Records for New Zealand
These are current rankings among the stations reporting to us, not records. They change through the day. This is the most extreme figure we have observed since we started storing readings, not an official record.
New Zealand, answered from the data
Where is the hottest place in New Zealand right now?
Christmas / Cassidy, at 27.8°C. That is the highest reading today among the 62 stations we track in New Zealand, not a claim about every place in the country.
Our own observations, today
Where is the coldest place in New Zealand right now?
WAIOURU AERO AWS, at 0.5°C, the lowest reading today among the stations we track in New Zealand.
Our own observations, today
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in New Zealand?
38.1°C at Gisborne Aerodrome Aws, on 11 January 1979. That is the highest in the 18 station archives we hold for New Zealand. It is not an official national record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in New Zealand?
−19.5°C at Tara Hills, on 2 July 1995, the lowest in the archives we hold for New Zealand. The same caveat applies: it is the deepest figure in our archives rather than a certified national record.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
How many weather stations report from New Zealand?
62, of which 18 carry a historical archive. Every figure on this page is drawn from those stations, so it describes what the network saw rather than the whole country.
Our station register
Stations
- Auckland Aerodrome Aws93110 · 7 m
- Auckland IntlNZAA · 7 m
- Campbell Island Aws93945 · 19 m
- Campbell Island Aws93947 · 15 m
- Cape Campbell Aws93597 · 1 m
- Cape Reinga93004 · 191 m
- Castlepoint93498 · 6 m
- CHATHAM ISLAND AIRPORT93985 · 13 m
- Christchurch Aerodrome Aws93781 · 37 m
- Christchurch IntlNZCH · 36 m
- Christmas / CassidyPLCH · 3 m
- Dunedin Aerodrome Aws93891 · 1 m
- Dunedin ArptNZDN · 2 m
- Enderby Island Aws93929 · 40 m
- Farewell Spit Aws93527 · 3 m
- Gisborne Aerodrome Aws93292 · 5 m
- Haast Aws93709 · 3 m
- Hamilton Aws93173 · 53 m
- Hamilton IntlNZHN · 52 m
- HAWERA AWS93313 · 98 m
- Hicks Bay Aws93196 · 46 m
- Hokitika Aerodrome Aws93615 · 45 m
- Invercargill Airport Aws93845