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Today
19 Jun
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Fri
20 Jun
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Today 19 Jun
sunrise 7:40am
sunset 4:58pm
Cloudy with morning frosts. A period of afternoon rain, then becoming fine. Northeasterly turning fresh northwesterly for a time this afternoon.
Issued: 6:45am Thu 19 Jun
FIRE SEASON
Other than public conservation land, permits are not required today.
WHAT IS MATARIKI?
Matariki is commonly known as Pleiades or Messier 45. Find out more.FINDING MATARIKI
Watch this video on finding Matariki in the early morning sky.Hourly Observations and Forecast
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Rainfall (mm/h)
0
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Temperature (°C)
Avg wind speed (not gusts) in km/h
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6
NE
7
NE
4
NE
4
E
4
NE
9
NE
15
N
24
N
30
NE
28
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25
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24
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22
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19
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15
N
13
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9
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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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13
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15
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15
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15
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15
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15
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15
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15
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13
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19
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22
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26
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24
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22
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17
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13
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11
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9
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7
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9
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7
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7
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9
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9
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9
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11
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11
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13
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13
SW
15
Total rainfall so far today: 0.2 mm. Total rainfall forecast for today: 1.7 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.
Forecast data is specifically generated for Masterton Aero Automatic Weather Station (93467). 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
7:40am
Sunset
4:58pm
Moonrise
Moonset
12:27pm
Moon phases
Last quarter
19 Jun
New moon
25 Jun
First quarter
3 Jul
Full moon
11 Jul
Current Extremes
Highest
14.2°
New Plymouth
Lowest
-1.6°
Alexandra
Windiest
52km/h
Stewart Is.
Wettest
4.8mm
Milford Sound
Yesterday's Extremes
| Rank | Location | Max Temp | Prev | Up/down |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaitaia Airport | 17.4° | 1 | |
| 2 | Waikawau Bay | 17.3° | 13 | +11 |
| 3 | Kaitaia Hospital | 17.1° | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Whenuapai | 16.9° | 6 | +2 |
| 5 | Ardmore Airport | 16.6° | 3 | -2 |
| 52 | Masterton Airport | 12.6° | 66 | +14 |
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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