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 8/7/26 at 17:02hrs 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 17:02hrs NZST)

Almanac

Temperature

Humidity

Barometer

Windspeed
& Direction

Sunrise 8:05hrs
Sunset 17:15hrs

Moonrise 1:53hrs
Moonset 12:14hrs

3.5ºC
Falling
(Graph)Rate -0.43ºC/hr
Low 1.2ºC
High 4.9ºC

97%
Rising
(Graph)Rate 1%/hr
Low 94%
High 98%

1009.02mb
Rising
(Graph)Rate 0.843mb/hr
Low 1004.21mb
High 1009.05mb

0km/h (Graph)
S (Graph)

Moon Phase

Dew Point

Cloud Base

Windchill

Wind Gust

3.1ºC
(Graph)Rate -0.28ºC/hr

1189m ASL This is an estimate of cumulus cloud base!

3.5ºC
(Graph)

Hour Max 0km/h
Day Max 23km/h at 12:14hrs
Year Max 111km/h (20/6/26)

Conditions at Elevation (Estimated)

Precipitation

For Today 8/7/26
Height (m)ASL	Temperature Range	Wind Speed	Weather
600m	2ºC to 5.7ºC (Now 4.3ºC)	Light	Rain.
1000m	-0.6ºC to 3.1ºC (Now 1.7ºC)	Light	Snow. Fog.
1400m	-3.2ºC to 0.5ºC (Now -0.9ºC)	Light	Snow.
1800m	-5.7ºC to -2ºC (Now -3.4ºC)	Light	Snow.
2200m	-8.4ºC to -4.7ºC (Now -6.1ºC)	Light	Snow.
Freezing Level Range		915m to 1484m

Daily 4.20mm
Last Hour 0.80mm
Current Rate 0.000mm/hr
(Graph)
24hr Rain 4.2 mm
Annual 2067.80mm

THIS STORM CYCLE (4hrs)
Rainfall: 3.8mm
High Rain Rate: 1.3mm/hr @ 15:07hrs 8/7/26
Temp Low: 3.6ºC @ 16:57hrs 8/7/26
Temp High: 4.7ºC @ 13:57hrs 8/7/26
Wind Gust: 23kmph @ 12:14hrs 8/7/26
Dom.Wind Dir: North
Barometer Low: 1006mb @ 13:57hrs 8/7/26

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	08/07/2026 (16:09)	2.0	0.5	3.5	30.5	67.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	108.5
Carrington	08/07/2026 (16:30)	2.0	0.5	11.0	31.0	131.0	15.5	0.0	0.0	191.0
Grasmere	08/07/2026 (16:30)	2.5	2.5	6.5	4.5	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0
Cheeseman	08/07/2026 (16:30)	2.5	6.0	13.5	5.0	16.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	43.5
Ranger Stream	08/07/2026 (14:00)	1.0	4.0	13.0	12.0	29.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	59.5
Upper Wilberforce River	08/07/2026 (16:00)	46.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60.5	7.5	0.0	116.5
Mount Byrne	07/07/2026 (20:25)	0.5	0.0	21.5	118.5	8.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	149.0

Remote Weather Station Records (provided by WCRC with thanks)
Station	Update Time	Last Hour	Last 6hrs	Last 24hrs	Last 7 Days
Upper Styx River	08/07/2026 (15:00)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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)	111	20/6/26	0	1/1/26	3
Wind Gust (kmph)	111	20/6/26	0	1/1/26	22
Wind Chill (ºC)	26.7	11/2/26	-5.2	26/6/26	8.7
Humidity (%)	100	1/1/25	99	1/1/25	99
Temperature (ºC)	26.7	11/2/26	-3.4	18/5/26	9.0
Barometer (mb)	1039.50	16/5/26	979.35	24/1/26	1013.81

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).