Disclaimer: The forecasts offered in this page draw upon modified Copernicus Climate Change Service Information [2022] (C3S, https://climate.Copernicus.eu). There is inherent uncertainty in ...
Probabilities are assigned in three categories: above average, near average, and below average. Temperatures are very likely to be above average (65% chance). Rainfall totals are about equally likely ...
Temperature Temperatures were well above average (>1.20°C above average) for Northland, Auckland, much of the Coromandel, the east coast of the North Island, and western Tasman. Above average ...
Temperature 2025 was New Zealand’s 4th-warmest year on record, based on Earth Sciences New Zealand’s seven station series which begins in 1909. Annual temperatures were above average (0.51-1.20°C ...
A new NIWA-led study has found that climate change increased the amount of total rainfall during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10%. This additional rain fell during the most intense parts of the storm, ...
A New Zealand-led team has completed the fullest investigation to date into January’s eruption of the underwater Tongan volcano. Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HT-HH) emitted the biggest atmospheric ...
The newly described Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish, Harriotta avia. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was described by NIWA Fisheries Scientist Dr Brit Finucci. It was previously thought to ...
Stories of tremendous forest fires, huge storm events, and suffocating heatwaves have dominated headlines over the past few years. We instinctively feel that our weather is getting wilder. Are we ...
NIWA has developed a Photarium using the latest 3D printing technology to more safely identify and measure fish species that live in our waterways. According to Statistics NZ, 76 percent of the 51 ...
RiskScape has been used to assess climate-related coastal flood risk in the Pacific. The tool provides critical information to allow six Pacific nations – Cook Islands, Republic of Marshall Islands, ...
A huge global study has used teabags to measure carbon storage in wetlands. Scientists, including those from NIWA, buried 19,000 bags of tea in 180 wetlands across 28 countries. This included three ...
NIWA is pleased with the announcement today by the Science, Innovation and Technology Minister of the Government’s response to a recent review of New Zealand’s weather forecasting system. The ...
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