New Zealand Weather

Weather

The following sites are useful sources of information about the weather in New Zealand:

• The New Zealand MetService - for Forecasts, Weather Maps and Radar Imagery - for licensed or certificated pilots it provides the MetFlight general aviation weather briefing service (username and password required)

• NIWA - Weather - New Zealand Climate Update - from the National Climate Centre for Monitoring and Prediction

• WeatherWatch 

• MetVUW - for the latest New Zealand surface weather observations and radar images

• Weather from NZCity 

• Met.Net.NZ - from Steve Rosie in Christchurch with an excellent set of links

• Weather Geek NZ 

A local enthusiast has established a weather station feeding information onto the web at Miramar near Wellington Airport

Links to other unofficial weather stations can be found at: Current New Zealand Weather 

Web cams are also useful for monitoring the weather:

• Kerikeri Airport 

• North Shore Airport 

• Wellington Harbour Entrance web cams look out from Beacon Hill

• Wellington Airport 

Earthquakes 

GeoNet gives earthquake information for New Zealand.

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Last updated on 26 January 2025