The maps on this page show rainfall details from our monitored sites in previous months and rainfall for the 2011 calendar year and earlier years.
Click on the relevant link to go straight to the map you want, or simply scroll down the page.
| April rainfall totals and commentary |
| Isohyet maps (distribution and intensity of rainfall) |
Commentary
April rainfall at our monitored sites was between 20% and 83% of normal for the month. Rainfall was recorded on only five to 10 days, most of it on 11 and 12 April and from 27 to 30 April. Only 23.2mm was recorded at our Cape Egmont site — a fifth of its normal April rainfall. The Mount Taranaki sites recorded 38% and 56% of normal.
Commentary
Year-to-date rainfall is between 87% and 137% of normal, with Cape Egmont the driest after April's low total. Our monitored sites at Mount Taranaki are near or above normal, while the main town centres are between 110% and 123% of normal for the first four months of the calendar year.
Isohyet contour map for April 2012 (click on map for big version)
This map shows the month's rainfall distribution in 50 mm bands, using data interpolated from measurements taken at sites where rainfall is monitored by the Council. Note: This map is based on mathematical modelling and may not accurately represent actual rainfall in some unmonitored areas.
Isohyet contour map for January-April 2012 (click on map for big version).
This map shows year-to-date rainfall distribution in 250 mm bands, using data interpolated from measurements taken at sites where rainfall is monitored by the Council. Note: This map is based on mathematical modelling and may not accurately represent actual rainfall in some unmonitored areas.
Isohyet contour map for March 2012 (click on map for big version)
Isohyet contour map for February 2012
Isohyet contour map for January 2012 (click on map for large version)
Isohyet contour map January-December 2011 (click on map for large version)
Isohyet contour map January-December 2010 (click on map for large version)
