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Main Centre forecasts for this Weekend & Next Week!

Updated: 6:30am — A high pressure system is sliding towards the country and is going to bring a much warmer,…

Mission Bay cleared for swimming

Mission Bay is open for swimming again – with water quality tests deeming the popular Auckland spot safe for beachgoers….

Weather records – what are the hottest, driest, coldest places on earth?

Atlanta was officially colder than Sochi, Russia, and an escaped jail inmate turned himself in so that he could warm…

Friday night’s national forecast

An anticyclone lies in the Tasman Sea with a west to southwest airflow currently over the country, conditions are fairly…

Friday’s national forecast

Mainly settled over New Zealand today as an anticyclone in the Tasman Sea spreads a weak ridge over the country….

Summer spluttering for some, roaring for others

If you live in Southland and Otago you might swear the weather is currently from the second half of the…

Thursday night’s national forecast

Unstable conditions clear this evening over the North Island, many other areas will also settle due to the influence of…

Record low number of drownings in 2013

Men and preschoolers are over-represented in our drowning toll, Water Safety NZ warns. There were 81 drownings last year, a…

Dunedin just 12 degrees at midday

Some parts of Dunedin are just 12 and 13 degrees as we head towards midday today in the second week…

Polar vortex: What are they, what causes them, and how dangerous?

Americans in two dozen states from the Midwest to the Southeast and Northeast are shivering this week courtesy of a…

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Latest: Gabrielle approaches NZ (+25 Maps)

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle will be felt across much of the North Island today, especially later in the day,…

Cyclone Gabrielle strengthening as it slowly passes Great Barrier Island (20+ maps)

12:15am Tuesday NZDT — Cyclone Gabrielle’s movement has slowed to an absolute crawl near Great Barrier Island. The longer the…