Christmas Eve Forecast: Settled For Most

Merry Christmas from the team here at Severe Weather NZ - we hope you have had a fantastic 2024, and here is to yet another fantastic 2025! Below we will outline expected weather conditions for Christmas Eve - and our official Christmas Day Forecast will be released late on the 23rd - giving you early notice whether you should fire the BBQ, or spend your Christmas Day indoors with good ol’ Christmas Roast.

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NORTHLAND

Northland & Auckland: ⛅ Cloudy periods, especially in the east early morning with patches of early drizzle, clearing to fine. Light Winds. (10%/precip)
Waikato & Coromandel Peninsula: ⛅ Partly cloudy, chance of a light shower or two. Light winds.
(15%/precip)
Bay Of Plenty: ⛅ Mostly fine, some cloud and a shower risk in the east. Light winds.
(5%/precip)
Taranaki/Manawatu: ⛅ Cloudy periods, areas of drrizle or a shower or two, clearing later. Light winds.
(15%/precip
Coastal Gisborne - Wairarapa: ⛅Mostly fine, chance shower mostly inland. Light winds.
(10%/precip)
Gisborne Ranges: Cloudy, with occasional showers. Light winds.
(40%/precip)
Central Plateau: ⛅ Mostly fine. Slight chance of a shower in the west. Light winds.
(5-10%/precip)
Kapiti Coast/Wellington: ⛅Cloudy periods, the odd light shower. Light winds
(10%/precip)

SOUTHLAND:

Marlborough: ⛅Cloudy periods, a shower or two. Light winds,
(20%/precip)
Nelson: ⛅Mostly fine. Light Winds.
(5%/precip)
Tasman/Buller: ☁️Mainly fine, slight chance of a shower about the ranges. Light winds.
(10%/precip)
Westland: ☁️Cloud increasing throughout the day, chance shower in the south later. Westerlies stregnthen.
(20%/precip)
Canterbury High Country: ☁️Cloudy periods. Light winds.
(5%/precip)
Canterbury Plains:⛅ The odd shower from morning. Light winds.
(15%/precip)
Otago: ☁️Cloud increasing from the west, chance of an evening shower about the Headquaters. Westerlies.
(15%/precip)
Southland: ☁️Cloud increasing, chance of a shower in the west in the evening. Westerlies.
(10%/precip)
Fiordland: ⛅Cloudy. A few showers from afternoon, then rain at night. Westerlies.
(60%/precip)