Weather Archive

Nationwide, it was an unusually warm July

6 Aug 19 - When it comes to temperature, New Zealand hasn’t had a below-average month for two-and-a-half years.

July shapes up as hottest month on record

17 Jul 19 - Record temperatures across much of the world over the past two weeks could make July the hottest month ever measured on Earth, according to climate scientists.

Grab your brolly, there's going to be a lot of heavy rain about

21 Jun 19 - Here is the long-term forecast: Rain will become more torrential, flash floods more frequent. Very heavy rain is a simple response to global temperatures.

Compound heat waves mean double trouble

6 Jun 19 - The risk of economically devastating, physically debilitating and potentially lethal extremes of heat will multiply, and in unexpected ways, according to US scientists.

April was second-hottest on record

21 May 19 - Last month was the second-hottest April since records began in 1891, rivaled only by April 2016.

El Nino becomes stronger and stranger

8 May 19 - The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the past 400 years.

NO DROUGHT ABOUT IT: The science says we are to blame

3 May 19 - Scientists have found evidence that humans are causing droughts.

How will climate warming patterns look in future?

26 Apr 19 - Regions such as the Arctic and most land areas have warmed more quickly than the global average, while many ocean regions have warmed only a little.

There's nowhere to hide, say weather experts

29 Mar 19 - New Zealand is not insulated from the accelerating climate change outlined in report out today.

Global climate impacts accelerating, says WMO

29 Mar 19 - The physical and financial impacts of global warming are accelerating, says the World Meteorological Organisation.

Warming world could mean a colder Europe

29 Mar 19 - The Gulf Stream is weakening, and Europe could expect a prolonged cold spell as the world warms – but not the day after tomorrow.

The day the Earth’s climate went berserk

26 Mar 19 - The day in 1815 when the world’s climate went berserk was only the start of months and years of global climate disruption and social unrest.

How Cyclone Idai was made worse by climate change

21 Mar 19 - The climate crisis that is driving sea level rises and more extreme rainfall is making deadly storms like the one that hit southern Africa in the past week more severe, according to experts.

Sizzling summer comes in at No3 on hot list

6 Mar 19 - New Zealand has experienced two of the three hottest summers on record over the past two years.

Carbon rise could cause cloud tipping point

28 Feb 19 - Climate scientists have confirmed a high-level hazard, a cloud tipping point, that could send global warming into a dramatic upwards spiral.

Changing weather could make food less safe

19 Feb 19 - Governments must pay more attention to food safety, and address the issue in their action plans to tackle climate change, say officials and researchers.

It's heating up on land ... and sea

14 Feb 19 - Droughts affecting in the top of the South Island and top and west of the North Island are spreading, and sea temperatures are increasing, scientists say.

Storm left bill of $5b after tearing apart air force base

19 Dec 18 - Hurricane Michael smashed through Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, in October this year doing damage worth $5 billion.

Fiery February El Nino could mean summer could sizzle

29 Nov 18 - UN experts say there is a good chance of a climate-warming El Niño event by February - similar to the one that made 2016 the hottest year on record.

Stand by for multiple disasters, say experts

20 Nov 18 - Heatwaves, droughts, wildfire, storms, floods, sea-surges, food shortages and diseases – climate change could see communities hit by multiple disasters at once, scientists say.

19 Sep 18  It’s time to make polluters pay for damage

3 Sep 18  Our weather will get worse, warn scientists

28 Aug 18  SHOCK WAVES: Should we be using tech to control weather?

22 Aug 18  Why summer weather keeps on getting 'stuck'

2 Jul 18  A city in Oman has just posted our hottest low temperature

18 Jun 18  Slower cyclones will mean more damage

14 Jun 18  Climate change dust storms can kill

7 Jun 18  STORM SEASON: Category 5 warning is no longer enough

16 May 18  US battens the hatches for season of storms

16 Mar 18  Seeding clouds is common ... but does it work?

23 Feb 18  We might need a new storm scale of category six

5 Feb 18  We've just had the hottest month on record

22 Jan 18  2017 hottest year on record without help from El Niño

6 Dec 17  Spring is second-warmest on record

24 Nov 17  November shapes up as record dry month

2 Nov 17  Get yourself ready for a world 3deg warmer in 80 years

18 Oct 17  Thunderstorms set to grow stronger

6 Oct 17  Stormy outlook for insurance-linked securities

13 Sep 17  Does Irma mean we need a new measure of hurricane strength?

12 Sep 17  It’s here, it’s happening, it's time to stand up

1 Sep 17  In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won't be the last

1 Sep 17  It's time for cities to ready for bigger rainfall

29 Aug 17  What links Hurricane Harvey and climate change?

14 Aug 17  Crazy climate records from 2016 you might know

25 Jul 17  Wet weekend rewrites the record books

25 Jul 17  Bunker down, El Nino summers will get worse