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Weather Forecast for Whanganui15m above sea level

Mostly Clear. Light Nor'West winds.

Now

17°
Whanganui
Observed at 5:20am from:
Whanganui East (IWHANG247)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmSW 0km/h20°84%1028.41hPa

Today

21°
Whanganui
Mostly cloudy. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
10%traceN 27km/h2 (Low)7:10pm5:22am

Tonight

16°
Whanganui
Cloudy. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
10%traceN 25km/h9:08am12:02amWaning Gibbous

Next 24 Hours in Whanganui

Next 9 Days in Whanganui

Thu 7 May
Thu 7 May
20°
Day
13°
Night
Windy, with light rain in the afternoon. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
N
33km/h
50%
chance
of rain

5.4mm
Windy, with light rain in the afternoon. Breezy to brisk Northerly winds.
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Fri 8 May
Fri 8 May
17°
Day
12°
Night
Showers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
24km/h
60%
chance
of rain

6.6mm
Showers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
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Sat 9 May
Sat 9 May
16°
Day
9°
Night
Windy and partly cloudy. Brisk West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
41km/h
20%
chance
of rain

1.5mm
Windy and partly cloudy. Brisk West to Nor'West winds.
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Sun 10 May
Sun 10 May
13°
Day
5°
Night
Morning clouds followed by afternoon sun. Breezy Sou'East winds.
SE
15km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Morning clouds followed by afternoon sun. Breezy Sou'East winds.
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Mon 11 May
Mon 11 May
16°
Day
6°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy Northerly winds.
N
16km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy Northerly winds.
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Tue 12 May
Tue 12 May
15°
Day
8°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Light Sou'East winds.
SE
11km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Light Sou'East winds.
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Wed 13 May
Wed 13 May
14°
Day
8°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy Sou'East winds.
SE
21km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy Sou'East winds.
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Thu 14 May
Thu 14 May
14°
Day
7°
Night
Partly cloudy. Breezy Sou'East winds.
SE
19km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Breezy Sou'East winds.
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Fri 15 May
Fri 15 May
14°
Day
7°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy Sou'East winds.
SE
16km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy Sou'East winds.
View hourly forecast

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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

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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