Monthly climate summary

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

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May 2023 rainfall

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Tue 13 Jun 2023 11:00am

Last month in May, sites received 48% of the typical year's rainfall with 257.2 mm of rain.

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April 2023 rainfall

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Wed 10 May 2023 11:00am

There were plenty of April showers last month with nearly 775mm of rain at the North Egmont Visitors Centre and 574.5mm at Dawson Falls.

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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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November 2022 rainfall

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Fri 09 Dec 2022 4:00pm

November’s stormy weather contributed to a very soggy month with rainfall more than 176% of the long-term average.

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October 2022 rainfall

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Wed 09 Nov 2022 4:00pm

October was a month of contrasts for rainfall in Taranaki, ranging from 65% of the average for the month at Waitotara at Hawken Rd to 164% at Mangati at SH3.

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