Climate & Weather

The most commonly grown variety of kiwifruit around Te Puke will not be commercially viable in the area by the end of the century, say scientists.

Sitting at the surface of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica, are layers of ice more than 10,000 years old. And trapped inside those layers are bubbles of ancient air – like tiny time capsules - able to tell scientists a story about what the world used to be like and how humans have changed it.

Wellington city will have warmer autumns, almost a month of days over 25°C and up to 10 per cent more winter rain by 2090, according to a new NIWA climate report.

New research estimates that if climate change goes unchecked 60,000 more people will die globally from air pollution in 2030 – just 13 years away.

Today’s low came spinning off the coast of Hawke’s Bay funneling strong winds through the Cook Strait and hitting Wellington region with strong winds before moving on to Taranaki and Auckland this afternoon.

A summary of up-coming tropical cyclone seasons, issued 6-monthly.

These datasets are available in a range of formats.

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.

This weekly update helps assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought.

The world’s oceans are acidifying as a result of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by humanity.

Extremes of temperature are rare as the Chatham Islands are small land masses surrounded by sea.