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The week it snowed everywhere
Media release21 November 2019Novel handwriting recognition project casts new light on historic weather data. -
Unified Model Partnership – enabling accurate and timely weather and climate forecasting
A partnership that develops one of the world’s foremost weather forecasting and climate prediction systems. -
Climate and weather
Information about climate and weather and links to climate-related websites. -
Ideas for projects using climate data
Education ResourceIdeas for projects using climate data -
Climate data and activities
We provide an overview of New Zealand climate data for use in school projects. -
Using trigonometric functions to model climate
Education ResourceYour task is to create a model of the data to predict the times during the year that a location would be pleasant to visit -
Climate summaries
Education ResourceIn this climate education resource, you can download this climate summary in a range of formats. -
Virtual Climate Station data and products
Virtual climate station estimates are produced every day, based on the spatial interpolation of actual data observations made at climate stations located around the country. -
NZ Drought indicator products and information
Drought is a common feature of New Zealand's climate. On average, every year or two somewhere in New Zealand experiences a drought. -
New Zealand Drought Monitor
ServiceThe New Zealand Drought Monitor is a system for keeping track of drought conditions across New Zealand based on a standardised climate index. -
Environmental monitoring
NIWA collects a vast range of environmental information about New Zealand’s environment from the sky to the seafloor.