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Friday’s national forecast

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today. North Island Morning cloud with the odd shower for the western North…

Temperature Trends: Overnight Thursday and daytime Friday

Due to a southwesterly airflow over the country tonight we have average to below average temperatures for most. The lower…

NEW: January & 3 month Climate/Seasonal outlook for NZ (+8 Maps)

WeatherWatch.co.nz has issued our second ever seasonal forecast in partnership with IBM and it looks as though December’s pattern will…

RainWatch: Thursday’s 24 hour rainfall

Rain about the West Coast of the South Island eases this evening to the odd shower, some rain spreading from…

Thursday’s national forecast

Much of the country is fairly settled today but there will be plenty of cloud about plus some Aussie smoke…

Surreal thick smoke from Aussie turns South Island skies orange and dark (+Maps & Photos)

It’s normal for NZ to get some smoke from Australia when they have big bushfires, but the images coming out…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A northwesterly airflow lies over the country today, moving around a large anticyclone centered in the Tasman Sea. Meanwhile a…

Temperature Trends: Overnight Tuesday and daytime Wednesday

Mostly average overnight lows for the North Island tonight to see in the new year. Conditions are mostly clear and…

WeatherWatch launches new site: RuralWeather.co.nz

In 2019 WeatherWatch.co.nz launched a new website and it’s the biggest weather data dump in NZ history: www.RuralWeather.co.nz. The new website gives people…

RainWatch: Tuesday’s 24 hour rainfall

Conditions are very dry around all of New Zealand today. Not till overnight or towards dawn on Wednesday does some…

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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…