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Nelson Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Nelson

New Zealand

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 21
Jan		15:00

S
S

 4 / 4 mph 60 / 60°F 91% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

S
S

 5 / 6 mph 59 / 58°F 93% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SSE
SSE

 5 / 7 mph 57 / 56°F 95% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 81%
High level cloud: 87%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
Thu 22
Jan		00:00

S
S

 5 / 7 mph 58 / 57°F 96% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
03:00

S
S

 5 / 6 mph 58 / 57°F 95% 994 mb
Low level cloud: 62%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
06:00

S
S

 6 / 9 mph 59 / 57°F 94% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 95%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 6 mph 63 / 60°F 92% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
61%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
12:00

N
N

 6 / 7 mph 78 / 78°F 64% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

W
W

 1 / 1 mph 77 / 77°F 72% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 11 / 13 mph 74 / 76°F 69% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SW
SW

 9 / 18 mph 59 / 57°F 87% 989 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Nelson:

Over the next 7 days the Nelson forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 21°C, with a high for the week of 26°C expected on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd. The mean minimum temperature will be 12°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Sunday 25th at 10°C. The coming week will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. Current predictions suggest Thursday 25th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 17.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image – it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure