NIWA

New Zealand Climate Update

This monthly summary of New Zealand's climate comes from our National Climate Centre. Each issue includes information on the past month’s climate and soil moisture, an outlook for the next quarter, and a ‘backgrounder’ on some aspect of New Zealand’s climate.

Issues

New Zealand Climate Update 124 - October 2009

What happened in September, how our climate outlook for the previous three months turned out, global and local sea temperatures, and our outlook for October to December.

New Zealand Climate Update 123 - September 2009

What happened in August, how our climate outlook for the previous three months turned out, global and local sea temperatures, and our outlook for September to November.

New Zealand Climate Update 122 - August 2009

What happened in July, how our climate outlook for the previous three months turned out, global and local sea temperatures and our outlook for August to October.

New Zealand Climate Update 121 - July 2009

What happened in June, how our climate outlook for the previous three months turned out, global and local sea temperatures, and our climate outlook for July to September.

New Zealand Climate Update 120 - June 2009

What happened in May, how our last predictions turned out, and what global sea temperatures predict for the climate for June to July.

New Zealand Climate Update 119 - May 2009

Current Climate - April 2009
April 2009 was dominated by persisting anticyclones to the east of the North Island of New Zealand. This resulted in more northerly air flows than normal over the country, which contributed to higher than normal rainfall in the far north and southwest, and lower than normal rainfall in the east and south.

Global Settings - April 2009
Pacific Ocean temperatures are slightly above normal near the South American coast and in the area west of the Date Line.