
19°
Day
12°
Night
Showers. Breezy to brisk West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
28km/h
60%
chance
of rain

3.7mm
Showers. Breezy to brisk West to Sou'West winds.
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Mon 16 Feb
Mon 16 Feb
20°
Day
13°
Night
Partly cloudy. Breezy Westerly winds.
W
16km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Breezy Westerly winds.
View hourly forecast
Tue 17 Feb
Tue 17 Feb
21°
Day
14°
Night
Partly cloudy. Breezy West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
17km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Breezy West to Sou'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Wed 18 Feb
Wed 18 Feb
21°
Day
15°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
27km/h
20%
chance
of rain

0.6mm
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Thu 19 Feb
Thu 19 Feb
22°
Day
15°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
24km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
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Fri 20 Feb
Fri 20 Feb
21°
Day
14°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
24km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast

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Sue on 11/02/2026 7:46pm

Hi Living in Rural west Hastings( Raukawa /Maraekakaho area). Very concerned about the next rain event coming in. What kind of rain fall are we expecting

WW Forecast Team on 11/02/2026 8:20pm

Hi Sue, check out our RuralWeather site – it updates every hour (so rainfall numbers may move around a little over the days ahead). For now your rainfall doesn’t look too bad: https://www.ruralweather.co.nz/forecasts/Raukawa,%20Hawke's%20Bay . You can also find these graphs in the free WeatherWatch App: https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/mobile-app

We still haven’t locked in whether rain will soak eastern parts of NZ – or end up mostly out at sea. So keep an eye on those graphs and details as it will help make sense of the news headlines you read elsewhere, which are often a bit alarming. We have a video update today about it, and a further update on Friday to fine tune it.

Cheers
Phil D

Kelly on 6/02/2026 10:20pm

Hi, im wanting to take my family on a road trip from Auckland to Northland (kaitaia, cape reinga, hokianga etc)

Was planning on going mid next week for a week (12th onwards) but the weather is looking dicey already…would you recommend putting it off until the week of the 16th?

Normally the weather is lovely and stable this time of year – but it seems nothing about the weather is stable anymore!

WW Forecast Team on 8/02/2026 6:27am

Hi Kelly, at this stage some low pressure this coming week (12th+) will bring in some showers, or areas of rain. From the 16th onwards looks better, but there are a few subtropical lows in the mix this month, so it’s a bit hard to do long range accuracy for Northland when this happens. Our next weather video will be on Monday Feb 9th.
Cheers and good luck planning.
– WW

jet on 5/02/2026 3:28am

hi guys does nelson have a chance of going to drought this summer or are we doing ok for rainfall?

WW Forecast Team on 5/02/2026 7:16am

You’ve had more rain than usual – so you’re fine. https://niwa.co.nz/climate-and-weather/daily-climate-maps
– WW

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