NZ Weather Stations

MetService

MetService National Weather page with hottest/coldest/wettest/windiest summary
» Minute and hourly obs on local weather pages from the national map - eg Wellington
» Local 3 hourly observations - single page, also with links to radar, satellite and upper air obs

RD1.com Rainfall Analysis - maps of rainfall in last 7 days and last 24 hours

MetVUW - latest weather obs (link from here to data maps)

Wind.co.nz - free access to 3-hourly wind/temp data or pay $ for live info via web or txt

NIWA

CliFlo - National Climate Database - free access to 600+ weather stations incl. MetService and NIWA obs

Regional / District Council

Northland Regional Council
Auckland Regional Council
Environment Waikato Regional Council - with rainfall data table
Environment Bay of Plenty Regional Council - with rainfall data table
Gisborne District Council - with rainfall data table
Taranaki Regional Council
Horizons (Wanganui/Manawatu) Regional Council
Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council - with rainfall map, also with Telemetry Data (req. IE and ActiveX)

Tasman District Council
West Coast Regional Council - with rainfall data table
Marlborough District Council
Environment Canterbury - with rainfall data tables for north and south
Otago Regional Council
Environment Southland - with rainfall data table

Other Sites

Harvest Electronics Frost Alarms - temp/wind/rainfall data with graphs
» lots of vineyards and sites from Auckland to Otago!

North Island

Northland

Waitapu Estate, Ahipara (southwest of Kaitaia)
Kerikeri, Bay of Islands
Whangarei - also with live weather display
Kamo, Whangarei
Parahaki, Whangarei
Raumunga, Whangarei
Redhill, Dargaville
Mangawhai Heads

Auckland

Waioneke, South Head (South Kaipara)
Torbay Heights, North Shore
Albany - live weather display
Whenuapai
Massey, West Auckland - also via wunderground.com
Karekare (just south of Piha)
Onetangi, Waiheke Island
Royal NZ Yacht Squadron - Hauraki Gulf
Grey Lynn - also via wunderground.com
Mt. Roskill - Sanctuary Weather Station
Mission Bay - also via wunderground.com
St Heliers Bay - also via wunderground.com
St Heliers - live weather display
Glendowie - live weather display - also via wunderground.com
Eastern Beach (via wunderground.com)
Howick
Howick west
Botany Downs
Shelly Park
Penrose - live weather display
Auckland Airport METAR - with 24hr summary
Manurewa
Ardmore
Runciman (near Papakura)
Hunua/Ararimu
Awhitu Peninsular, Manukau Harbour - also via wunderground.com
Clarks Beach
Waiuku (west of Pukekohe)
Waiuku west - also via wunderground.com
Auckland region winds - several locations (via windsurf.co.nz)

Waikato

Raglan
Horsham Downs (north of Hamilton), also with live weather display
Glenview, Hamilton (via wunderground.com)
Matangi - (east of Hamilton) with live weather display
Cambridge - also via wunderground.com
Leamington, Cambridge - also via wunderground.com
Matamata Airfield
Matamata - live weather display, also via wunderground.com
Te Awamutu
Parkdale, Tokoroa (north) - also via wunderground.com
Strathmore, Tokoroa (south)

Coromandel Peninsula

Cooks Beach
Tapu Valley

Bay of Plenty

Pongakawa, Te Puke - also via wunderground.com
Port of Tauranga
Tauranga (via wunderground.com)
Welcome Bay, Tauranga
Rotorua (via wunderground.com)
Opotiki

Gisborne

Wainui Beach, Gisborne

Hawkes Bay

Wairoa East
Wairoa - also via wunderground.com
Hedgeley, Esk Valley (north of Napier)
Napier - also via wunderground.com
Puketapu (west of Napier)
Hastings - with live weather display
Waipukurau - with live weather display

Wairarapa

Carterton central (via wunderground.com)
Gladstone (near Carterton)

Taranaki

Mokau (northeast of New Plymouth)
Brixton, Waitara (via wunderground.com)
Toko (east of Stratford, via wunderground.com)

Taihape

Taihape (2km northeast of town), also with live weather display

Wanganui

Turakina, Rangitikei District

Manawatu

Palmerston North (via wunderground.com)

Horowhenua / Kapiti Coast

Levin
Raumati South

Wellington

Camborne (between Plimmerton and Mana)
Mana
Whitby
Linden (between Porirua and Tawa)
Tawa
Redwood, Tawa
Churton Park
Johnsonville
Trentham, Upper Hutt
Silverstream, Upper Hutt
Pinehaven, Upper Hutt - also via wunderground.com
Whitemans Valley
Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt - also with live weather display
Maungaraki, Lower Hutt with live weather display - also via wunderground.com
Lower Hutt City (via Hutt City Council)
Lower Hutt
Moera
Moera (via wunderground.com)
Wainuiomata
Moores Valley Road, Wainuiomata
Eastbourne (via wunderground.com)
Strathmore - also with live weather display and via wunderground.com
Beacon Hill (via wunderground.com)
Wellington Airport METAR - with 24hr summary
Island Bay, Wellington
Wellington region winds - several locations (via windsurf.co.nz)

South Island

Marlborough

Picton - also via wunderground.com
Blenheim - live weather display

Buller

Westport

Westland

Greymouth - live weather display
Greymouth (via wunderground.com)
Hokitika

Canterbury

Arthur's Pass
Castle Hill
Port Robinson
Zita Farm, Cheviot - live weather display
Waipara
Oxford
Rangiora
Rangiora - live weather display
Swannanoa (west of Kaiapoi)
Belfast
Christchurch Airport METAR - with 24hr summary
Canterbury University, Dept of Geography - with 2,4,8 day trend graphs
Fendalton, Christchurch - live weather display
St Albans/Mairehau, Christchurch
Christchurch City (via Christchurch City Council)
Huntsbury Hill (near Cashmere)
Hillmorton, Christchurch
Halswell, Christchurch (via wunderground.com)
Templeton, Christchurch
Sumner
Lyttelton (via wunderground.com)
Lyttelton Port Company
Diamond Harbour - also via wunderground.com
Little Akaloa - Banks Peninsula
Tai Tapu (southeast of Lincoln)
Lincoln (via Selwyn District Council)
Rolleston
Rolleston (via Selwyn District Council)
Leeston (via Selwyn District Council)
Christchurch region winds - several locations (via windsurf.co.nz)
Darfield (via Selwyn District Council)
Upper Rakaia (via findu.com)
Alford Forest (west of Methven)
Ashburton (via Ashburton District Council)
Ashburton, also with live weather display
Geraldine
Timaru - west - live weather display
Timaru - central - live weather display
Johns Hut (inland from Timaru)
Twizel - redirects to here, also via wunderground.com

Otago

Albert Town (northeast of Wanaka) - live weather display
Mount Aspiring College, Wanaka
Arrowtown - with live weather display
Queenstown - live weather display
Clyde
Glendale, Oamaru (just southwest, via wunderground.com)
Oamaru (just southwest of Glendale! - via wunderground.com)
Kakanui
Opoho, Dunedin
Opoho, Dunedin (via wunderground.com)
Otago University, Dunedin
Dunedin city (via Dunedin City Council)
Belleknowes, Dunedin
Dunedin Harbour winds - from Port Otago, or direct to,
» Tairoa Head
» Goat Island
» Dunedin Port
Waverley, Dunedin
St Clair Park - also via wunderground.com
Fairfield, Dunedin - live weather display
Telford (south of Balclutha)
Kaka Point (between Balclutha and Nugget Point, via wunderground.com)

Southland

Gore
Waimatuku (northwest of Invercargill)
Makarewa (north of Invercargill)
Invercargill City (via Invercargill City Council)
Bluff tides/winds (via South Port NZ Ltd)
Bluff - live weather display

Oban, Stewart Island

Southern Ocean and Antarctica

Macquarie Island
» also with Australian Antarctic stations: Casey, Davis and Mawson
Scott Base, Antarctica

 

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Rivers and Lakes

For riverflow data, see the Regional/District Council pages

Meridian Energy lake levels
COMIT - hydro storage and inflows

 

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Radar

NZ weather radars via MetService.com:
» All New Zealand composite radar - last 6 hours (hourly) with animation
or last 8 hours (hourly) in a static sequence:
» Auckland
» Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
» Taranaki
» Wellington
» Canterbury
» Southland

Via Elders - all 4 or 8 hours (hourly) with animation (larger and higher quality):
» Auckland
» Wellington
» Christchurch
» Invercargill

 

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Lightning

weatherzone.com.au - last 3 hours IR+lightning (join for free to get NZ lightning)
World Wide Lightning Location (WWLL) Network - IR+lightning composites
» with static image for Asia/Aus/NZ and large Aus/NZ/Pac animation
Astrogenic Systems StrikeStar - with both AUS/NZ maps

NexStorm StormVue - NZ correlated data, or individual detectors at,
» Kerikeri
» Auckland
» Manukau Heads
» Hamilton
» Christchurch

MetStrike - public access to MetService lightning data via NZ Geography Network
» static image of 5-7(?) days worth of data - slow page load!

 

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Fire

National Rural Fire Authority - todays fire danger, also weather maps (T/RH/Wind/Rain)
NZ Fire Service Incident Report Summary - brief info on Fire Service callouts

 

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Snow

SnowReports.co.nz - nation-wide
Snow.co.nz - snow reports
Avalanche Hazard Advisory - NZ Mountain Safety Council
Mt Ruapehu - with winter and summer reports
Arthur's Pass - snow conditions, links to avalanche info, fcsts and more

"Poor Aucklanders" - by Tom Scott, Wednesday 5 July 2006

 

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Road Conditions

NZ Transport Agency highway conditions - by island, also Auckland motorways (formerly Transit NZ)
AA Roadwatch - nation-wide road information

Auckland motorway information - live congestion status (with cams) via NZ Transport Agency
Time Saver Traffic - traffic info/cams for Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
Milford Road Status - via Transit NZ

NZ Police Communications Centre Updates - sometimes including road/weather incidents

 

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Surf

surf.co.nz - reports
Windsurf.co.nz - with wind graphs

 

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Upper Air

NZ, Chatham and Raoul Islands soundings (tephigam) - MetVUW
Australia/NZ soundings (skew-T + indices) - SevereWeather.ch
Australia/NZ soundings - BoM (login: User bomw0007 Pass aviation)
NZ/Global soundings/text - Wyoming Uni

Southern Hemisphere Blocking - NOAA