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Weather Forecast for Rotorua291m above sea level

Mostly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.

Now

4°
Rotorua
Observed at 6:39pm from:
Ngapuna (IROTOR91)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmWSW 9km/h3°96%1028.11hPa

Tonight

7°
Rotorua
Mostly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
20%traceESE 4km/h3:20pm2:47amWaning Crescent

Tomorrow

15°
Rotorua
Mostly cloudy. Breezy Nor'East winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
20%traceNE 14km/h2 (Low)7:17pm5:06am

Next 24 Hours in Rotorua

Next 9 Days in Rotorua

Sat 24 May
Sat 24 May
15°
Day
10°
Night
Mostly cloudy. Breezy Nor'East winds.
NE
14km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Mostly cloudy. Breezy Nor'East winds.
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Sun 25 May
Sun 25 May
16°
Day
12°
Night
Afternoon showers. Breezy Northerly winds.
N
18km/h
60%
chance
of rain

11.4mm
Afternoon showers. Breezy Northerly winds.
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Mon 26 May
Mon 26 May
16°
Day
12°
Night
Showers. Calm/Variable winds.
N
7km/h
80%
chance
of rain

3.9mm
Showers. Calm/Variable winds.
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Tue 27 May
Tue 27 May
15°
Day
12°
Night
Rain. Breezy Northerly winds.
N
18km/h
90%
chance
of rain

32.9mm
Rain. Breezy Northerly winds.
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Wed 28 May
Wed 28 May
15°
Day
11°
Night
Rain. Breezy Northerly winds.
N
17km/h
80%
chance
of rain

8.7mm
Rain. Breezy Northerly winds.
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Thu 29 May
Thu 29 May
14°
Day
10°
Night
Morning showers. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
22km/h
40%
chance
of rain

0.4mm
Morning showers. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
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Fri 30 May
Fri 30 May
13°
Day
8°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
25km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
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Sat 31 May
Sat 31 May
13°
Day
6°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
20km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
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Sun 1 Jun
Sun 1 Jun
14°
Day
7°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
15km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Breezy West to Sou'West winds.
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Daniel on 20/05/2025 9:45pm

Is there a place to find the humidity in the past/now? if not I might use others, which is disappointing as you guys have always been my go-to.

Thanks

WW Forecast Team on 21/05/2025 3:18am

We have all humidity at RuralWeather.co.nz. Not past history though, but current humidity and hourly forecast for the next 10 days out. It’s also available in our free WeatheWatch app under “trends” and “daily data”. NZ Government doesn’t provide open data (historical data) which means you need to go to Niwa or MetService directly to access publicly built/owned historical data.

Kind regards,
– WW

Helen on 9/05/2025 8:55am

Over the past few months, has the inner AKL region experienced more severe weather, specifically thunderstorms, than in comparable months in previous years? Judging by the number of severe thunderstorm warnings issued by Metservice and the number of alerts via my mobile it would seem so? Or are they just playing it safe ito of predictions? You guys are definitely the go-to for weather info. Thank you!

WW Forecast Team on 9/05/2025 8:14pm

Hi Helen, yes there has been an uptick in severe weather/thunderstorms/downpours in Auckland lately (and Northland and other parts of northern NZ in particular). That has been due to a series of both low pressure areas around the north of NZ, but mainly due to very powerful anticyclones to the east of NZ dragging down sub-tropical air. This set-up often causes this weather but we don’t always get this set-up every year, hence why it’s noticeable now. Autumn, Winter and Spring can all produce a lot of thundery weather when more tropical air is mixed into the NZ area. Thanks for the support of what we do 🙂
– WW Team

Stuart Aitken on 18/05/2025 9:45pm

Can you please tell these thunderstorms to come down to Hamilton.
Thanks

Sean on 7/05/2025 9:09pm

Interesting Wellington is forecast for 30mm of rain tomorrow, yet the latest MetService forecast shows much less than that (closer to 10). No rain warning which i’d expect for 30mm

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