Monthly climate summary

Our hydrology team crunches the data to bring you these monthly and yearly summaries.

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March 2023 rainfall

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Tue 11 Apr 2023 3:00pm

This year continues to be far wetter than usual with rainfall across Taranaki 146.7% of normal for the first three months and 128% of the long-term average in March.

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February 2023 rainfall

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Wed 15 Mar 2023 2:00pm

While Taranaki escaped the deluges brought by Cyclone Gabrielle as it hit the East Coast of the North Island, February was still a wet month for the region.

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January 2023 rainfall

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Thu 16 Feb 2023 2:00pm

It was a month of contrasts for the weather in Taranaki in January with a couple of weeks of cool, wet and windy conditions followed by dry and warmer weather and ending with huge downpours across the region.

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December 2022 rainfall

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Tue 10 Jan 2023 2:00pm

The rain stayed away from Taranaki Maunga in December with just 60% of the long-term average recorded at North Egmont.

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