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Rotorua Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Rotorua

New Zealand

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Thu 18
Sep		09:00

NW
NW

 8 / 11 mph 52 / 49°F 96% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 59%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 9 / 13 mph 54 / 51°F 97% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 8 / 11 mph 53 / 50°F 98% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
18:00

NW
NW

 5 / 8 mph 52 / 50°F 99% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
21:00

W
W

 6 / 11 mph 46 / 42°F 96% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 19
Sep		00:00

WSW
WSW

 9 / 12 mph 46 / 42°F 89% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
91%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

WSW
WSW

 9 / 11 mph 47 / 43°F 76% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 7 / 9 mph 48 / 44°F 67% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SW
SW

 7 / 8 mph 54 / 51°F 54% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 6 mph 59 / 57°F 47% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 26%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SE
SE

 4 / 5 mph 53 / 51°F 82% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 54%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 3 / 4 mph 45 / 43°F 87% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
21:00

SSE
SSE

 2 / 5 mph 35 / 33°F 97% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In

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The 7 day weather forecast summary for Rotorua:

Over the next 7 days the Rotorua forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 14°C, with a high for the week of 15°C expected on the afternoon of Saturday 20th. The mean minimum temperature will be 6°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Saturday 20th at -2°C. The week ahead will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The indicators are that Thursday 20th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 44.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Dir

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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

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Weather

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Pressure