Current climate: May 2018
Overall, mean sea level air pressures were much lower than normal over and to the south of New Zealand during May.
New Zealand Climate Update 228 - June 2018
12 June 2018
What happened in May, how our climate outlook for the previous three months turned out, global and local sea temperatures, and our outlook for June-August.
Download the NZ Climate Update 228 June 2018 [PDF 1.1 MB].
Global setting: May 2018
ENSO-neutral conditions persisted in the tropical Pacific during May 2018.
Outlook: June-August 2018
June – August 2018 temperatures are forecast to be near average (40% chance) or above average (35% chance) in the north and west of the North Island.
Retrospective: March-May 2018 Outlook
For March – May 2018, the atmospheric circulation around New Zealand was forecast to be characterised by lower than normal atmospheric pressure northwest of the country, extending over parts of New Zealand.