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Rotorua Airport

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Current Conditions

Wind: In the last 10mins
Rain, humidity, and pressure: Latest hourly observation

Rotorua Automatic Weather Station (93247)
15.9°

Feels like 16°

    • 0.9mm
    • 24km/h NE
    Clothing2 layers
    0 windproof
    WindModerate 24km/h NE
    Gusts 33km/h
    Rainfall0.9mm
    Humidity96%
    Pressure1007hPa
    Falling
    Observations by MetService

    Hourly Observations

    Wed 28 May

    1am

    2am

    3am

    4am

    5am

    6am

    7am

    8am

    9am

    10am

    11am

    Rainfall (mm/h)

    0.6

    0

    0.4

    0

    0

    0

    0.3

    0

    0.4

    3.2

    0.9

    Temperature (°C)

    Avg wind speed (not gusts) in km/h

    S

    2

    N

    7

    NE

    11

    N

    17

    N

    15

    NE

    9

    N

    4

    N

    6

    NE

    22

    N

    30

    NE

    26

    Observed
    Keys

      Total rainfall so far today: 6.1 mm. Total rainfall forecast for today: 58.9 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 Rotorua Automatic Weather Station (93247). 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.

      • Past Weather
      • Current Extremes
      • Yesterday's Extremes

      Past weather for Rotorua

      Yesterday
      Last 30 Days
      Historical Data

      1AM

      2AM

      3AM

      4AM

      5AM

      6AM

      7AM

      8AM

      9AM

      10AM

      11AM

      NOON

      1PM

      2PM

      3PM

      4PM

      5PM

      6PM

      7PM

      8PM

      9PM

      10PM

      11PM

      MIDNIGHT

      Peak wind gust (km/h): maximum 19km/h

      NE

      13

      E

      13

      N

      17

      N

      13

      E

      9

      NE

      11

      NE

      7

      NE

      9

      NE

      17

      E

      15

      N

      17

      NE

      11

      W

      9

      NW

      9

      N

      19

      NE

      9

      SW

      7

      E

      9

      E

      13

      E

      9

      SE

      6

      SW

      15

      SW

      11

      SW

      7

      High (°C): highest 15.8°

      13.4°

      13.3°

      13.8°

      13.0°

      12.5°

      12.3°

      12.0°

      12.4°

      13.0°

      13.9°

      13.9°

      14.5°

      15.1°

      15.2°

      15.8°

      15.7°

      13.8°

      12.9°

      13.3°

      13.0°

      13.0°

      13.3°

      13.2°

      13.3°

      Rain (mm): total 5.4mm

      2.0mm

      0.4mm

      0.5mm

      0.6mm

      0.7mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.1mm

      0.2mm

      0.0mm

      0.3mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.0mm

      0.4mm

      0.2mm

      Peak wind gust The direction and speed of the highest gust that was recorded in the hour ended at the time shown.

      Temperature The temperature recorded at the time shown.

      Rainfall The total rainfall that fell in the hour ended at the time shown.

      Observations recorded at Rotorua (AWS-93247)

      Current Extremes

      Highest

      19.0°

      Waikawau Bay

      Lowest

      2.2°

      Mosgiel

      Windiest

      48km/h

      Opotiki

      Wettest

      3.6mm

      Whitianga

      Yesterday's Extremes

      Hottest
      Coldest
      Wettest
      Windiest
      RankLocationMax TempPrevUp/down
      1Napier20.2°17+16
      2Napier Airport20.1°27+25
      3Whanganui City19.6°26+23
      4Gisborne Airport19.2°5+1
      5Wairoa19.2°15+10
      57Rotorua Airport15.9°76+19

      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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