Upper Riccarton weather
Loading live data…Mostly clear,much the same tomorrow
European, the American and the German model put Upper Riccarton's high today between 25° and 28°, a 3° split. Tomorrow: cloudy, around 24°, with a 0% chance of rain.
Latest for Upper Riccarton: European (ECMWF): 13° Clear · American (NOAA GFS): 10° Clear · German (DWD ICON): 13° Clear.
CheckWeather.io on iPhoneFree. No ads, no account.Upper Riccarton weather in numbers
from 30 years of measured normalsUpper Riccarton swings 20°C across the year, from 22°C highs in January to 2°C lows in July, and July is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 657 mm of precipitation.
The weather map: all three models at once
European, American, German side by side around Upper Riccarton and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Upper Riccarton 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…
Upper Riccarton 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitUpper Riccarton, New Zealand is at its warmest in Jan (average highs near 22°C) and coldest in Jul (lows around 2°C), with roughly 657 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what European, American, German forecast for Upper Riccarton right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
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Upper Riccarton 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 Upper Riccarton has changed since 1995
Upper Riccarton sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Christchurch. That square shows no clear change in temperature between 1995-2004 and 2015-2024. See the full 30-year picture on the Christchurch page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Upper Riccarton?
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.