Christchurch Intl
Weather station · 43.5°S 172.5°E · 36 m above sea level
ICAO NZCHWMO 93780Station data since 1960
Record high
24.8°C
in 2020
Record low
−2.1°C
in 2012
Average high
16.0°C
all years on record
13.8°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 11.0°C against 24.8°C in 2020. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
37.1°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Christchurch Intl, New Zealand
- Position
- 43.49°S 172.53°E · 36 m
Highest highest in available records since 1960. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−7.0°C
- Date
- Friday, 18 July 1980
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Christchurch Intl, New Zealand
- Position
- 43.49°S 172.53°E · 36 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1960. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Christchurch Intl is
43.49°S 172.53°E
Every year on record
1960 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 24 years with data: +0.14 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
37.1°
1.0°
Feb
36.0°
1.5°
Mar
32.0°
−1.3°
Apr
29.9°
−4.0°
May
26.6°
−6.4°
Jun
22.5°
−6.1°
Jul
22.4°
−7.0°
Aug
22.2°
−6.1°
Sep
26.2°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 11.0°C | 00:30 UTC | 5.0°C | 07:30 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 10.0°C | 23:00 UTC | 5.0°C | 18:30 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Christchurch Aerodrome AwsNew Zealand1.1 km
- Le Bon Bay AwsNew Zealand54.7 km
- Timaru Aerodrome AwsNew Zealand137.6 km
- Hokitika Aerodrome AwsNew Zealand152.2 km
- KaikouraNew Zealand152.8 km
- MT COOK AERO AWSNew Zealand195.8 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1960 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
