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Archives for December 2024

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…

Surprising! Top 10 places around the EQUATOR that have SNOW, ICE & glaciers

Read more from our Education Pages here — Surface temperatures at the Equator average 31C by day and 23C at…

Education: The most accurate ways to read a rain forecast & get fewer nasty surprises

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

VIDEO: NZ’s NYE & NYD forecast + outlook to Sunday

NZ has an unsettled weather pattern for the days ahead, bringing in rain, showers and windy weather – along with…

WeatherWatchTV YouTube channel hits 6 MILLION views in a year

WeatherWatch.co.nz is NZ’s largest independent weather voice – and YouTube ratings have proved that, clocking up over 6 million views…

Colder change for SI, windy weather returns to NI for NYE (+7 Maps)

Updated — A colder change is moving up the South Island for Monday as low pressure exits east of the…

VIDEO: New Zealand weather forecast to January 1, 2025

The unsettled almost spring-like pattern over NZ continues for the rest of December and looks to ease as we kick…

Windy Friday for NI, wet in east as storm churns offshore. High pressure approaches SI

Low pressure covered a large part of NZ on Boxing Day but high pressure is moving in from the west…

VIDEO: NZ’s 8 day weather, out to New Year’s Eve

We have the latest forecast on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, the final weekend of December and the New Year’s Eve….

Live Santa Tracker

Santa Tracker 2024 – read the many messages sent to Santa

The WeatherWatch.co.nz live Santa Tracker has now been switched off as Santa entered NZ airspace late on Christmas Eve. Comments…