Brief Mountain Forecast for all New Zealand

North Island

Valid for Saturday, 04-Jul

Raukumara Forest Park: A fine start, but a few showers developing this morning, becoming more frequent in the evening. Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki: Partly cloudy with a shower or two. Rain at night. Tongariro National Park, and Te Urewera to Ruahine Forest Park : Mainly fine. Becoming cloudy towards evening, with scattered rain at night. Tararua Forest Park: Becoming fine this morning, but rain developing at night. WINDS: Strengthening northerlies, rising to gale in the south this afternoon.

Freezing Level: About 2000 metres.

Valid for Sunday, 05-Jul

Raukumara Forest Park and Te Urewera: A few showers turning periods of rain tomorrow morning. Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki to Ruahine Forest Park, including Tongariro National Park : A few showers, turning to possibly heavy rain for a time overnight. Tararua Forest Park : Occasional rain. WINDS: Strong-to-gale northerlies easing to moderate tomorrow morning.

Freezing Level: About 2000 metres.

Valid for Monday, 06-Jul

Periods of rain, possibly heavy. WINDS:East to northeast winds, strong in exposed places.

Freezing Level: Lowering to 1800 metres.

Valid for Tuesday, 07-Jul

Periods of rain or showers, possibly heavy. WINDS:Easterlies, strong in exposed places.

Freezing Level: Rising to 2000 metres.

Valid for Wednesday, 08-Jul

Periods of rain in the east, possibly heavy. Partly cloudy with a shower or two further west. WINDS:Southeasterlies.

Freezing Level: About 2000 metres.

Issued: 2:27pm Saturday 4 Jul 2026

South Island

Valid for Saturday, 04-Jul

Arthur's Pass National Park to Fiordland National Park: Rain, heavy at times, with snow lowering to 800 metres about Fiordland this evening. Remaining South Island forecast areas: A few showers, turning to rain by evening, with heavy falls possible. WINDS: Northwesterly gales, severe in exposed places, easing in the south during the afternoon and evening.

Freezing Level: 2000 metres, but 2500 metres about fiordland, lowering to 1000 metres in the south this evening.

Valid for Sunday, 05-Jul

Arthur's Pass National Park to Fiordland National Park: Rain, heavy at times. Snow lowering to 800 metres in the south this evening, then to 400 metres about the Southern Lakes on Sunday and 700 metres elsewhere. Remaining South Island forecast areas: A few showers, turning to rain this evening and falling as snow above 1100 metres for a time Sunday. WINDS: Northwesterly gales, severe in exposed places, easing Saturday evening and turning southeasterly, then rising to gale in exposed places on Sunday.

Freezing Level: 1800 metres sloping to 1000 metres in the south. lowering to 1000 metres everywhere south of arthur's pass national park by sunday evening, and 1400 metres elsewhere.

Valid for Monday, 06-Jul

Rain or showers, clearing south of Mt Cook, but turning to snow elsewhere in the east. WINDS:Southeasterlies, gale in exposed places.

Freezing Level: Lowering to about 800 metres.

Valid for Tuesday, 07-Jul

Snow north of Mt Cook, especially in the east. Fine in the south. WINDS:Southeast gales, easing.

Freezing Level: 800 metres.

Valid for Wednesday, 08-Jul

Snow showers, more persistent in the east, possibly heavy north of Mt Cook. WINDS:Southeasterlies, gale in exposed places.

Freezing Level: 2000 metres in the west, sloping to 1000 metres in the east.

Issued: 2:27pm Saturday 4 Jul 2026