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Ruapehu
Weather Forecast, New Zealand
Issued: 12 am Sat 14 Feb Local Time
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Issued: 12 am Sat 14 Feb Local Time

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3 Ruapehu Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 15mm) on Fri night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Fri night, min 0°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, severe gales from the SSW by Sun afternoon).										Days 5–7 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Tue morning, min 4°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).
		Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	heavy rain	light rain	risk tstorm	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. snow	heavy snow	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
km/h	NNW	S	SSW	S	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	SSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW
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cm	—	—	—	—	—	7	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
mm	10	0.6	0.8	0.1	—	—	—	3	0.8	1	0.2	—	0.1	2	7	1.2	0.7	0.7	6
max °C	11	10	10	9	2	1	1	2	4	5	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	7
min °C	10	10	9	4	2	0	0	2	2	4	5	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	5
chill °C	10	10	7	0	-3	-10	-10	-5	-3	-1	0	4	3	5	3	1	0	1	-1

Freezing level m	4100	4000	3850	3700	3000	2300	2300	2550	2500	3000	3400	3300	3100	2900	3000	3250	3300	3400	3450
Cloud base (m)	750	650	750	700	750	650	600	650	650	750	650	1950	900	2000	850	700	1500	850	650

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Ruapehu Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Ruapehu is: Moderate rain (total 15mm) on Fri night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Fri night, min 0°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, severe gales from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Ruapehu Weather (Days 3-6):

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Tue morning, min 4°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Ruapehu at the specific elevation of 2000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Ruapehu. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of New Zealand.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather Station	Temp.	Weather	Wind	Cloud Visibility Cloud / Visibility
Waiouru Aero Automatic Weather Station 19 km SSE 820m alt. 1 hour ago	15° C	-	Calm (2 kph at 150).
TaupoAeroAws 76 km NE 402m alt. 1 hour ago	18° C	Clear skies.	Calm (4 kph at 60).	10 km
WanganuiAeroAws 88 km S 14m alt. 1 hour ago	20° C	Intermittent moderate drizzle.	Light winds from the WSW (11 kph at 250).	10 km
Ohakea Airport 102 km S 5m alt. 2 hours ago	20° C	-	Light winds from the W (7 kph at 260).	10.0 km
Takapau Plains Automatic Weather Station 103 km SE 347m alt. 1 hour ago	18° C	Continuous moderate rain.	Wind obs. (11 kph from 190 degs) was rejected.
Napier Airport 112 km E 240m alt. 1 hour ago	21° C	Clear skies.	Calm (4 kph at 200).	10 km
PalmerstonNorthAero Aws 115 km S 39m alt. 1 hour ago	19° C	Moderate to heavy rain showers.	Light winds from the W (13 kph at 280).	2 km
HaweraAws 115 km SW 100m alt. 1 hour ago	17° C	Moderate to heavy rain showers.	Moderate winds from the WSW (22 kph at 250).
Palmerston North 118 km S 31m alt. 1 hour ago	19° C	Dry	Wind obs. (6 kph from 342 degs) was rejected.
Te Awa wx 119 km ESE 21m alt. 1 hour ago	21° C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 61).

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.