Records set or tied in New Zealand each year from 1970 to 2026, stacked by type. 2018 had 188.
Weather records per year in New Zealand, stacked by type, 2018 outlined
Year
Highest daily maximum
Lowest daily maximum
Highest daily minimum
Lowest daily minimum
Heaviest daily rainfall
Heaviest daily snowfall
Deepest snow cover
Total
1970
10
2
20
5
0
0
0
37
1971
14
6
23
3
0
0
0
46
1972
5
17
6
10
0
0
0
38
1973
18
2
28
20
0
0
0
68
1974
74
30
78
17
0
0
0
199
1975
59
20
52
28
0
0
0
159
1976
34
39
30
47
0
0
0
150
1977
19
31
19
42
0
0
0
111
1978
66
24
61
33
0
0
0
184
1979
41
21
54
20
0
0
0
136
1980
25
25
58
35
0
0
0
143
1981
51
27
82
31
0
0
0
191
1982
41
40
56
65
0
0
0
202
1983
25
70
42
50
0
0
0
187
1984
42
26
65
23
0
0
0
156
1985
46
15
73
29
0
0
0
163
1986
42
20
49
38
0
0
0
149
1987
28
31
63
21
0
0
0
143
1988
72
46
108
42
0
0
0
268
1989
84
17
86
23
0
0
0
210
1990
72
30
79
28
0
0
0
209
1991
30
50
44
44
0
0
0
168
1992
22
135
23
98
0
0
0
278
1993
28
98
40
48
0
0
0
214
1994
48
90
42
70
0
0
0
250
1995
92
79
88
66
0
0
0
325
1996
60
67
73
54
0
0
0
254
1997
59
70
61
54
0
0
0
244
1998
147
27
170
26
0
0
0
370
1999
128
28
141
29
0
0
0
326
2000
67
37
94
29
0
0
0
227
2001
93
34
100
43
0
0
0
270
2002
87
74
87
48
0
0
0
296
2003
92
50
94
73
0
0
0
309
2004
43
109
61
86
11
0
0
310
2005
144
43
100
27
6
0
0
320
2006
93
46
8
72
10
0
0
229
2007
104
43
6
59
8
0
0
220
2008
97
34
14
52
12
0
0
209
2009
73
56
5
70
8
0
0
212
2010
84
22
12
41
13
0
0
172
2011
54
39
11
45
13
0
0
162
2012
58
33
14
78
12
0
0
195
2013
108
18
30
35
9
0
0
200
2014
97
16
28
70
10
0
0
221
2015
75
39
12
74
31
0
0
231
2016
129
24
42
36
24
0
0
255
2017
80
19
30
31
31
0
0
191
2018
74
21
38
21
34
0
0
188
2019
87
17
28
46
28
0
0
206
2020
108
17
32
66
26
0
0
249
2021
89
6
53
52
29
0
0
229
2022
126
4
44
33
45
0
0
252
2023
91
5
52
24
36
0
0
208
2024
86
12
32
55
36
0
0
221
2025
53
18
115
29
11
0
0
226
2026
24
6
67
6
5
0
0
108
Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade
Decade of 2018
Record highs per record low by decade in New Zealand: 1970s 1.7 to 1, 1980s 1.7 to 1, 1990s 1.2 to 1, 2000s 1.4 to 1, 2010s 1.5 to 1, 2020s 2.9 to 1.
Record highs per record low in New Zealand, by decade
Decade
Highs per low
1970s
1.69 to 1
1980s
1.70 to 1
1990s
1.22 to 1
2000s
1.35 to 1
2010s
1.51 to 1
2020s
2.93 to 1
Standing Records by Year Set
2018: 406
2018
Records still standing in New Zealand by the year they were set. 406 of them were set in 2018.
Standing records in New Zealand by the year they were set, 2018 highlighted
Year set
Standing records
1940
20
1941
14
1942
31
1943
21
1944
50
1945
56
1946
52
1947
83
1948
53
1949
95
1950
131
1951
93
1952
80
1953
90
1954
97
1955
85
1956
111
1957
112
1958
144
1959
114
1960
143
1961
173
1962
155
1963
181
1964
166
1965
227
1966
279
1967
288
1968
283
1969
285
1970
168
1971
94
1972
194
1973
198
1974
251
1975
246
1976
236
1977
177
1978
182
1979
245
1980
253
1981
263
1982
323
1983
352
1984
343
1985
281
1986
264
1987
249
1988
394
1989
366
1990
321
1991
248
1992
472
1993
376
1994
371
1995
459
1996
367
1997
336
1998
497
1999
404
2000
299
2001
338
2002
382
2003
585
2004
678
2005
507
2006
383
2007
350
2008
372
2009
444
2010
328
2011
393
2012
388
2013
382
2014
408
2015
422
2016
617
2017
454
2018
406
2019
452
2020
507
2021
488
2022
679
2023
676
2024
635
2025
711
2026
376
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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.