New Zealand Weather Records in 2022

252 weather records set or tied in New Zealand in 2022, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for New Zealand in 2022

252 weather records were set or tied in New Zealand in 2022.
170 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
676 records set in 2022 still stand in New Zealand.

Records per Year, by Type

2022 outlined

Records set or tied in New Zealand each year from 1970 to 2026, stacked by type. 2022 had 252.

Weather records per year in New Zealand, stacked by type, 2022 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1970	10	2	20	5	0	37
1971	14	6	23	3	0	46
1972	5	17	6	10	0	38
1973	18	2	28	20	0	68
1974	74	30	78	17	0	199
1975	59	20	52	28	0	159
1976	34	39	30	47	0	150
1977	19	31	19	42	0	111
1978	66	24	61	33	0	184
1979	41	21	54	20	0	136
1980	25	25	58	35	0	143
1981	51	27	82	31	0	191
1982	41	40	56	65	0	202
1983	25	70	42	50	0	187
1984	42	26	65	23	0	156
1985	46	15	73	29	0	163
1986	42	20	49	38	0	149
1987	28	31	63	21	0	143
1988	72	46	108	42	0	268
1989	84	17	86	23	0	210
1990	72	30	79	28	0	209
1991	30	50	44	44	0	168
1992	22	135	23	98	0	278
1993	28	98	40	48	0	214
1994	48	90	42	70	0	250
1995	92	79	88	66	0	325
1996	60	67	73	54	0	254
1997	59	70	61	54	0	244
1998	147	27	170	26	0	370
1999	128	28	141	29	0	326
2000	67	37	94	29	0	227
2001	93	34	100	43	0	270
2002	87	74	87	48	0	296
2003	92	50	94	73	0	309
2004	43	109	61	86	11	310
2005	144	43	100	27	6	320
2006	93	46	8	72	10	229
2007	104	43	6	59	8	220
2008	97	34	14	52	12	209
2009	73	56	5	70	8	212
2010	84	22	12	41	13	172
2011	54	39	11	45	13	162
2012	58	33	14	78	12	195
2013	108	18	30	35	9	200
2014	97	16	28	70	10	221
2015	75	39	12	74	31	231
2016	129	24	42	36	24	255
2017	80	19	30	31	31	191
2018	74	21	38	21	34	188
2019	87	17	28	46	28	206
2020	108	17	32	66	26	249
2021	89	6	53	52	29	229
2022	126	4	44	33	45	252
2023	91	5	52	24	36	208
2024	86	12	32	55	36	221
2025	53	18	115	29	11	226
2026	28	6	67	6	5	112

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

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.

Standing Records by Year Set

2022: 676

Records still standing in New Zealand by the year they were set. 676 of them were set in 2022.

Standing records in New Zealand by the year they were set, 2022 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	167
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	337
2002	382
2003	585
2004	678
2005	507
2006	383
2007	350
2008	372
2009	443
2010	328
2011	393
2012	388
2013	381
2014	408
2015	421
2016	616
2017	454
2018	403
2019	452
2020	506
2021	488
2022	676
2023	675
2024	635
2025	710
2026	396

Download the Data

Data for New Zealand in 2022: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

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	2.94 to 1