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Snow falls in New Zealand's South Island and at higher altitudes in the North Island. It is extremely rare at sea level in the North Island. It is extremely rare at sea level in the North Island. Snow is more common inland in both main islands, though snow to sea level does occur on average once or twice per year in the central and southern ...
Weather: Southwestern South Island: New Zealand: Cyclone: ... COVID-19 infects over a million people leading to nationwide lockdowns in late March 2020 and August ...
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [1] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
The South Island [a] (Māori: Te Waipounamu [tɛ wɐ.i.pɔ.ʉ.nɐ.mʉ], lit. 'the waters of Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.
Mount Wilson is located 112 kilometres (70 mi) northwest of Christchurch in Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island. It is the highest peak in the Polar Range of the Southern Alps . [ 3 ] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains to the Hawdon River via Sudden Valley Stream, whereas all other slopes drain to the Edwards ...
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north and east slopes drains to the Crow River, whereas the south and west slopes drain into the Waimakariri River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,210 metres (3,970 feet) above the Waimakariri River Valley in 2.5 kilometres, and 1,150 metres (3,773 feet) above the Crow Valley in ...
The next day it generated peak wind velocities of 195 km/h (120 mph), though it quickly weakened as it accelerated southward. On 4 March, Bola transitioned into an extratropical storm, passing to the north of the North Island of New Zealand on 8 March. It weakened further and was absorbed by a stationary trough near the South Island on 12 March.
In late January 1984, the Southland and Fiordland regions of New Zealand's South Island experienced a strong north-westerly front and moist conditions, which led to heavy rainfall and flooding between 26 and 27 January. [1]