April 2025 climate summary

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.
Read moreWed 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.
Read moreThu 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.
Read moreWed 12 Mar 2025 10:00am
February only had an average of 60.8mm of rainfall – 75% less than usual.
Read moreTue 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.
Read moreThu 16 Jan 2025 10:00am
December continued 2024’s trend for lower rainfall with an average of 108.3mm - 34% less than usual.
Read moreThu 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.
Read moreMon 11 Nov 2024 3:00pm
October continued this year’s trend for lower than average rainfall – but only just!
Read moreTue 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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