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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 coded surface and upper air obs

RD1.com Rainfall Analysis - maps of rainfall in last 7 days and last 24 hours (click the "precipitation" tab)

MetVUW - temperature/humidity and wind obs plotted on a NZ map

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 (map)
Auckland Regional Council (map)
Waikato Regional Council (map) - also with rainfall summary table
Bay of Plenty Regional Council (map) - also with rainfall summary table
Gisborne District Council (map) - with rainfall summary table
Taranaki Regional Council (map)
Horizons Regional Council (Wanganui/Manawatu) (map) - start here to get at station graphs
Hawkes Bay Regional Council (map)
Greater Wellington Regional Council (map)

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

Other Sites

Harvest Electronics - weather data/graphs from numerous locations and vineyards around New Zealand

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)
Parakai Airfield (near Helensville)
Torbay Heights, North Shore
Albany - live weather display
Whenuapai
Massey, west Auckland - also via wunderground.com
Waitakere, rural west Auckland
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
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 / WAITOMO

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 - with live weather display
Rotorua (via wunderground.com)

Hawkes Bay

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

Wairarapa

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

Manawatu

Palmerston North, city centre - also via wunderground.com
Palmerston North, east (via wunderground.com)

Horowhenua / Kapiti Coast

Te Horo (via wunderground.com)
Raumati South

Wellington

Camborne (between Plimmerton and Mana)
Mana
Whitby
Linden (between Porirua and Tawa)
Tawa
Redwood, Tawa
Churton Park
Johnsonville
Totara Park, Upper Hutt
Trentham, Upper Hutt
Silverstream, Upper Hutt
Pinehaven, Upper Hutt (via wunderground.com)
Whitemans Valley
Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt - also with live weather display
Maungaraki hills, Lower Hutt with live weather display - also via wunderground.com
Maungaraki (via wunderground.com)
Alicetown (via wunderground.com)
Lower Hutt City (via Hutt City Council)
Lower Hutt
Moera - also 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)
Seatoun (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

Nelson

Takaka - Paynes Ford (~3km south of the township) - also with live weaher display and webcam
Mahana - between Richmond and Motueka - live weather display
Richmond (Tasman District Council)

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, also via wunderground.com
Waipara
Oxford
Rangiora - live weather display, also via wunderground.com
Rangiora (Mikes)
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, also via wunderground.com
Christchurch City (via Christchurch City Council)
Huntsbury Hill (near Cashmere)
Hillmorton, Christchurch
Halswell, Christchurch (via wunderground.com)
Templeton, Christchurch
Sumner
Lyttelton
Lyttelton Port Company
Diamond Harbour - also via wunderground.com
Little Akaloa - Banks Peninsula
Tai Tapu (southeast of Lincoln)
Rolleston
Christchurch region winds - several locations (via windsurf.co.nz)
Darfield - also via wunderground.com
Upper Rakaia (via findu.com)
Alford Forest (west of Methven)
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 - also via wunderground.com

Otago

Maungawera (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)
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

Invercargill
Bluff tides/winds (via South Port NZ Ltd)
Bluff - live weather display

Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island

Southern Ocean and Antarctica

Scott Base, Antarctica
Australian Antarctic Division - weather reports and webcams from Macquarie, Casey, Davis and Mawson stations
» see also the Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Rivers and Lakes

For riverflow data, see the Regional/District Council pages

Meridian Energy lake levels
WITS Free to air Hydrology - NZ hydro storage and inflows

Road Conditions

NZ Transport Agency highway conditions, including Auckland traffic flow and webcams
AA Roadwatch - nation-wide road information
Time Saver Traffic - traffic info/cams for Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
Milford Road Status - via Transit NZ

NZ Police News Centre - sometimes including road/weather incidents

Snow

SnowReports.co.nz - nation-wide snow reports
Snow.co.nz - nation-wide snow reports
MetService.com Ski Fields - reports and mountain forecasts

Mt Ruapehu - with skifield snow reports
Arthur's Pass Mountaineering - with general conditions, avalanche risk, weather obs and webcams

NZ Avalanche Centre- backcountry avalanche advisories/forecasts from the NZ Mountain Safety Council

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