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Fire risks rise as NZ continues to dry out – isolated downpours bring only real relief

We’re certainly in peak summer mode across New Zealand with hotter weather for most – and mainly dry skies for the next 7 days ahead – generally speaking. High pressure zones are keeping tropical rainmakers a...

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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…

VIDEO: NZ’s weather to Tuesday next week as downpours & dry dominate

High pressure is mostly affecting the country in the week ahead but we see afternoon downpours in both main islands…

VIDEO: Tropical low may brush northern NZ this Sun/Mon

High pressure is mostly dominating the country but storms in the tropics are moving closer towards us and means it’s…

VIDEO: Tracking the showers as NZ looks to have mostly dry weather this week

There may be a few temperature fluctuations in the southern half of the South Island in particular but the further…

VIDEO: ClimateWatch – FEBRUARY around NZ & Australia looks energetic, but still large dry areas

High pressure is dominating NZ and south-eastern Australia but the tropics and the Southern Ocean areas remain active with numerous…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 2:28am on Sun 9 February 2025

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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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Comparing the world’s most well known cities with NZ’s latitude – some may surprise you! (+2 Maps)

From our Education Pages — It’s often said weather forecasters spend much of their lives looking up at the sky,…

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NZ & Tasmania share more than just a similar weather pattern (+2 Maps)

From our Education archives — Tassie often gets first what NZ gets later. The Australian state shares not only similar…

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