Monthly rainfall

Tue 14 Jan 2020

December was wetter than normal at most of our monitored sites, but the region was below or close to its normal annual rainfall for the full 2019 year.

Tue 17 Dec 2019

November rainfall ranged from 47% to 133% of normal at our monitored sites, with an average of 81%.

Wed 06 Nov 2019

October rainfall ranged from 53% to 116% of normal at the sites we monitor, with an average of 80%.

Tue 08 Oct 2019

September rainfall ranged from 57% to 131% of normal at the sites we monitor, with an average of 87%.

Wed 04 Sep 2019

August rainfall ranged from 82% to 139% of normal at our monitored sites, with most rain occurring in the first two weeks of the month.

Thu 01 Aug 2019

Rain returned to Taranaki with a vengeance in July after a dryish spell, with some of our monitored sites getting significantly more than the month's normal rainfall.

Tue 02 Jul 2019

June rainfall was below half the monthly normal at many of our monthly sites, with a region-wide average of just 58%.

Thu 06 Jun 2019

Most of May's rain arrived in two shortish periods amounting to five days in total. Monthly totals were mostly below normal, ranging from 50% to 103% at our monintored sites with an average of 74%.