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Weather Forecast for Queenstown319m above sea level

Showers late at night. Calm/Variable winds.

Now

-°
Queenstown
Observed at 8:01pm from:
queenstown New Zealand (IQUEENST16)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmN km/h-°-%hPa

Tonight

12°
Queenstown
Showers late at night. Calm/Variable winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
50%1.2mmNNW 8km/h10:18pm12:27pmWaxing Crescent

Tomorrow

22°
Queenstown
Cloudy, with morning rain. Breezy North to Nor'East winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
80%5.9mmNNE 14km/h8 (Very High)4:52pm8:22am

Next 24 Hours in Queenstown

Next 9 Days in Queenstown

Sat 7 Dec
Sat 7 Dec
22°
Day
8°
Night
Cloudy, with morning rain. Breezy North to Nor'East winds.
NNE
14km/h
80%
chance
of rain

11.2mm
Cloudy, with morning rain. Breezy North to Nor'East winds.
View hourly forecast
Sun 8 Dec
Sun 8 Dec
14°
Day
8°
Night
Rain. Breezy West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
15km/h
90%
chance
of rain

5.1mm
Rain. Breezy West to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Mon 9 Dec
Mon 9 Dec
15°
Day
9°
Night
Showers. Light Nor'West winds.
NW
9km/h
50%
chance
of rain

2.8mm
Showers. Light Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Tue 10 Dec
Tue 10 Dec
18°
Day
10°
Night
Showers. Light North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
10km/h
50%
chance
of rain

9.3mm
Showers. Light North to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Wed 11 Dec
Wed 11 Dec
17°
Day
10°
Night
Light morning rain. Light Nor'West winds.
NW
10km/h
60%
chance
of rain

3.8mm
Light morning rain. Light Nor'West winds.
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Thu 12 Dec
Thu 12 Dec
17°
Day
11°
Night
Showers. Light Nor'West winds.
NW
13km/h
60%
chance
of rain

12.2mm
Showers. Light Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Fri 13 Dec
Fri 13 Dec
18°
Day
9°
Night
Showers. Light Nor'West winds.
NW
9km/h
70%
chance
of rain

7.4mm
Showers. Light Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Sat 14 Dec
Sat 14 Dec
18°
Day
8°
Night
Showers. Light West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
10km/h
40%
chance
of rain

2.8mm
Showers. Light West to Nor'West winds.
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Sun 15 Dec
Sun 15 Dec
18°
Day
9°
Night
Morning showers. Calm/Variable winds.
W
8km/h
30%
chance
of rain

0.5mm
Morning showers. Calm/Variable winds.
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Enrico Monteclaro on 6/12/2024 2:30am

Why are we still seeing spring weather? Is this spring going to end by the end of year or anytime soon

Phil on 5/12/2024 5:42am

Hey mate, I know you’ve had this question in the past few weeks because I was about to ask the same one. When is this going to ease in Southland. It’s honestly dreadful, the wind is absolutely insane. I’ve lived here 45 years and never seen anything even close to it. It’s December for crying out loud and we can’t drive on our bloody paddocks yet without bogging. I know for a fact mental health is down around these ways and there’s nothing in the news about it.

WW Forecast Team on 5/12/2024 7:04pm

Hi there thanks for the message and we appreciate the stress you’re under in Southland, as we’ve been talking about your pattern since winter. In August we said a spring pattern dominated by storms over the Southern Ocean would likely far outweigh anything La Nina related in the tropics… in other words, extending your not-so-flash weather pattern into summer. With that in mind we don’t expect any major changes this month – but a couple of silver linings are that generally warmer weather is in the mix now, and rainfall totals are dropping down from where they were over previous months (although western and coastal areas may not notice much change).

More details in our latest ClimateWatch update for December: https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/climatewatch-december-outlook-looks-like-a-warmer-extension-of-spring-12-maps-video

Cheers and all the very best for the weeks/months ahead
Phil D

Edward on 1/12/2024 11:24pm

Hi Phil,

I was wondering if you could elaborate a little more around cold fronts. What conditions/set up is needed for them to properly make it to the Waikato (in the sense of delivering meaninful rain), and what causes them to fizzle?

I know from my own rainfall records that last summer here where I farm (Matamata/Tirau), it started to dry out a bit in December but we had some rain between Christmas and the new year (I think from a low, if my memory serves me right), and then regularly we received 20-30mm of rain from cold fronts in January, which kept things growing well. Once February rolled around however, that dried up. I’ve noticed that also this year, the cold fronts have just decided to give up and only deliver a few mm’s or none at all. What causes this?

Cheers,
Edward

Josh on 1/12/2024 7:40pm

hey phil and ww team. Josh here. december already. I love your auckland forecast today haha. yes its been very cloudy most of weekend and last week with few sunny days. hopefully this summery week is sunny.

Pete Davies on 1/12/2024 5:39am

Hi Phil
NIWA said on Friday there was a significant weather rain event for second or third week of December,for the west of both islands
Care to comment? Thanks pete ( hopefully it’s true😂)

WW Forecast Team on 1/12/2024 6:02am

Hi Pete, Lots of westerly driven showers and southern rain bands are coming – so it ‘piles up’ on the South Island’s West Coast. Long range data still shows wetter than normal for Westland southwards – and normal northwards, with those totals tapering off as you head towards Cook Strait and Tarakaki. Below normal rainfall for the western North Island. We’ll have more details in our December ClimateWatch video out later on Monday afternoon. It’s still spring-like in our view and that means a messy forecast mixed in with some big high pressure zones nearby.
– PD

Jet on 26/11/2024 9:38pm

Hi guys when is your next climate outlook

WW Forecast Team on 26/11/2024 10:33pm

Hi Jet,
Monday afternoon December 2nd.
– WW

josh on 25/11/2024 9:24pm

hey phil There was thunder in auckland last thursday but nothing was mentioned by the metservice. i know there was some south .

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