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Significant Weather Systems Set To Impact The Country
Monday, 20 October 2025, 12:17 pm | MetService
Temperatures are also looking to rise this week with the warm juicy airmass. Hastings is expected to rise to 30°C on Thursday and Kaikoura More >>
Yo-Yo Weather, Before An Extremely Unsettled New Week
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 12:32 pm | MetService
Next week, the weather is looking wet, windy and wild with more strong northwesterly winds and heavy rain on the way. More >>
Spring Is Doing Its Spring Thing!
Monday, 13 October 2025, 12:44 pm | MetService
The ridge of high pressure and settled weather hang on into Friday, but another rain baring front is waiting in the wings, heading into lower South Island and creeping north through the weekend. More >>
Warm And Windy, Wet For Some
Thursday, 9 October 2025, 12:03 pm | MetService
Strong northwesterly winds are expected for the Canterbury High Country, with a Strong Wind Warning in effect today and tomorrow morning. More >>
Ready, Set, Go! The Weather Race Continues...(Covering Period Of Monday 6th - Friday 10th October)
Monday, 6 October 2025, 1:28 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting widespread temperatures over 20°C for Friday. Napier & Hastings could reach 26°C & 28°C respectively. Whanganui could see a maximum of 23°C, Kaikōura 24°C & 20°C for Gore. Temperatures are predicted to remain warm ... More >>
A Wet Swirling System For The Week's End
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 1:01 pm | MetService
On Friday, periods of rain and showers move from the northwest over the North Island and top of the South Island, brought on by a series of active rain bands associated with a low pressure system. More >>
A Week Of Changeable Weather; Snow And Cool Temperatures In The South
Monday, 29 September 2025, 1:28 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologist Oscar Shiviti says, “In situations like these, with fast-changing weather and changeable conditions, it’s better to check the forecast for exact timings for rain”. More >>
Showers, Westerlies, And Kōwhai In Bloom
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 11:53 am | MetService
Christchurch and Kaikōura are forecast to have a maximum temperature of 21°C on Sunday. Napier and Hastings are expected to get to 24 °C. More >>
Can’t Decide What To Do This School Break?Neither Can The Weather
Monday, 22 September 2025, 12:15 pm | MetService
A bit of a mixed bag to start off the school holidays – but it’s classic springtime weather. Make the most of the gaps in the rain while you can! More >>
Red Warning For Damaging Winds For Canterbury High Country
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 12:33 pm | MetService
The escalation to a Red Warning comes as the South Island prepares for the arrival of an active front with very strong and damaging northwesterly winds, as well as heavy rain. More >>
Wind And Rain For Start Of School Holidays
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 12:24 pm | MetService
The North Island should experience mostly fine conditions through the weekend. The upside for South Islanders is that temperatures will be fairly warm by September standards for eastern places courtesy of the warming of the northerly air as it descends ... More >>
Brief Reprieve Before Winds Ramp Up Midweek
Monday, 15 September 2025, 12:26 pm | MetService
Meanwhile, the east will see a different story, with sunnier skies and temperatures several degrees above average for the time of year. More >>
A Burst Of Spring Showers
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 12:20 pm | MetService
MetService has issued Heavy Rain Watches for Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula early Friday morning, and for Bay of Plenty ranges east of the Otara River until early evening. More >>
Spring Swings: Calm Skies Give Way To Stormy Change
Monday, 8 September 2025, 12:22 pm | MetService
Later in the week, another shift in weather is expected. As the first front moves off to the east, a new one sinks down from the north. While still a few days away, it is already expected to pack a punch across the upper North Island. More >>
From Northwest Warmth To Southwest Chill
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 12:32 pm | MetService
The most likely severe weather is about the Canterbury High Country and headwaters with Orange Warnings for northwest winds and heavy rain, but there’s several Watches for Heavy Rain and Strong winds around the country. More >>
Meteorological Spring Has Arrived
Monday, 1 September 2025, 11:55 am | MetService
The week ahead looks mostly calm with plenty of sunshine, aside from a few light showers this evening and possibly again Tuesday afternoon. More >>
A Wild, Windy End To Winter
Thursday, 28 August 2025, 12:27 pm | MetService
MetService has issued Severe Weather Warnings and Watches for heavy rain and strong wind today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday). More >>
See-Sawing Into Spring
Monday, 25 August 2025, 1:14 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologist Silvia Martino explains, “With the end-of-winter sun getting stronger, the land is warming up more and more during the day, so when cold air moves over aloft conditions are primed for producing thunderstorms and hail.” More >>
Sunshine In The South, Showers In The North
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 12:39 pm | MetService
MetService have indicated a risk of heavy rainfall for the Coromandel Peninsula and western Bay of Plenty over the weekend. Showers are also expected to spill into neighbouring regions including Auckland, Northland and Waikato. More >>
A Snowy And Blustery Start To The Week
Monday, 18 August 2025, 12:32 pm | MetService
Snow is expected to fall to 600 metres in the north and as low as 200 metres in the south today, then 200 metres for many areas tomorrow. MetService has issued Road Snowfall Warnings for Milford and Crown Range Roads, the Dunedin to Waitati Highway, ... More >>
