Climate averages 1991–2020

Lower Hutt weather
in June.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 12.3°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 8.5°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 88 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Lower Hutt · average highYear overview

June is a cool month in Lower Hutt: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (14 km away). In June its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Lower Hutt, with 95 mm of rain.

Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Lower Hutt ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest June highs and 4th of 11 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 11 cities is 12.5°C; Lower Hutt is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 84 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lower Hutt climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lower Hutt, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.5°C14.6°C14.6°C588.414.815 h
February 19.9°C14.9°C14.9°C567.413.714 h
March 18.5°C13.6°C13.6°C598.212.412 h
April 16.3°C11.9°C11.9°C699.611.011 h
May 14.3°C10.4°C10.4°C7010.49.910 h
June, selected 12.3°C8.5°C8.5°C8812.19.39 h
July 11.5°C7.6°C7.6°C8412.29.510 h
August 11.8°C7.7°C7.7°C8013.110.510 h
September 13.0°C8.8°C8.8°C7611.811.812 h
October 14.4°C10.0°C10.0°C8811.913.213 h
November 15.8°C11.1°C11.1°C7310.714.414 h
December 17.9°C13.3°C13.3°C6810.815.115 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

June in nearby cities

Distance from Lower Hutt

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lower Hutt) is explained once on the Lower Hutt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.