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Current Conditions
Feels like 7°
- 12°
- 4°
- undefined
- 22km/h SW
1 windproof
Gusts 61km/h
Rising
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Pollen Forecast
Today
29 May
Overnight
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30 May
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Today 29 May
sunrise 7:49am
sunset 5:04pm
Cloudy periods with a few showers, clearing this evening. Strong southwesterlies, easing this evening.
Issued: 5:35pm Wed 29 May
FIRE SEASON
Other than public conservation land, permits are not required today.
FIRE DANGER
You should be able to manage the risks of wildfire now.
Data provided by
Hourly Observations and Forecast
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Temperature (°C)
Avg wind speed (not gusts) in km/h
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4
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2
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9
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4
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4
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4
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13
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15
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13
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17
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24
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31
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39
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9
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7
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13
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13
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13
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15
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13
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13
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11
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11
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11
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11
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9
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Wind (km/h)
- Calm:
0 - Light Winds:
1 - 14 - Moderate:
15 - 29 - Fresh:
30 - 39 - Strong:
40 - 62 - Gale:
63 - 89 - Severe Gale:
> 89
Rain (mm/h)
- Light:
0.2 - 2.0 - Moderate:
2.1 - 6.0 - Heavy:
6.1 - 25 - Torrential:
> 25
The hourly model data shown can differ from the written forecast and icons, which are produced by MetService meteorologists and take into account model data along with many other data sources. If they differ significantly, please use the text forecasts.
Data is specifically generated for New Brighton Pr WXT (93779). Rainfall shown is for the sum up to the hour. Wind speed, wind direction and temperature are the observed or forecast values at the given hour.
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Sun & Moon
Sun & moon hours
Sunrise
7:49am
Sunset
5:04pm
Moonrise
10:29pm
Moonset
12:42pm
Moon phases
Last quarter
31 May
New moon
7 Jun
First quarter
14 Jun
Full moon
22 Jun
Current Extremes
Highest
15.3°
Kaitaia
Lowest
2.4°
Waiouru
Windiest
87km/h
Castlepoint
Wettest
2.2mm
Auckland (Manukau)
Yesterday's Extremes
| Rank | Location | Max Temp | Prev | Up/down |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napier | 17.7° | 1 | |
| 2 | Napier Airport | 16.9° | 6 | +4 |
| 3 | Kaitaia Hospital | 16.4° | 5 | +2 |
| 4 | Kaitaia Airport | 16.4° | 3 | -1 |
| 5 | Kerikeri Airport | 16.4° | 4 | -1 |
| 63 | New Brighton | 11.6° | 55 | -8 |
Rank of the locations with the highest air temperature recorded yesterday. Prev is the previous day's rank for the location. The arrow shows if the current rank is higher or lower than that for the previous day. Max of 5 locations plus current town/city shown.
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