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Hailstorms around New Zealand

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Hailstorms around New Zealand

This map shows the distribution of hail storms in a year. They are most frequent in the west, but summer hail storms, often with larger hailstones, do occur in the east.

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Erick Brenstrum, Weather – Thunderstorms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/7774/hailstorms-around-new-zealand (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Erick Brenstrum, published 2 March 2009.