Monthly climate summary

Our hydrology team crunches the data to bring you these monthly and yearly summaries.

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April 2025 climate summary

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Wed 14 May 2025 8:00am

There was relief for drought-hit Taranaki last month with an average of 177.2mm - that's 20% more rainfall than usual for the region.

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March 2025 climate summary

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Thu 10 Apr 2025 8:00am

The dry conditions Taranaki has experienced in 2025 continued in March with an average rainfall of 153.6mm - that’s 31% less than usual.

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February 2025 climate summary

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Wed 12 Mar 2025 10:00am

February only had an average of 60.8mm of rainfall – 75% less than usual.

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January 2025 climate summary

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Tue 18 Feb 2025 10:00am

Last year ended with December having 34% less rain than usual and the first month of 2025 mirrored that exactly with 34% less rainfall across the region in January.

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December 2024 climate summary

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Thu 16 Jan 2025 10:00am

December continued 2024’s trend for lower rainfall with an average of 108.3mm - 34% less than usual.

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November 2024 climate summary

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Thu 12 Dec 2024 10:00pm

November continued the trend we’ve had pretty much all year for lower than average rainfall with our gauges recording an average of 125.3mm for the month – that's about 13% less than usual.

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October 2024 climate summary

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Mon 11 Nov 2024 3:00pm

October continued this year’s trend for lower than average rainfall – but only just!

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September 2024 rainfall

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Tue 15 Oct 2024 3:00pm

The wet weather we had in August continued last month with an average of 169.7mm – or 9% more than usual.

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