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Current Conditions
Feels like 5°
- 16°
- 7°
- 0mm
- 6km/h NE
0 windproof
Gusts 7km/h
Falling
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Today
20 Apr
Overnight
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Sun
21 Apr
Overnight
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Afternoon
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Today 20 Apr
sunrise 7:23am
sunset 6:05pm
Fine apart from morning and evening cloud. Light winds, southwesterlies from afternoon.
Issued: 1:50am Sat 20 Apr
FIRE SEASON
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FIRE DANGER
The risk of wildfire is moderate now, but it will likely change.
Data provided by
Hourly Observations and Forecast
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Temperature (°C)
Avg wind speed (not gusts) in km/h
NE
11
NE
6
NE
6
NE
6
N
8
NE
8
NE
9
NE
9
NE
9
NW
9
W
9
SW
11
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11
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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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9
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9
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11
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13
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15
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11
Total rainfall so far today: 0.0 mm. Total rainfall forecast for today: 0.0 mm
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 Queenstown Aerodrome Automatic Weather Station (93831). 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
7:23am
Sunset
6:05pm
Moonrise
4:36pm
Moonset
3:16am
Moon phases
Full moon
24 Apr
Last quarter
1 May
New moon
8 May
First quarter
16 May
Current Extremes
Highest
16.8°
Auckland (North Shore)
Lowest
1.4°
Twizel
Windiest
17km/h
Nugget Point
Wettest
3.4mm
Auckland (Manukau)
Yesterday's Extremes
| Rank | Location | Max Temp | Prev | Up/down |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hastings | 23.5° | 27 | +26 |
| 2 | Timaru Airport | 23.3° | 9 | +7 |
| 3 | Kerikeri Airport | 23.1° | 39 | +36 |
| 4 | Napier | 23.1° | 52 | +48 |
| 5 | Cooptown | 22.8° | 4 | -1 |
| 69 | Queenstown Airport | 17.2° | 66 | -3 |
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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