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Temperature trends – getting a little cold

Temperatures are certainly cooling down today for the South Island and southwestern corner of the North Island in a cold…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A large high to the west over Australia and a low pressure system to the east dredge up a cold…

RainWatch – Most regions in the firing line

Most regions around New Zealand can expect wet weather due to a cold southwesterly airflow on Tuesday, South Westland however…

Past 24 hours rainfall + Send us your totals

As forecast by WeatherWatch.co.nz and RuralWeather.co.nz Sunday and overnight into Monday morning saw some decent downpours in the north of…

Temperature trends – Warm weather coming to an end, for now

Still warmer than average today for northeastern parts of the North Island and the east of the South Island, but…

Monday’s national forecast

A front moves off to the northeast of the North Island this morning leaving an unstable airflow in its wake,…

Monday’s weather outlook

A front moves off to the northeast of the North Island on Monday morning leaving an unstable airflow in its…

Sunday’s national forecast – Wet and windy in many places (+5 Maps)

NZ is in the squash zone of wind today with a band of rain also moving over drought zones. Rainfall…

Gusty winds increasing across NZ this weekend (4 Maps)

High pressure to our north east and low pressure to the south west puts NZ in a northerly squash zone…

Saturday’s national forecast

A northerly airflow lies over New Zealand today, a front pushes northwards over the South Island reaching the lower North…

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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…