Monthly rainfall

Thu 06 Jun 2019

Most of May's rain arrived in two shortish periods amounting to five days in total. Monthly totals were mostly below normal, ranging from 50% to 103% at our monintored sites with an average of 74%.

Thu 02 May 2019

Taranaki got a good dousing in April, with rainfall more than double the normal monthly amount at a number of our monitored sites.

Fri 05 Apr 2019

It didn't rain on many days in March - but the lack of frequency was more than made up for in volume.

Thu 07 Mar 2019

Rain fell on just three to 10 days at our monitored sites in February, with only one site exceeding its average for the month - but only barely, and thanks to a thunderstorm late in the month.

Tue 05 Feb 2019

Taranaki was off to a very dry start to 2019, with January rainfall at all but one of our monitored sites below normal - by nearly two-thirds in one case.

Thu 10 Jan 2019

A number of Taranaki localities can thank (or blame) thunderstorms for particularly high December rainfall totals - more than three-quarters above normal in one case.

Wed 05 Dec 2018

Rainfall was largely below normal across the region in November, the third and final month of what was a notably dry spring.

Wed 07 Nov 2018

October is generally the wettest month of the year in Taranaki. Not this time.