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Southern Ocean lows dominating NZ’s weather for rest of January, early February (+8 Maps)
More windy westerly driven weather is on the way for NZ thanks to storms and low pressure south of the…
VIDEO: 7 Day Weather – Gales & some rain for northern NZ, cooler in the east
Low pressure around the north of NZ means windy weather is kicking in from today through to Tuesday, in particular…
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,…
VIDEO: NZ’s weather to the middle of January 2025
Recorded Tuesday Dec 31 — In our final video of 2024 we take a look at the upcoming two week…
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…
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…
VIDEO: NZ’s weather forecast through to Boxing Day
Low pressure is looming next week for Christmas Day – but that doesn’t mean rain for all, with large dry…
It wasn’t ash on NZ’s snow – it was Australia’s famous red desert dust
When snow on the Southern Alps turned from white to red in the summer of 2019/2020, ash from Australia’s bushfires…
ClimateWatch: DECEMBER outlook looks like a warmer extension of spring (+13 Maps & Video)
Originally published Dec 2 — Summer heat and dry is increasing over NZ’s North Island and upper eastern half of…
High pressure moves closer, but wind & showers don’t completely ease for all (+2 Maps)
A south-west to westerly flow covers most of NZ this weekend as high pressure over the Tasman Sea inches a…
