Daily forecast
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Last update: 11:38 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Wednesday, Dec 18
Wind
Weather
01h
10 kts
max 24 kts
7° C
1003 hpa
04h
9 kts
max 24 kts
5° C
1001 hpa
07h
11 kts
max 24 kts
7° C
1001 hpa
10h
16 kts
max 18 kts
15° C
1001 hpa
13h
16 kts
max 17 kts
19° C
999 hpa
16h
16 kts
max 17 kts
18° C
999 hpa
19h
17 kts
max 20 kts
15° C
999 hpa
22h
11 kts
max 23 kts
10° C
1000 hpa
Thursday, Dec 19
Wind
Weather
01h
6 kts
max 18 kts
7° C
999 hpa
04h
4 kts
max 5 kts
6° C
998 hpa
07h
2 kts
max 2 kts
8° C
999 hpa
10h
4 kts
max 5 kts
13° C
999 hpa
13h
7 kts
max 7 kts
15° C
998 hpa
16h
6 kts
max 9 kts
1.07 mm
12° C
996 hpa
19h
6 kts
max 12 kts
4.16 mm
12° C
995 hpa
22h
5 kts
max 10 kts
5.48 mm
12° C
995 hpa
Friday, Dec 20
Wind
Weather
01h
6 kts
max 9 kts
2.82 mm
12° C
993 hpa
04h
8 kts
max 13 kts
12° C
992 hpa
07h
9 kts
max 15 kts
12° C
991 hpa
10h
10 kts
max 17 kts
12° C
991 hpa
13h
10 kts
max 17 kts
1.7 mm
12° C
989 hpa
16h
7 kts
max 13 kts
3.27 mm
13° C
988 hpa
19h
6 kts
max 12 kts
0.62 mm
12° C
987 hpa
22h
6 kts
max 12 kts
0.87 mm
12° C
988 hpa
Saturday, Dec 21
Wind
Weather
01h
5 kts
max 9 kts
0.44 mm
11° C
986 hpa
04h
1 kts
max 1 kts
11° C
985 hpa
07h
3 kts
max 6 kts
11° C
985 hpa
10h
7 kts
max 7 kts
15° C
985 hpa
13h
4 kts
max 4 kts
20° C
983 hpa
16h
5 kts
max 5 kts
3.06 mm
20° C
982 hpa
19h
7 kts
max 8 kts
3.7 mm
16° C
982 hpa
22h
3 kts
max 3 kts
13° C
983 hpa
Sunday, Dec 22
Wind
Weather
01h
3 kts
max 3 kts
12° C
983 hpa
04h
2 kts
max 2 kts
12° C
982 hpa
07h
2 kts
max 2 kts
13° C
983 hpa
10h
3 kts
max 4 kts
15° C
984 hpa
13h
6 kts
max 6 kts
19° C
983 hpa
16h
9 kts
max 9 kts
17° C
983 hpa
19h
8 kts
max 13 kts
0.59 mm
13° C
984 hpa
22h
3 kts
max 7 kts
1.47 mm
13° C
986 hpa
Monday, Dec 23
Wind
Weather
01h
5 kts
max 14 kts
1.14 mm
13° C
986 hpa
04h
6 kts
max 13 kts
12° C
986 hpa
07h
7 kts
max 12 kts
13° C
988 hpa
10h
6 kts
max 7 kts
15° C
989 hpa
13h
5 kts
max 5 kts
18° C
988 hpa
16h
10 kts
max 10 kts
16° C
988 hpa
19h
3 kts
max 4 kts
14° C
990 hpa
22h
7 kts
max 11 kts
12° C
992 hpa
Tuesday, Dec 24
Wind
Weather
01h
6 kts
max 10 kts
12° C
992 hpa
04h
5 kts
max 9 kts
11° C
992 hpa
07h
2 kts
max 2 kts
13° C
992 hpa
10h
7 kts
max 12 kts
15° C
991 hpa
13h
6 kts
max 7 kts
20° C
990 hpa
16h
13 kts
max 13 kts
20° C
988 hpa
19h
13 kts
max 22 kts
16° C
987 hpa
22h
9 kts
max 18 kts
14° C
987 hpa
Wednesday, Dec 25
Wind
Weather
01h
6 kts
max 12 kts
13° C
987 hpa
04h
4 kts
max 5 kts
12° C
986 hpa
07h
3 kts
max 4 kts
13° C
985 hpa
10h
7 kts
max 8 kts
19° C
986 hpa
13h
9 kts
max 9 kts
22° C
986 hpa
16h
13 kts
max 13 kts
21° C
986 hpa
19h
13 kts
max 15 kts
16° C
989 hpa
22h
10 kts
max 18 kts
13° C
992 hpa
Thursday, Dec 26
Wind
Weather
01h
11 kts
max 18 kts
13° C
994 hpa
04h
8 kts
max 15 kts
0.85 mm
12° C
994 hpa
07h
5 kts
max 12 kts
11° C
995 hpa
10h
5 kts
max 7 kts
12° C
997 hpa
13h
4 kts
max 4 kts
12° C
997 hpa
16h
6 kts
max 6 kts
16° C
996 hpa
19h
6 kts
max 6 kts
16° C
995 hpa
22h
6 kts
max 8 kts
9° C
996 hpa
Friday, Dec 27
Wind
Weather
01h
5 kts
max 5 kts
8° C
998 hpa
04h
7 kts
max 14 kts
8° C
995 hpa
07h
9 kts
max 20 kts
10° C
992 hpa
10h
13 kts
max 16 kts
19° C
990 hpa
13h
11 kts
max 12 kts
28° C
986 hpa
16h
15 kts
max 19 kts
25° C
984 hpa
19h
18 kts
max 29 kts
23° C
981 hpa
22h
10 kts
max 18 kts
18° C
983 hpa
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General
This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Rakaia in Canterbury, New Zealand. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.
Forecast
This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 6:00 PM, 12:00 AM, 6:00 AM and 12:00 PM New Zealand Daylight Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 3 hours for up to 10 days into the future. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.Check the wind forecast for Rakaia when you search for the best travel destinations for your kiteboarding, windsurfing or sailing vacations in New Zealand. Or use our wind forecast to find the wind speed today in Rakaia or to have a look at the wind direction tomorrow at Rakaia.
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Units
We use knots and degrees Celsius as our default units. These units are often used by sailors, kiters, surfers, windsurfers and paragliders. Use website settings to switch between units and 7 different languages at any time. For converting between wind speed units such as knots, km/h (kilometers per hour), m/s (meters per second), and mph (miles per hour) use our wind speed calculator.