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Large low brings rain, downpours & some snow – gets colder as the week progresses

Low pressure will cross the upper North Island in the days ahead and that set-up actually pushes more heavy rain into the eastern South Island then moves into the eastern North Island. Driest weather will be in Westland and Fi...

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Showers, possibly heavy. Track on rain radar. Fairly breezy East to Sou'East winds.
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WeatherWatch App launches real-time local lightning tracker!

A bolt out of the blue! WeatherWatch has launched a live, real-time lightning tracker, enabling Kiwis to gain access to data provided by the…

Polar airflow + northern low = pockets of heavy rain & snow

A colder change is coming – and so too is a large low which will develop and grow over northern…

Wintry weather coming: Snow, rain, wind & sunshine

A cold front is moving into NZ from Friday to Sunday with low pressure developing west of NZ and then…

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…

Low pressure heading to NZ this weekend & into next week

Many regions have settled weather at the moment with frosts as far north as Auckland this morning, but still some…

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 4:43am on Tue 7 July 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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