Maps showing annual rainfall at Taranaki sites going back to 2007, and annual rainfall distribution since 2010. What you should know: ♦ The site maps show data from a selection of the sites we monitor, but not all of them. ♦ The distribution maps are based on mathematical modelling and may not accurately represent actual rainfall in some unmonitored areas. ♦ Distribution maps have been available only since 2010. Click on maps to see large versions Rainfall in 2022. 2022 rainfall maps [PDF, 738
With two weekends of significant rainfall, a number of records were set in February. Rainfall for February was extremely high with sites recording between 178% and 702% of normal, with an average of 354%. This rainfall really only occurred on a handful of days, the 5th to 7th and then a week later from the 11th to 13th. The rainfall site at Cape Egmont recorded 628.6mm for the month, which is the highest February rainfall recorded for the site since records began in 1930. Summer rainfall
The year began with Taranaki's second driest January ever, with none of our monitored sites getting even a third of their normal rainfall for the month. Totals ranged from 8% to 29% of normal, with an average of 17%, and our monitored sites recorded rain only on three to seven days during the month. Stratford recorded just 13.5mm, its lowest January total since records began in 1998. Our monitored sites on Taranaki Maunga recorded 17% to 23% of their normal Janary rainfall, with rain on five to
October continued this year’s trend for lower than average rainfall – but only just! There was an average of 158.2mm – that’s 1% less than usual – for the month, ranging from 26% less rain at Kaupokonui at Glenn Rd, and 22% more at Waitotara at Hawken Rd. On average there has been 12% less rainfall than normal across all rain gauges, with year-to-date rainfall lowest at Waitotara at Hawken Rd with 26% less rainfall than normal while the Pohokura Saddle has had the highest year-to-date rainfall
Our hydrology team crunches the data to bring you these monthly and yearly summaries. Note: The rainfall distribution maps (right column) are prepared using data interpolated from measurements taken at sites where rainfall is monitored by the Council. These maps are based on mathematical modelling and may not accurately represent actual rainfall in some unmonitored areas.
ill, while dogs may be attracted to the musty smell. “This is earlier than we typically expect to find cyanobacteria in our rivers and is likely due to the drier winter we had - heavy rainfall and high water flow help to flush cyanobacteria.” The Council is closely monitoring cyanobacteria levels at selected rivers and lakes (where it is called planktonic) as part of its Can I Swim Here? programme, which began this week and runs through until March. “As we kick off the Can I Swim Here? programme,
