
NZ set for warmer than usual weather - NIWA
NIWA's latest seasonal outlook predicts temperatures in all regions are likely to be above average from October to December.
NIWA's latest seasonal outlook predicts temperatures in all regions are likely to be above average from October to December.
Niwa is hoping its new $12.7m computer will yield more accurate rainfall predictions.
Heavy rain may ruin Queen's Birthday for North Islanders with another big low barrelling out of the north Tasman Sea.
May was a stormy month, with more lows over the Tasman Sea and higher pressures east of the Chatham Islands whipping up more wind and rain.
I do believe humans are contributing to the polluting and heating of the earth.
Kiwis not yet ready for winter's chill can relax - Niwa has forecasted a warm end to autumn.
A Niwa climate scientist says 56mm of rain has fallen so far this year, the lowest of any three-month period in Auckland.
Auckland is coming through a record dry patch - only 5mm of rain fell in February, the least since records began in 1959.