Weather Station #1 Data

AP Weather Station #1 Data

This web page is updated automatically from a weather station located in Arthur's Pass hourly. Graphs are available which show the data at 30 minute intervals over the past 72 hours.

(Updated on 4/4/26 at 15:33hrs NZST) Refresh Page
Station	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation
Arthur's Pass	42º 56' 30" S	171º 33' 50" E	730m

Today's Weather Data (from midnight to 15:33hrs NZST)

Almanac

Temperature

Humidity

Barometer

Windspeed
& Direction

Sunrise 6:52hrs
Sunset 18:16hrs

Moonrise 19:19hrs
Moonset 10:00hrs

11.3ºC
Rising
(Graph)Rate 0.15ºC/hr
Low 10.3ºC
High 11.7ºC

96%
Rising
(Graph)Rate 0.5%/hr
Low 92%
High 97%

1018.60mb
Rising
(Graph)Rate 0.046mb/hr
Low 1015.82mb
High 1020.09mb

0km/h (Graph)
W (Graph)

Moon Phase

Dew Point

Cloud Base

Windchill

Wind Gust

10.7ºC
(Graph)Rate 0.22ºC/hr

1210m ASL This is an estimate of cumulus cloud base!

11.3ºC
(Graph)

Hour Max 0km/h
Day Max 69km/h at 3:27hrs
Year Max 101km/h (11/1/26)

Conditions at Elevation (Estimated)

Precipitation

For Today 4/4/26
Height (m)ASL	Temperature Range	Wind Speed	Weather
600m	11.1ºC to 12.5ºC (Now 12.1ºC)	Light	Rain.
1000m	8.5ºC to 9.9ºC (Now 9.5ºC)	Light	Rain. Fog.
1400m	5.9ºC to 7.3ºC (Now 6.9ºC)	Light	Rain. Fog.
1800m	3.4ºC to 4.8ºC (Now 4.4ºC)	Light	Rain. Fog.
2200m	0.7ºC to 2.1ºC (Now 1.7ºC)	Light	Snow. Fog.
Freezing Level Range		2315m to 2530m

Daily 23.40mm
Last Hour 1.00mm
Current Rate 1.400mm/hr
(Graph)
24hr Rain 25.4 mm
Annual 766.60mm

THIS STORM CYCLE (17hrs)
Rainfall: 24.8mm
High Rain Rate: 2.4mm/hr @ 5:33hrs 4/4/26
Temp Low: 10.1ºC @ 22:58hrs 3/4/26
Temp High: 11.7ºC @ 2:58hrs 4/4/26
Wind Gust: 69kmph @ 3:27hrs 4/4/26
Dom.Wind Dir: West
Barometer Low: 1016mb @ 2:58hrs 4/4/26

Remote Weather Station Records (provided by ECAN with thanks)
Station	Update Time	Rain Today	-1 Day	-2 Day	-3 Day	-4 Day	-5 Day	-6 Day	-7 Day	Total Rainfall
Arthur's Pass	04/04/2026 (14:00)	25.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.5	14.5	41.5
Carrington	04/04/2026 (14:40)	45.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.5	13.0	27.5	73.0
Grasmere	04/04/2026 (14:30)	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Cheeseman	04/04/2026 (14:30)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ranger Stream	04/04/2026 (14:00)	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	7.5
Upper Wilberforce River	04/04/2026 (14:00)	69.5	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	31.0	28.0	41.0	148.5
Mount Byrne	04/04/2026 (14:00)	31.5	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	5.5	23.0	53.5

Remote Weather Station Records (provided by WCRC with thanks)
Station	Update Time	Last Hour	Last 6hrs	Last 24hrs	Last 7 Days
Upper Styx River	04/04/2026 (15:25)	2.6	32.6	92.0	168.2
Lower Taipo River	29/09/2025 (02:00)	3.0	18.0	25.0	117.0

Annual Weather Records
Parameter	Max	Max Date	Min	Min Date	Average
Wind Speed (kmph)	101	11/1/26	0	1/1/26	3
Wind Gust (kmph)	101	11/1/26	0	1/1/26	23
Wind Chill (ºC)	26.7	11/2/26	-3.2	2/3/26	11.7
Humidity (%)	100	1/1/25	99	1/1/25	99
Temperature (ºC)	26.7	11/2/26	0.8	4/3/26	11.9
Barometer (mb)	1029.34	2/4/26	979.35	24/1/26	1010.47

The following graphs show a 72 hour (3 day) history of Temperature, Humidity, Windspeed, High Wind Gust, Wind Direction, Wind Chill, Rainfall, Barometric Pressure and Dew Point. The displayed graph interval is 30 minutes (eg. rainfall is displayed at mm/30min).