2023 was one of NZ's hottest on record, but far from the wettest, while Whakatāne and Nelson have lost their crown as the country's sunniest spots.

2023 was New Zealand’s second hottest year on record and among the cloudiest, NIWA has announced.

Globally, last year has been confirmed today as the warmest year on record but in New Zealand the record belongs to 2022.

  • @sylverstream
    4•5 months ago

    Or, said differently, it was the coolest year for all years to come.

    • @[email protected]
      1•5 months ago

      Statistically… probably not. Variation year-on-year is almost certainly higher than average increase.

      However, a particularly cold year sometime in the next decade may well take that trophy…