Monthly rainfall

Wed 04 Mar 2020

February was dry on the Taranaki ring plain and coastal terraces, but damper in the hills.

Mon 03 Feb 2020

How dry was January? Very. Rainfall at all our monitored sites was less than half the normal January total.

Tue 14 Jan 2020

December was wetter than normal at most of our monitored sites, but the region was below or close to its normal annual rainfall for the full 2019 year.

Tue 17 Dec 2019

November rainfall ranged from 47% to 133% of normal at our monitored sites, with an average of 81%.

Wed 06 Nov 2019

October rainfall ranged from 53% to 116% of normal at the sites we monitor, with an average of 80%.

Tue 08 Oct 2019

September rainfall ranged from 57% to 131% of normal at the sites we monitor, with an average of 87%.

Wed 04 Sep 2019

August rainfall ranged from 82% to 139% of normal at our monitored sites, with most rain occurring in the first two weeks of the month.

Thu 01 Aug 2019

Rain returned to Taranaki with a vengeance in July after a dryish spell, with some of our monitored sites getting significantly more than the month's normal rainfall.