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What determines weather, climate and the seasons? These resources cover the causes for extreme weather and also weather forecasting, weather activities, meteorology and climate change.

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Wet afternoon

A weather-related artwork by Ethel Spowers.

Snow Days

Snow days as experienced by New Zealanders through the years. Community content sourced from APNK-hosted Kete around New Zealand. http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/kete

Weather on other planets

Weather on other planets

Take a journey into space to see the weather on other planets.

Weather factors

The factors that determine our weather.

When it's windy

When it's windy

It's invisible but that doesn't mean you can't see it.

Weather with you

Weather with you

A popular song by Crowded House.

Wonderful weather

Wonderful weather

A newspaper article showing summer weather.

Night of storm

An artwork by Eric Lee-Johnson.

Weather bomb

Flights are canceled in Wellington due to high winds.

New Zealand’s weather is shaped by mountains, oceans, and winds.

Dry weather

A cartoon referring to drought conditions in the Waikato region.

Newspaper article about the weather from April 24, 1897.

Weather Sun

A weather chart from 1894.

Recording the weather

Recording the weather

Article about recording weather from 1964.

Monsoon

A photograph taken by Brian Brake.

Weather report on Rotorua

Weather report on Rotorua

The weather for Rotorua in 1966.

Weather report

Weather report by John Law from the Met- Service.

Wind wand

The Wind Wand is a 48-metre kinetic sculpture located in New Plymouth, New Zealand. The sculpture includes a 45-metre tube of red fibreglass, and was made to designs by artist Len Lye. To residents...

Wind power

Wind is a fast-growing source of power in New Zealand.

MetService weather radar

MetService weather radar

New MetService weather radar for Northland.

Mechanics Bay meteorological station

Mechanics Bay meteorological station

Showing an unidentified man studying a computer print-out at the Mechanics Bay Meterological Station Auckland Region (N.Z.)

A resident who saw his front yard quickly fill up with water in yesterday's widespread flooding had to rip the bars out of a window to get to safety.

Rescue sparks warning about checking weather

Today's rescue of six people from snow in Kahurangi National Park is another reminder for people to check the weather before venturing into the wilderness, police say.

Marlborough weather in August

Marlborough weather in August

Cartoon referring to the weather in Marlborough.

Drought threatens as dry weather continues.

Augie Auer

Caricature of Augie Auer, former chief meteorologist for the NZ MetService.

Extreme weather

NZ's year of extreme weather.

Weather balloon

Weather balloon

In this photograph we see a meteorologist filling a 1000 gram weather balloon with hydrogen. Weather balloons record data like atmospheric wind and temperature throughout the lower layers of the at...

Volunteers at work

Volunteers at work

A Wellington volunteer search and rescue team carries a tramper suffering from hypothermia.

The hole in the ozone

The hole in the ozone

Ozone healing could reduce skin cancers and sunburn.

Merino sheep

Before we had advanced equipment to predict and monitor weather patterns, people used animals such as, frogs and sheep, (and even ladybugs) to predict the weather. Sheep can sense minute atmospheri...

Pedestrians battling strong winds

Pedestrians battling strong winds

Heat from the sun makes wind. The sun’s energy heats the air and as it becomes warmer, it becomes lighter and rises, allowing colder, heavier air to rush in as wind.

Blowdry hairdos

Blowdry hairdos

The weather is a popular topic of conversation. In New Zealand it can be '4 seasons in one day'. It could be wet and windy one day, and lovely and sunny the next, just as we see in this cartoon by ...

Northland

This cartoon refers to the storm that took place in Northland between 18-20 March, 2012, which delivered 2 months of rain in parts of the region in 2 days and caused $4 million of damage. Storms fo...

New Zealand winter weather

New Zealand winter weather

A cartoon about winter weather in New Zealand.

30 freaky facts about weather

30 facts about the world’s weather.

How is the weather? song

Weather song for kids

An article that provides information about meteorology.

20 amazing and unusual weather phenomena

The science of weather is a fascinating one.

A video weather forecast for New Zealand.

Clouds and weather

Explores the differences between clouds and weather.

Weather for kids

Experiments, video, games, images, projects, and quizzes related to weather.

Water cycle song video

Introduces the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, and rainfall.

A selection of New Zealand cloud types.

Climate change and global warming

Article about climate change and global warming.

Why I'm a meteorologist

Meteorologists explain why they love their job.

A site looking at thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and blizzards.

A rain dance performed by the Wuauquikuna.

The NZ Metservice gives current New Zealand weather forecasts.

How do you make a weather satellite?

Provides information about weather satellites in space.

Large storms will become even bigger

With global warming, will the number of storms increase?

What is the weather like on other planets?

Article about the weather on other planets.

What creates severe weather?

Treehouse weather kids

Interactive website providing information about weather.

Extreme weather activities

Activities related to extreme weather.

Weather experiments

A website containing a number of experiments related to weather.

Everything you need to know about rainbows.

Getting close up to a tornado.

Weather and climate

NASA website that provides information about weather and climate.

A climate change FAQ

Facts and resources about climate change, covering science, politics, and economics.

Learn about meteorology, climatology, and atmospheric physics.

A gallery of images related to weather.

Antarctic weather

Most of Antarctica is a high, flat plateau of ice covered in snow.

Climate and weather

FAQs about climate and weather, including links to useful websites.

What are clouds?

A cloud is made of water drops or ice crystals floating in the sky.

World meteorological day

Article about world meteorological day.

A weather poem by New Zealand poet Allen Curnow.

The weather

Contains useful links to websites about the weather.

Overview of likely climate change impacts in New Zealand

In New Zealand, changes in climate – such as temperature and rainfall – are already occurring will occur to differing extents in different parts of New Zealand throughout this century and beyond.

Outlook for Thursday

Outlook for Thursday

This weather-themed Kiwi classic spent 21 weeks in the charts, and became one of DD Smash's biggest hits. The quirky, light-hearted video was played repeatedly on Saturday chart show Ready to Roll,...

Weather forecasting

The study of meteorology in New Zealand.

New Zealand weather map

Map of New Zealand shows areas of high and low atmospheric pressure.

Weather – literacy learning links

This teacher resource lists selected articles from the Connected and School Journal reading series that support science concepts when teaching about the weather.

Autumn

New Zealand’s autumn months are March, April, and May. This topic covers the season of autumn, its weather, festivals, celebrations, activities, animal behaviour (migration) and changes in the envi...

Summer

Summer is about warm weather, outdoors, picnics, surfing, boating and barbecues. It’s also a time to be mindful of sun, water and fire. Explore the Great Kiwi Summer and its associated activities a...

Spring

September officially marks the beginning of spring in New Zealand. This topic covers the reason for spring, spring animals like lambs, spring flowers, white baiting, festivals and myths including p...

Winter

Winter is the season for snow, frost, skiing, warm clothes, and Matariki. Discover what causes winter, changes in the landscape, the winter solstice, animal behaviour and how to protect yourself ag...

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

A wild weather forecast can tell you if weather bombs, floods, cyclones, heatwaves, storms, tornados, hurricanes, and blizzards are headed your way. Explore these wild weather concepts and how to g...