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Temperature Trends: Overnight Monday and daytime Tuesday

A cooler than average night ahead for most tonight, where winds (mostly southwesterlies) are a bit breezy near the coast…

Windy, cooler, weather in NZ for a week: 10 bullet points + Maps explain why

NZ is going through an unsettled, windy, cooler phase of weather as high pressure remains stuck over Australia.  As drought…

NZers can thank one of the largest lows on earth for the wind this week (+7 Maps)

A windier, cooler, week is on the way for many regions – so what is to blame? One of the…

RainWatch: Monday’s 24 hour rainfall

A strong southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today. Showers clear the upper North Island this morning then mainly dry,…

Monday’s national forecast

A strong southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today. North Island For the upper North Island, morning showers clear then…

Auckland, upper North Island skies turn orange & gloomy as smoke from Australia arrives

Updated 8:05pm — Another unprecedented plume of smoke from Australia is crossing New Zealand, this time Auckland and the upper…

Temperature Trends: Overnight Sunday and daytime Monday

Average to above average overnight lows for the North Island tonight, looking particularly warmer than normal about Hawkes Bay and Gisborne…

RainWatch: Sunday’s 12 hour rainfall

Mainly dry weather for the North Island today, this evening a few showers move into the southwestern corner (Taranaki through…

Sunday’s national forecast – The weather is starting to going downhill

NZ is entering a cooler, windier, week but Sunday is a little bit of a breather before the more severe…

Saturday’s national forecast

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, easing later on / overnight as a ridge pushes in from the…

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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…