The New Zealand Met Service are advising people to wear at least 4 layers of clothing tonight to protect themselves from the storms facing Wellington with windchill factors that make an 8 degrees temperature feel more like 2 degrees. I know but I can’t help it, I’m British. My obsession about the weather has not [...]

I’ve been pondering whether like a recession you need two or more successive chill events to formally classify that winter is here.  I know it snowed at the weekend but was so fleeting it hardly counts. Having said that it’s been definitely chillier this week, more than ever before since we’re lived here.  I’m prepared [...]

OK, so where were we? Ah yes, it was snowing.  The neighbours came to celebrate.  The All Blacks beat South Africa in the blizzards of Wellington and we went to bed looking forward to a snowball war with Doug and Shilo this morning.  So here’s the overnight position.

For the last 24 hours there have been severe weather warnings for all of New Zealand.  I was beginning to think that the kiwis were being overly dramatic – the biggest storm for a while predicted. The sun’s been shining most of the day so I was beginning to think what was all the fuss [...]

Wellington weather on Sunday cancelled trains, plants and automobiles.  Oh and the Cook Strait Ferries too! The strongest recorded wind gust was 148kmh on Mount Kaukau (the hill behind where we used to live in Khandallah.  Boy are we glad we moved! 65mm of rain fell in Upper Hutt – see I told you it [...]

It’s been a rotton day weatherwise and this doesn’t make for a happy Domestic Executive household.  A southerly front has blown in and has brought the clouds down in our valley and brought with it persistent rain since the middle of the night. Because we’re reliant on tank water rain is always a good thing.  [...]

Brr it’s been cold and wet today. Nothing new you may be thinking but with snow across the South Island and even on our own Rimutaka Hill I think it’s safe to declare winter has arrived. Tornados were threatened which worried me today as I walked to the Westpac Stadium today to for a Catapult [...]

As I pottered into town yesterday enjoying the sunshine the weather reports on the radio were warning snow down to 200m in some parts of New Zealand. Imagine my delight when MT said we’ve got snow this morning. Yes, we do indeed. Our surrounding hill tops are covered with light covering of snow. With the [...]

I think it’s fair to say winter has arrived. The tell tale signs are the extra duvet on the bed, the fire on every evening, winter coat out of the cupboard and a general new ruddiness to people’s faces as a they brave the biting chill of the Wellington wind. But, it’s better than this [...]