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MetService Weather New Zealand: February 7th - 9th
MetService Weather New Zealand: February 7th - 9th

'Extreme and unpredictable' weather to get worse as ice sheets melt
Researchers call for an "urgent review" of global policy to avoid dangerous impacts.

Rain coming to tinder-dry Tasman - but it's a week away
It is another sunny day for the tinder dry Tasman region with rain likely a week away.

Homes destroyed: 'Extreme dryness' fuels inferno
Extreme dryness in Nelson and Tasman has allowed for 'fuel' for the blaze, NIWA says

Rachel Stewart: Fry me a river, climate denialists
COMMENT: There's no ignoring what's happening with the weather all over the world.

Temperatures dive in the South Island for Waitangi Day
South Islanders bring out your winter warmers - Waitangi Day is going to a cold one

Mixed weather in store for New Zealand this week
Temperatures are tipped to rise again at the start of the week before another decline.

Groundhog Day: Hell froze over, so I went to stare into the abyss
Punxsutawney Phil has made a bold statement about the future for the freezing US.

Catastrophic floods predicted in North Queensland
Officials are fearing totals of up to two metres of rainfall.

Prisoners transported in scorching heat after van's air con fails
Hot weather has been blamed for the failure of a van's air conditioning unit.

Your weather: Cloud and drizzle clearing for a clear, warm weekend
Temperatures had been cooler overnight down south, according to MetService.

Cooler temperatures to end heatwave
Mother nature is flipping the switch and bringing cooler temperatures, and wet relief too.

Editorial: This is summer as it should be
EDITORIAL: Let's make the most of another hot summer.

January 2019 was Australia's hottest month ever recorded
Meteorologists have confirmed the January heat was off the charts.

Roll on summer: warmth, humidity here until April
Climate scientists are predicting a bumper summer, with warmth lingering through to April.

Jim Salinger: A polar vortex in the US, a heatwave here
Despite what Donald Trump claims, the US polar vortex is climate change in action.

MetService Severe Weather Update: February 1st - 3rd
MetService Severe Weather Update: February 1st - 3rd

MetService Weather New Zealand: February 1st - 3rd
MetService Weather New Zealand: February 1st - 3rd

MetService Weather Christchurch: February 2nd
MetService Weather Christchurch: February 2nd