Stratford weather
Loading live data…Cloudy,much the same tomorrow
European, the American and the German model put Stratford's high today between 16° and 20°, a 4° split. Tomorrow: cloudy, around 18°, with a 22% chance of rain.
Latest for Stratford: European (ECMWF): 9° Overcast · American (NOAA GFS): 8° Overcast · German (DWD ICON): 8° Fog.
CheckWeather.io on iPhoneFree. No ads, no account.Stratford weather in numbers
from 30 years of measured normalsStratford swings 15°C across the year, from 20°C highs in February to 5°C lows in June, and October is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 2253 mm of precipitation.
The weather map: all three models at once
European, American, German side by side around Stratford and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Stratford 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…
Stratford 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitStratford, New Zealand is at its warmest in Feb (average highs near 20°C) and coldest in Jun (lows around 5°C), with roughly 2253 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what European, American, German forecast for Stratford 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.
Stratford 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 Stratford has changed since 1995
Stratford sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Hawera. That square ran 0.4°C warmer in 2015-2024 than in 1995-2004. See the full 30-year picture on the Hawera page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Stratford?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy, each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 244 cities. Lower error means a higher score. See which forecast model is most accurate in New Zealand, how we measure forecast accuracy, or which model each weather app uses.
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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.