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One of the wettest Aprils on record
One of the wettest April’s on record for the upper North Island Notable monthly April rainfall totals for the upper North Island as of...
May 11 min read
Cyclone Tam: upper North Island impacts
Cyclone Tam impacted the upper North Island with severe gales and widespread flooding across Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel...
Apr 213 min read
Mangawhai tornado - how it unfolded
Updated 31st January 2025: Mangawhai and the surrounding areas over the years has had its fair share of severe weather . Again they have...
Jan 262 min read
3 years on since the climate changing Tonga major volcanic eruption.
It's now 3 years on since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai 'VEI 6' submarine explosion that reached 57km into the mesosphere, sending...
Jan 141 min read
2024 - A year in summary
It is time to say good-bye to 2024 in what was a quieter year of weather and geological events for upper North Island compared to the...
Dec 31, 20241 min read
Artificial Intelligence is taking weather forecasting by storm
Less than a year old, low resolution AI based weather models are already defeating physic based super computing models within a 7 day...
Jun 25, 20241 min read
Upper North Island records its coolest March for 12 years
The early arrival of the polar jet stream has given the upper North Island the coolest March since 2012. Our climate station only started...
Apr 1, 20241 min read
Fallstreak hole formed over upper North Island
The rare 'Fallstreak hole' formation appeared in a group of cirrocumulus clouds this week over the upper North Island . It was caused by...
Mar 17, 20241 min read
2 years on since the climate changing Tonga major volcanic eruption.
It's been 2 years since the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century (so far), occurred at the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, submarine...
Jan 17, 20241 min read
Good-bye to 2023
It is time to say good-bye to 2023 in what was a year of notable historical weather events for upper North Island. We will finish the...
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Waterspout touch down in the gulf
A waterspout touched down into the Gulf this morning off Orewa with the sunrise making the funnel glisten. Waterspouts are more common...
Dec 20, 20231 min read
The Asperitas clouds appear over the upper North Island
The rare 'Asperitas clouds' arriving over the upper North Island on Friday. The cloud type was officially added to the International...
Nov 19, 20231 min read
Cyclone Lola (18th to 31st October)
After starting as a tropical depression on October 17th 1200km to the north east of Vanuatu, a tropical low was given the name 01U on...
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Atmospheric impacts18 months on from Tonga's volcanic eruption.
18 months on since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption, the global surface temperature is +0.13°c above January 2022....
Jul 16, 20231 min read
Lightning strikes Auckland's Sky tower
Last night's Auckland thunderstorm produced a direct hit on the Sky tower caught on our live webcam. A negative charged downward streamer...
May 11, 20231 min read
Cyclone Gabrielle
Cyclone Gabrielle will go down as one of the most devastating weather events in New Zealand's modern history which affected many parts of...
Feb 17, 20233 min read
The Great Marangai of 2023
The term 'Marangai' means east wind, also meaning a storm, or bad weather. However, in some districts, Marangai means the north wind. It...
Feb 4, 20233 min read
1 year on from the Tonga eruption - global temperature check.
It’s 12 months today since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai major volcanic eruption that sent atmospheric shock waves and tsunamis across...
Jan 15, 20231 min read
Cyclone Hale: 9-11th January 2023
After starting as a tropical depression (93P) on January 4th in Far North Queensland, late on 8th January a tropical storm 07P over the...
Jan 12, 20232 min read
2022 comes to a close
It is time to say good-bye to 2022. We will finish the year with a partly cloudy day in the mid 20’s with maybe some isolated showers and...
Dec 31, 20221 min read
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