Last Modified 5/4/26 11:30 AM
2 day forecast
Sunday
Risk of
Rain (%)
Likely
amount (mm)
Winds
Monday
Morning
90%
1-3
Light NE
50%
Afternoon
70%
Moderate E
Moderate NE
Evening
Night
Fresh NE
Max
Min
Rain
14
10
15
13
Overcast today with frequent light showers. Rather cold with easterly winds developing.
Heavy low cloud but mostly dry for much of Easter Monday. Cool and humid, with moderate northeasterly winds. A few drizzle patches developing during the afternoon, drizzle and light rain from evening.
12 day forecast
Risk of Rain
Amount (mm)
E.T.
Temp
Airflow
Weather Watch
3-5
Low
Average
Increasing NE
Tuesday
Mild and humid
Strong NE
Wednesday
5-10
Decreasing NE
Thursday
10%
Mild
Friday
Saturday
Saturday to Mon
Wednesday to Fri
20-50
Cool
Strong E
Predicted rainfall
By Sunday 14mm (5-43mm), by the following Sunday 49mm (9-230mm)
Overcast on Tuesday with light rain and drizzle. Strong breezy northeasterlies.
Rain clearing during the day on Wednesday with strong gusty northeasterlies decreasing. Mild and humid.
From Thursday to next Monday mostly fine, some low cloud morning and night, but long sunny periods by day; moderate northeasterlies.
Cloudy next Tuesday and Wednesday with a risk of heavy rain and strong easterly quarter winds.
Evapotranspiration ET₀ (mm/day)
Location
Sun 05 Apr
Mon 06 Apr
Tue 07 Apr
Wed 08 Apr
Thu 09 Apr
Fri 10 Apr
Sat 11 Apr
Sun 12 Apr
Mon 13 Apr
Tue 14 Apr
Mean
Culverden
0.68
0.90
1.14
1.58
2.76
1.65
1.99
1.76
0.44
0.31
1.32
Rangiora
0.92
1.02
1.31
1.52
2.81
1.89
2.33
2.75
0.53
0.48
1.56
Darfield
0.93
1.08
3.05
1.71
2.00
2.41
0.38
1.47
Ashburton
0.79
1.00
1.20
1.64
2.53
1.67
2.20
2.25
0.35
0.55
1.42
Methven
0.76
1.06
1.48
2.22
2.39
0.37
0.29
1.28
Hinds
1.34
1.45
2.14
1.70
2.19
2.69
0.62
0.73
Temuka
0.83
0.97
1.37
2.18
1.75
0.84
1.13
1.39
Rainfall (mm)
Total
1.6
0.7
0.2
16.5
0.0
0.6
32.6
46.7
98.9
2.7
2.0
0.5
13.4
32.8
60.9
112.3
4.2
1.1
8.3
1.9
26.0
38.5
83.2
9.4
1.2
2.4
0.3
2.5
44.4
44.1
120.4
4.5
13.2
1.3
1.7
5.5
58.4
59.6
146.9
8.2
12.7
3.6
40.7
49.9
120.5
10.4
4.1
3.8
13.6
2.3
4.8
27.3
35.7
102.7
Cumulative Water Balance (mm)
Final
+0.9
+0.7
-0.2
+14.7
+11.9
+10.9
+8.9
+7.1
+39.3
+85.7
+1.8
+2.8
+2.0
+13.8
+11.0
+9.1
+6.8
+4.1
+36.3
+96.7
+3.3
+5.1
+11.6
+9.3
+7.3
+4.8
+30.4
+68.5
+8.6
+8.8
+10.0
+21.8
+21.9
+20.6
+18.4
+18.6
+62.7
+106.2
+3.7
+4.4
+4.5
+16.2
+15.3
+15.5
+13.1
+16.7
+74.7
+134.1
+7.4
+20.0
+18.2
+17.7
+16.4
+56.5
+105.7
+9.6
+12.7
+15.1
+27.3
+25.8
+26.4
+24.7
+27.8
+54.3
+88.8
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