Picton weather
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European, the American and the German model agree on a high near 20° in Picton today. Tomorrow: cloudy, around 20°, with a 51% chance of rain.
Latest for Picton: European (ECMWF): 19° Overcast · American (NOAA GFS): 20° Overcast · German (DWD ICON): 19° Overcast.
CheckWeather.io on iPhoneFree. No ads, no account.Picton weather in numbers
from 30 years of measured normalsPicton swings 17°C across the year, from 22°C highs in January to 5°C lows in June, and July is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 1179 mm of precipitation.
The weather map: all three models at once
European, American, German side by side around Picton and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Picton hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
each model's own hourly precipitation, side by sideLoading the three models…
Picton 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitPicton, New Zealand is at its warmest in Jan (average highs near 22°C) and coldest in Jun (lows around 5°C), with roughly 1179 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what European, American, German forecast for Picton right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
We grade every model against the weather that actually happened, so you can see which forecast model is most accurate in New Zealand before you trust any single number.
Picton climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Picton has changed since 1995
Picton sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Blenheim. That square shows no clear change in temperature between 1995-2004 and 2015-2024. See the full 30-year picture on the Blenheim page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Picton?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
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Where the models disagree
temperature and rain, judged separatelyThe models often agree on temperature and still split on rain, and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.