Rare snow in Wellington, NZ, August 14, 2011

[bluegreen988]

that is not in wellington nz,maybe somewhere in canada or usa..I know wellington nz it never snow there,

[linc43211]

@pandemik0

Thanks for posting this...so cool to see snow coming down in a North Island suburban street....and quite an affluent one by the looks of it. I'm from Auckland, live in Sydney, but spent time in Canada and miss the snow so much....it's a little bit of magic that interrupts our normally mundane lives.

[maxiboy666]

I still can't get my head around that it's winter in August in the Southern hemisphere but I suppose that's just down to the Roman calender and semantics really!

[pandemik0]

@maxiboy666 The tilt of the earth. We get the opposite season to the northern hemisphere. But this was two months out from winter solstice down here. Closer to spring than winter.

[bordercollie1975]

Global cooling.

[pandemik0]

@bordercollie1975 ... lol ... uh... this wasn't a worldwide event... ?

[bordercollie1975]

@pandemik0 Looks fantastic though, wish it would snow in Sydney.

[mpkio]

I've also been thinking that the weather has been really crazy for the past year or so all over the world. Snow in NZ? Two hurricaines out of nowhere in North America? Here in the UK, we just had a day where it reached 30c in October! Winds are picking up to 175mph and we've had winters where its been so freezing temputures and snow all over the country! Global Warming my ass!!

You guys are so lucky! Want the snow now!!!! :)

[pandemik0]

@mpkio NZ gets snow all the time, it's just rare to come this low to sea level this region, but it does happen.

Global warming? There's a huge difference between "weather" and "climate" and "local" and global". Infact there's a planet sized difference. Global warming is thought to exacerbate local extremes - heat energy drives weather systems- so it may be making all these things a little worse than would have been.

[darkheart1998]

That was an amazing time but I got a cold from that!



[Serenoj69]

Well, over here in NL we are used to it. But not in august! Hehe. Two more months now. November usually brings the first snow (but not always). And there are occasional winters we don't have snow like you did in this video! Did you notice who silent it becomes, because the snow dampens sound? Looking at the large flakes, temperatures must have been near freezing. Below -3 or so they get smaller and with -5 or -6 C it will be fine snow. Probably a snowshower you got! Great to see!

[Kauwhaka]

The natural cycle of global cooling.  This has been happening all around the world.

[PeopleNeed2LoveMore]

I was born and lived in Wellington most of my life having never seen snow, now I live on the East Coast of America where I get a fair share of snow every winter. never imagined this much snow in good ole welly just amazing to see !!!!!!

[Thomyorkezman]

The real question is what caused the dramatic change in weather over recent years?

[pandemik0]

@Thomyorkezman Gotta admit, weather is pretty weird in recent years, it's nothing like I remember when I was a kid.

[KouroshEntertainer]

IS THIS NEW ZEALAND? REALLY??

[pandemik0]

@KouroshEntertainer NZ does get snow. We do have skifields :) It usually doesn't come this close to sea level or this far north. The deep south, latitude 45 can get snow to sea level almost every year.

[nikkowhite]

i wish we have snow in august hahaha :)

[randonio10]

OMG i am so jealous, but now here in ireland has the real winters, we used to get just rain, now we get big snow, come on winter! role in!

[shoeib123]

why cant it snow like this in canada fuck it beautifull mostly we get like slushy and bairly any fresh snow

[monstarmac1]

@shoeib123 We never get this, it was a once in a lifetime thing....

[bellamcwatch]

reminds me of christamas time in canada

[pulpfictionost]

Makes me feel like moving to antarctica

[scribbles822]

i Feel so strange watching this as i enjoy my warm summer here in America.. xD

[Nordwestmeteo]

Pretty amazing for Wellington i guess. :-) How long did it last?

[pandemik0]

@Nordwestmeteo Snow was gone by end of thursday, it snowed more on monday and tuesday, video was taken sunday.

[windowsxpkid123]

Did the snow melt in the morning

[pandemik0]

@windowsxpkid123 It stuck around, very cold overnight, one of the coldest nights and days in Wellington for a long time. Was too icy to drive in the morning.

[sajdsjdsjkgds]

is the snow still there?

[jackalan88]

i live in the hill suburbs which was cool since it got alot of snow but sucked because my bus couldn't get up there haha

[arctictiger1992]

Hmmm... This makes me feel like uploading my Johnsonville snow video that I took on Sunday the 14th.

[pandemik0]

@arctictiger1992 yeah do it!

[arctictiger1992]

@pandemik0 Done. Video uploaded.

[pandemik0]

@arctictiger1992 Just checked it out. That was down the street from me probably about the same time, but the snow was definately worse the higher you got up in to the suburbs. Once in a lifetime snow in wellington for sure.

[Infurnas]

Its winter in New Zealand right now isnt it? same as Australia

[arctictiger1992]

@Infurnas why yes it is. Same throughout the whole southern hemisphere.

[carolmbean]

very "COOL" -- now the sun is out, I miss the white stuff. I also miss the neighbourhood chatter and laughter!

[TRANCEnothingells]

Oha es schneit, wie krank ist das denn xD

[TheDA7O01]

how can it be snowing on august 14, when this video has been uploaded on august 13??

[hiimholybow]

@TheDA7O01

Because the upload date isn't based on NZST

[TheDA7O01]

@hiimholybow oh okay.. sorry bout that.. i was in naenae for 4 years.. just left the country on march.. always wanted to see snow again, and when i heard of this, i felt like going back and experiencing it again.. so sad i missed it out.. is it still snowing there??

[Kabbeats]

trippy

[1stinkfist]

i always dreamed of snow as a kid growing up in nz.... now im living in switzerland and im pretty much over it!

[brahmin21]

coronal mass ejections...from the sun are playing havoc with the earths electro magnetic field

[Mahoooona]

maybe we should move the polar bear there!

[shazwani88]

they really enjoy the snow :)

[laservp1955]

Looks worse than the Manawatu!

[Atlantikonrad]

Rarity snow , but a that quota 500mt ? Per wellington hill's è il futuro, come fosse il 1985 qui

[primuss90]

lol omg i h.....snow ^^

but looks nice

[Lukasz564]

Wow I have heard that in New Zealand snow fell for the first time in 80 years :O

I also have winter and I have to wait about 3 months

Beautiful winter! I love it <3

[LewisArcher189]

@Lukasz564 that was in aukland it snowed for the first time in 80 years. it snows dwn south all the time

[44johnconnor]

impressionnant 

[lauryification]

very cool ,

[KiwiChrisable]

OOOOOOhhhhh Wellllllyyy my darling you are so cold I wish I was there so coooooool mmmmmmm

[WhyIsTheDoorOpen]

sooo unbelievably jealous. it snowed when i was 5 in wellington. then we moved to brisbane and it doesnt snow here :(