3 Ways to find out if it has started snowing in New Zealand
Learn which three methods you can use to quickly find out whether it has started snowing in New Zealand and how much snow is currently on the mountains in New Zealand in regions like Ruapehu, Lake Tekapo, and Queenstown.
Are you curious to know whether it has started snowing yet in Queenstown?
Or whether the mountains around Lake Tekapo are currently snow-capped or snow-covered?
If you’re anything like me, looking forward to seeing snow fall in New Zealand and on the South Island of New Zealand in particular, you can use one of 3 methods to find out whether it has already started snowing in New Zealand.
By the way, the following methods can be used during any time of the year and need not be restricted to only winter in New Zealand.
1. Visit New Zealand ski fields websites
You can visit New Zealand ski fields websites to find out if it has already started snowing in New Zealand. A few of them list the amount of new snow that has fallen on the mountain.
2. Check mountain weather and snow forecasts
You can visit the mountains and National Parks page on the Metservice website.
Snow on Saint Marys Range, South Island, New Zealand
From here you can not only access the weather forecast for the mountains and national parks, but sometimes you’ll also find information on whether snow is expected to fall and above which elevation snow is expected to fall.
Update (June 1, 2010): As of May 31, 2010, the mountains and national parks section on the MetService website has become active for the 2010 ski season in New Zealand.
So now you can access weather – and snow – forecasts for each ski field in addition to temperature and wind forecasts and sunrise/sunset times.
These pages are definitely worth checking out!
3. Look at current images from mountain and snow web cams
There are a few good New Zealand tourism and research web sites that allow you to see the amount of snow that is currently on mountains and ski areas in New Zealand by providing images from web cams that have been installed on key locations.
Below I’ve compiled a list of some of the best snow web cams for New Zealand, and in particular, those that show you images from areas where mountains and ski fields are located.
North Island mountain and snow web cams:
South Island mountain and snow web cams:
Final words on how to find out if it has started snowing in NZ
So there you have it… There is no need to guess whether snow has fallen or is falling on the North Island or South Island of New Zealand, because you can access the most up to date information online whether you are inside or outside of New Zealand.
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6 Responses to “3 Ways to find out if it has started snowing in New Zealand”
Posted Monday, 17 May 2010
Wow, I love that photo of St Mary’s Range!
Posted Monday, 17 May 2010
Actually stopped spontaneously and took it from right next to the road. Can remember seeing the light and just looking quickly for somewhere to stop. Sometimes they’re unplanned…
Posted Monday, 17 May 2010
Yeah I know what you mean. A lot of my planned shoots recently resulted in nothing, but I got quite a few keepers while driving around and suddenly seeing something good.
Posted Monday, 17 May 2010
Which road did you take that shot from anyway?
Posted Monday, 17 May 2010
Highway 83 before reaching Kurow while driving towards Omarama.
Posted Monday, 17 May 2010
Oops, that would be 82, on the other side of the Waitaki River.