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The climate of New Zealand is varied due to the country's diverse landscape. Most regions of New Zealand belong to the temperate zone with a maritime climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) characterised by four distinct seasons. Winters are relatively mild and summers comparatively cool.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide record from Baring Head, Wellington from 1977 to present. [ 1 ] Climate change in New Zealand involves historical, current and future changes in the climate of New Zealand; and New Zealand's contribution and response to global climate change. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Summers are becoming longer and hotter, and some glaciers have ...
New Zealand, showing mountains dividing a wet largely forested west coast from a drier east coast. The environment of New Zealand is characterised by an endemic flora and fauna which has evolved in near isolation from the rest of the world. [1] The main islands of New Zealand span two biomes, temperate and subtropical, complicated by large ...
Aoraki / Mount Cook[a] is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). [2] It sits in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, [3] it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers.
2011 New Zealand snowstorms. The 2011 New Zealand snowstorms were a series of record breaking snow falls that affected both the North Island and South Island. The storms occurred over the span of a few weeks, beginning on 25 July 2011 in the North Island and subsequently spreading to the South. The storms subsided in late July and returned in ...
Craigieburn Valley (club skifield) Mount Cheeseman (club skifield) Mount Olympus (club skifield) Fox Peak (club skifield) Hanmer Springs Ski Area (club skifield) Mount Dobson. Mount Hutt. Mount Lyford. Mount Potts (heliskiing and snowcatting only)
The Franz Josef Glacier (Māori: Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere; officially Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere) is a 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) [1] temperate maritime glacier in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Together with the Fox Glacier 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south, and a ...
Mount Hutt ski field. New Zealand is a major skiing destination in the Southern Hemisphere, due to its high latitude, mountainous terrain, and well-developed economy and tourism industry. The ski season in New Zealand starts in mid June and in good winters can run through to the start of November. Most of the skifields are in the South Island ...