Archives for May 2009
Winter kicks off in style
File photo / Snow in Christchurch last year..this time around snow flurries were only light. Image / Mark Thomas. Today…
Cold snap continues to surprise – snow falls in 3 North Island cities
WeatherWatch.co.nz is tonight receiving a number of reports of snow and sleet falling in Napier. The Antarctic blast has seen…
Temperatures plummet as polar southerlies spread north
The surge of polar air continues northward this evening with temperatures plummeting the length of the country. The coldest regions…
Snow in parts of Wellington, cold arrives in Auckland
Reports have come in of snow flakes around parts of Wellington. In both messages sent to WeatherWatch.co.nz and posted at…
SUNDAY
An extremely rare sight to see so many places in single digits. Todays highest temperature was 17 at Bay of…
Cold sets in, bitterly cold wind chill
Bitterly cold weather is setting in across New Zealand as the predicted Antarctic blast arrives. Temperatures are continuing to fall…
Cold heads into North Island
Wintry conditions are spreading across the North Island with the cold front now moving into Manawatu. The system appears to…
Polar blast – the latest
The polar blast moving up the country is running a little later than first thought with it pushing in to Wellington…
Wintry blast arrives today
An icy blast from the sub-antarctic is expected to bring bitterly cold temperatures to much of the North Island today….
Snow on the way for North & South Island main centres
A blast of Antarctic air bringing snow, gales and bitterly cold wind chills is moving up New Zealand today and…
