January was warmer than usual while rainfall for the month was just slightly above normal – but with some big differences across the region. Waitotara at Ngutuwera had 53% less rain than usual while Uruti at Kaka Rd had 39% more. The average rainfall for the region was 108.4mm, 2% more than usual. The average air temperature for the region (excluding Te Maunga sites) was 18.2°C, which is 0.6°C warmer than long-term January averages. The highest temperature was 30.3°C at Waitotara at Hawken Rd.
rainfall sites recorded figures well above their
averages for the three winter months. Our site
at Patea recorded rainfall figures that were 167%
above its average amount for those months, yet
it was still the driest of our 27 rainfall monitoring
sites around the region. Perhaps you could spare
a thought for the people working in the Dawson
Falls area, as a staggering 2,723mls of rain fell at
that site over the winter period.
Congratulations to the 55 schools, 51 early
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Monthly Year to Date
Hydro_Sites
# days >
0.5 mm
Total Rainfall
(mm)
% of typical
month
Total to date
(mm)
% of typical
year to date
% of typical
full year
Records
Began
North Egmont at
Visitors Centre
14 342.5 70.0 1544.0 94.2 23.0 1991
Dawson Falls 14 379.5 105.9 1641.5 147.5 *36.5 1933
Kahui Hut 17 280.5 72.2 1101.5 92.3 22.8 2006
Mangorei Upper 10 112.0 41.9 1061.5 128.7 29.7 2017
Hillsborough 5
all this autumn colour means a lot of leaf fall and subsequent raking. To be honest, we sometimes run out of places to hide them. Thankfully, the idea of removing every leaf is fading away. The benefits of leaf litter, the fungi that consume it and recycling it into the soil are now being recognised. Our current process is to clear paths, chop up anything that falls on the grass and add it back to the turf. The general policy is to leave what we can to be broken down and added to the soil
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Provisional data onlyRegional Council
Taranaki
Total rainfall (mm)to date
xxx yy%
KEY
% of average ‘year to date’ rainfall
xxx yy %
NEW
PLYMOUTH
H WERAĀ
ELTHAM
Kaka Rd
P teaā
K tareō
Motunui
Brooklands
Inglewood
Pohokura
SaddleNorth Egmont
Stratford
Huinga
Cape Egmont
Dawson Falls
Upper Glenn Rd
Whareroa
Rimunui
Jan-Dec 2220 Rainfall
11 %22,409
1 %242,747
1 %271,999
1 %221,931
1 %222,846
1 72 %2,504
1
maximum rainfall being 139.0 mm recorded in October 1998. Rainfall intensities were high for this event, with
more than 44 mm of rain in a hour being recorded in two separate occasions at the site. Patea, Hawera, Manaia and Te Kiri also recorded extreme rainfall
during February with rainfall ranging between 578% and 666% of normal. Te Maunga recorded between 221% and 273% of normal rainfall, with North Egmont
recording its second highest February rainfall on record with 869.5mm and Dawson falls
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The Taranaki Regional Council is monitoring rainfall and river flows throughout the region. There has been a period of sustained heavy rain yesterday and overnight. Rain is forecast to continue until early afternoon today. At the Waiwhakaiho and Waitara flood protection schemes, river levels peaked between 2 and 4am, and based on the current weather forecast, we do not anticipate these rivers reaching critical flood levels. In the rest of the region, heavy rainfall is expected to result in
offensive emissions,
any sign of leaching or surface flows, and pest plants. The neighbourhood was
surveyed for environmental effects such as litter. Inspections noted the type of
materials and manner in which they were discharged to the site.
1.4.4 Chemical sampling
Patea Beach is an elevated site which for most of the time is dry. Rain that does fall
on the site drains away at a very rapid rate. The site does not suffer from flooding
from rain or tidal action, due to its elevation.
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Doc. No: 2859146
TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR August 2021
Provisional Data Only
Note: some sites record a number of parameters
Table 1: Rainfall at 27 sites throughout the region
Station Sub-region
Monthly Year to Date
Records Began Number of rain
days (>0.5mm)
Total Monthly
Rainfall (mm)
% of Monthly
Normal (%)
Total to date
(mm)
% of Normal for
year to date
% of average full
calendar year
Nth