Monthly rainfall

Fri 12 Jan 2018

Most of our monitored sites got less than half of their usual December rainfall and a few of them were as low as 13% to 15%. This dry end to the year, however, balanced earlier wet periods, and total 2017 rainfall at most places was not far above normal.

Tue 05 Dec 2017

The scale of the current dry spell is sharply apparent in Taranaki's rain stats for November, with record low rainfall at a number of our monitored sites.

Thu 02 Nov 2017

October was very dry, with only 28% to 85% of normal rainfall recorded at our monitored sites.

Thu 05 Oct 2017

September was wet - on average, our monitored sites across the region got 153% of their normal monthly total, with a couple of places above 200%.

Tue 05 Sep 2017

Another wet month - August rainfall ranged from 102% to 217% of normal at the sites we monitor, with the average being 167%.

Fri 04 Aug 2017

July was a wet month throughout Taranaki.

Wed 05 Jul 2017

June was very dry, with rainfall ranging from 27% to 61% of normal at our monitored sites.

Tue 06 Jun 2017

May was a mixed month for rainfall at our monitored sites, ranging from 80% to 133% of normal.