Climate data

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A new report has outlined how gradual long-term warming of the waters around New Zealand, and an increase in short-term heat events, are likely under different greenhouse gas emission scenarios.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

Global warming is changing how we monitor one of the world’s biggest climate drivers, says Earth Sciences New Zealand.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

Winter snowfall was well below average for much of the country, says Earth Sciences New Zealand. 

New high-resolution modelling predicts that rainfall from tropical cyclones will significantly increase under global warming.

NIWA has produced a high-resolution regional atmospheric reanalysis dataset, the New Zealand Reanalysis (NZRA).

NIWA collects daily/hourly data as part of the Climate Station Network. Parameters vary station to station.

NIWA collects and generates as part of its Climate Station Network observational data in “10 min” format (data reported in 10 minute intervals).