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How have the flies been so far this year?

With the weather so up and down so far this year some regions have hotter and drier than usual, others…

Monday’s national forecast

The nation is fairly settled today with winds variable across the country, and even changeable within regions across the day. …

Australia – Warnings for Darwin as Tropical Cyclone Blanche develops, CAT2 likely

Tropical Cyclone Blanche has just developed in the Joseph-Bonaparte Gulf, bringing flooding rains and gale force winds. Point Fawcett at…

Sydney’s Brisbane-like summer and Brisbane’s Rocky summer

Sydney and Brisbane both broke their summer heat records, making it feel as if locals moved hundreds of kilometres north…

Sunday’s national forecast

High pressure ‘kinda’ comes back today across parts of the country. There’s still a westerly quarter flow which is a…

Highlights of the Week – What’s been making Weather News?

A warm week has come to an end – and with it, the high temperatures that dominated our weather over…

Antarctic sea ice extent bottoming out at lowest on record

As summer draws to a close across the Southern Hemisphere, the extent of sea ice ringing Antarctica has fallen to…

Poll Results: 65% ‘extremely’ or ‘quite’ concerned about pollution of NZ’s waterways

Our week-long poll this past week has picked up on a theme in this year’s general election. We wanted to…

Saturday’s nationwide forecast

A sou’west flow covers much of New Zealand today producing a few showers here and there and slightly windier conditions…

INFOGRAPHIC – Your Weekend Highs

The weekend looks a little cooler in some parts of New Zealand, with afternoon temperatures falling out of the late…

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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…