Climate change is already happening in New Zealand and could have a profound impact on future generations of New
Zealanders, a new report from the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ says.
Our atmosphere and climate 2020, released today, includes analysis of temperature data from 30 sites around New Zealand that shows our climate is
warming. Every site recorded increasing average temperatures in winter.
More extreme weather events are also starting to be seen – extreme rainfall, heatwave days, and dry spell days increased
and frost days decreased at some places. Changes to seasons are becoming apparent.
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