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Heavy SI rain + gales return this Sunday nationwide

Heavy rain and heavy snow are both forecast for the South Island with Westland, Canterbury and Otago looking most exposed to the deluge and potential for white out conditions in some areas as rain turns to snow higher up (Keep up to dat...

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Mostly cloudy and mainly dry. Breezy Northerlies.
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Tonight
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Tomorrow

Heavy rain & snow for SI, windy at times for NI

Low pressure will leave Australia tomorrow and quickly move into the South Island, bringing heavy rain which will spread further…

Australian low to bring heavy rain to the South Island

A low exiting Australia this week will bring some significant West Coast rain, with spillover into the east and south…

Sunday Update: Damaging gales moving through

We have a special Sunday update with the latest on the severe gales over parts of the country today. Generally…

Damaging winds possible Sunday, polar cold returns to SI

Warmer nor’west winds will move across NZ on Saturday, strengthening overnight and across Sunday with the chance of damaging gusts…

Gale westerlies this weekend, low to monitor next week

We have a big change in airflow with the freezing southerlies of the past couple of weeks finally fading and…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 3:13pm on Wed 26 August 2026
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ClimateWatch: JULY outlook & what El Niño means for NZ

El Niño is officially here and still getting stronger in the months ahead, but it’s harder to notice its effects…

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Ways to get fewer nasty surprises when it comes to wet weather that is (or isn’t!) forecast

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

From our Education page — New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically…

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