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Your New Year’s Eve forecast as we farewell 2020 + welcome the start of 2021! (+2 Maps)

The forecast for the last day of 2020 looks fairly settled – but may not be dry for everyone. Weak…

RainWatch: Next 7 days rain & snow across New Zealand (+8 Maps)

High pressure crosses NZ for the final days of 2020 while the start of 2021 may have low pressure. This…

Monday’s forecast – Colder than normal for many but summer returns to the south (+10 Maps)

Another colder than average day across a large part of New Zealand with eastern areas exposed to a strong, even…

Sunday’s forecast – Several degrees below normal for some, high pressure growing in south (+11 Maps)

Unseasonable cold will move up and across much of the North Island and most of eastern New Zealand today. Temperatures…

Boxing Day gets even colder, over 8 degrees below normal, inland frosts actually possible! (+4 Maps)

A colder change is moving up the country and gets even colder today in the South Island and Sunday in…

Christmas Day National Forecast – It’s not looking like summer for some! (+6 Maps)

A colder change is moving into the South Island on Christmas Day with showers in some areas. Much of the…

Live Santa Tracker

Santa Tracker 2020

Final Update — The WeatherWatch Santa Tracker has ended for 2020! Here’s the last recording of the radar at 11pm…

Weather videos return mid January 2021

Thank you for all your support across 2020. The small team that helps make our videos is now on holiday…

Thursday’s national forecast – A cooler sou’west change arrives (+4 Maps)

Cloudy or rainy weather will continue due to a series of low pressure systems and fronts for the next five…

VIDEO: Our final video for 2020 – How Christmas and beyond is shaping up

The humid, warm, weather across many parts of NZ will be pushed away on Christmas Day but a colder southerly…

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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…