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Weather Forecast for Wellington18m above sea level

Mostly Cloudy / Wind. Gale, possibly damaging Southerly winds.

Now

9°
Wellington
Observed at 4:30am from:
Wellington (NZWN)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmS 54km/h8°62%1008.96hPa

Today

10°
Wellington
Windy, with light morning rain. Strong and blustery Southerly winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
70%1.9mmS 48km/h1 (Low)7:04pm5:44am

Tonight

8°
Wellington
Windy, with late showers. Brisk Southerly winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
40%0.2mmS 40km/h5:15pm2:00amWaning Crescent

Next 24 Hours in Wellington

Next 9 Days in Wellington

Wed 20 Aug
Wed 20 Aug
11°
Day
8°
Night
Windy and cloudy. Breezy to brisk Southerly winds.
S
34km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Windy and cloudy. Breezy to brisk Southerly winds.
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Thu 21 Aug
Thu 21 Aug
11°
Day
6°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy South to Sou'East winds.
SSE
24km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy South to Sou'East winds.
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Fri 22 Aug
Fri 22 Aug
12°
Day
7°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Light East to Nor'East winds.
ENE
9km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Light East to Nor'East winds.
View hourly forecast
Sat 23 Aug
Sat 23 Aug
13°
Day
7°
Night
Mostly sunny. Breezy Northerly winds.
N
18km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Mostly sunny. Breezy Northerly winds.
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Sun 24 Aug
Sun 24 Aug
13°
Day
8°
Night
Mainly sunny. Breezy Northerly winds.
N
14km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Mainly sunny. Breezy Northerly winds.
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Mon 25 Aug
Mon 25 Aug
13°
Day
9°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
N
26km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
View hourly forecast
Tue 26 Aug
Tue 26 Aug
14°
Day
11°
Night
Windy and partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
36km/h
20%
chance
of rain

2.2mm
Windy and partly cloudy. Breezy to brisk North to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Wed 27 Aug
Wed 27 Aug
14°
Day
10°
Night
Windy, with light rain. Strong and blustery North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
48km/h
60%
chance
of rain

8.8mm
Windy, with light rain. Strong and blustery North to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Thu 28 Aug
Thu 28 Aug
13°
Day
9°
Night
Windy, with showers. Breezy to brisk Nor'West winds.
NW
34km/h
40%
chance
of rain

1.4mm
Windy, with showers. Breezy to brisk Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast

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Philip BACON on 14/08/2025 8:57pm

Good morning Weather Watch. Tell me, is it possible to see the ‘by date’, 24hr minimum and maximum temps in Auckland over the past 30 days or so? I sure would be interested please.

WW Forecast Team on 14/08/2025 9:25pm

Hi Philip, we’d love to be able to do that but sadly in New Zealand the Government has allowed both public weather agencies (Niwa and MetService) to convert historical data into a commercial product. So unlike Australia, Canada, USA, UK etc – where historical data is ‘freely open and available” for anyone/everyone to use, in NZ those two Government Agencies won’t allow us to freely share that information – you’ll need to go to MetService or Niwa to get that data. In other nations it would be freely found across dozens of public and private websites/apps for the good of the public. Very sorry we can’t help!
– WW

Philip BACON on 15/08/2025 12:09am

Okay, understood, but that’s crazy, though. Every man, woman, and child is affected daily by the temperatures they experience around them. To not be able to ‘freely and openly’ access what can be regarded as recent, everyday information is nonsense. I’ll get myself my own thermometer and notepad…cheers.

Richard Hooper on 19/08/2025 12:07am

Hi Philip, Yes it is frustrating. Try https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap and on the map legend click the radio bar for temperature/wind. it will show some personal weather stations…zoom in to the region you want and more personal weather stations will pop up. Nowadays these weather stations are just as accurate as the Met official ones. Click on the personal weather station and up pops more detail and its history. If it looks strange (rare) move to the next nearest one…enjoy.
PS Weatherwatch is a great weather site, thank you to Phil and his team

josh on 13/08/2025 10:18pm

there seems to be a trough at the moment over the north island. showers developed in south auckland yesterday and a downpour west of auckland looking at the radar?

jet on 11/08/2025 6:32am

hi phill and weather watch what does the setup need to be for nelson city to get snow? prob a stupid question because the ranges block the southerly but i thought il ask anyway

WW Forecast Team on 11/08/2025 10:37pm

Hey Jet, it does snow in Nelson although extremely rarely due to the reasons you mention – the mountains surround you and block the moisture when it’s a southerly. Last time it snowed in Nelson was in August 2011 (in fact I think it was Aug 14th from memory) and that event brought heavy sea level snow as far north as Wellington and some snow (that briefly settled) around both Auckland and Northland – so that was a very rare (one in a 30+ year) event.

Cheers 🙂
Phil D

josh on 11/08/2025 11:04pm

will always remember that event that was a crazy year weatherwise 2011 was. flooding ,cyclones,snow,tornadoes (one deadly).

i will remember that year for extremes.

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