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Winter cold returns! Frost risk expands

Tonight will be a cold night nationwide as polar air smothers the country bringing a return to frosts tonight (or tomorrow night) as the southerly heads northwards. There are plenty of showers, but due to the windflow changing...

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Mainly sunny. Fairly breezy South to Sou'West winds.
9°
Tonight
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Frosts, snow, gales & windchill – Next 6 days…

Colder weather is yet to spread nationwide, doing so over the next few days ahead with the polar boundary going…

Frost alert as big polar change moves in

A cold airflow will spread over NZ this week, starting in the SI tonight and going nationwide mid week. It…

Weekend gales, frosts & polar air next week

Low pressure is today over the upper North Island, replaced by a surge of gale west to south-west winds this…

Rain, showers, frosts – then windy again

In true early-spring fashion we have more windy weather on the way, but first low pressure is crossing the country…

Cold front, low pressure, then windy westerlies kick back in

A cold front is today and tomorrow moving into the country, with coldest weather in the southern half of the…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 8:28pm on Wed 23 September 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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