Our assessment of tropical cyclone (TC) activity for the coming season indicates normal to below normal activity. [Tropical cyclones are categorised in strength from 1 to 5, with 5 being most intense.

New research led by Earth Sciences New Zealand reveals that more than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to flooding from one-in-100-year rainfall flooding events. And this number could ...

The tables below show the probabilities (or percent chances) for each of three categories: above average, near average, and below average. In the absence of any forecast guidance there would be an ...

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 ...

Earth Sciences New Zealand meteorologists are anticipating a significant El Niño influence on weather patterns across the country from winter onwards, potentially bringing reduced rainfall for some ...

Researchers carrying out this year’s end-of-summer snowline and glacier survey saw retained snow on some glaciers, but no reversal in the overall trend of ice loss. “This year’s survey showed some ...

The tables below show the probabilities (or percent chances) for each of three categories: above average, near average, and below average. In the absence of any forecast guidance there would be an ...

Earth Science NZ researchers are seeing signs that the breeding season for the invasive freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea) has begun. Earth Sciences NZ Principal Technician Karen Thompson says ...

Probabilities are assigned in three categories: above average, near average, and below average. Temperatures are about equally likely to be above average (40% chance) or near average (35% chance) ...

Marine Geoscientist Dr Joshu Mountjoy says the survey aims to help map offshore freshwater springs across the country. “Most people don’t realise there are areas of the seabed where the freshwater ...

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 ...