On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Annual

Annual Climate Summaries from 2000 to present.

Read NIWA's annual climate summaries, going back to the year 2000. Each summary contains information on a single year's overall climate conditions, sunshine, temperature, soil moisture, and temperature. 

Issues

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    2000

    A sunny and slightly warmer than normal year; very wet in Canterbury and Otago; more anticyclones but many extreme events.