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El Niño maps and charts
View a collection of maps showing the impact of past El Niño and La Niña events. -
NZ's warmest and wettest winter on record
Media release06 June 2017NIWA’s climate scientists can now confirm what you may have suspected. After carefully poring through more than a century’s worth of data, it has been officially determined that winter 2022 was Aotearoa New Zealand’s warmest and wettest on record. -
Map E South
Education ResourceThe climate of this zone is greatly dependent on the lie of the massive Southern Alps to the west. -
Northland
Northland, with its northern location, low elevation and close proximity to the sea is characterised by a mild, humid, and rather windy climate. -
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. -
Floods
Education ResourceRiver floods occur when water spills from a river channel onto land that is normally dry, and are one of New Zealand's costliest natural hazards. -
Monthly
Publication seriesMonthly climate summaries from December 2001 to the present. -
Mean monthly temperatures (°C)
These datasets are available in a range of formats. -
Map I South
Education ResourceThe climate of this zone is largely dependent on the lie of the Southern Alps to the west, but many areas are also sheltered by high country to the south and east. -
Farming and the primary sector
Farmers are making business decisions everyday which are influenced by environmental factors. We can help farmers to improve decision-making, mitigate farm environment risk, and to become more productive, efficient, competitive and sustainable. -
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Education ResourceThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is charged with assessing the most up to date scientific, technical and socio-economic research on climate change.