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Rainfall in previous month and year to date
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Commentary
Rainfall for June 2008 was between 82 and 171% of normal for June. The majority of this rainfall fell in the last week of the month and helped increase the base flows of the rivers throughout Taranaki. This rainfall also helped increase the soil moisture percentages by approximately 10%.
The Rimunui rainfall site in the Waitotara Valley recorded 95mm more rain than normal for the month of June, which totalled 171% of normal. Dawson Falls was another site that recorded well above normal, receiving 721.0mm for June, or 122% of normal.
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Commentary
Year-to-date rainfall to the end of June 2008 for all sites is between 67% and 98% of normal, compared to the end of May where it was between 57% and 87%. This suggests that the rainfall for the Taranaki region as a whole is slowly creeping up and is getting back on track to near normal rainfall.
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Note: Most of the month's rain fell in the last two days of March.
See map below for rainfall figures up to March 29.
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