Mean monthly rainfall (mm)

Data are mean monthly values for the 1981-2010 period for locations having at least 5 complete years of data
Station details are available in separate table

LOCATION JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
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Kaitaia 82.0 92.5 82.0 97.7 131.9 149.1 165.4 140.0 126.7
Whangarei 81.2 95.2 118.1 98.9 111.2 131.5 168.6 128.4 112.2
Auckland 73.3 66.1 87.3 99.4 112.6 126.4 145.1 118.4 105.1
Tauranga 76.0 86.6 92.7 120.9 105.7 115.7 127.4 112.3 87.6
Hamilton 76.3 68.7 79.4 80.3 99.7 113.2 118.2 103.4 91.5
Rotorua 92.7 93.9 99.2 107.2 116.9 136.1 134.5 131.4 109.3
Gisborne 56.2 71.3 91.4 98.2 101.3 104.6 127.7 76.2 73.5
Taupo 77.3 67.9 66.5 68.4 74.9 92.8 96.0 87.4 81.6
New Plymo 114.5 85.4 126.5 125.4 97.1 152.6 131.1 117.2 104.8
Napier 46.8 54.3 66.8 67.9 74.8 82.1 108.3 60.1 57.9
Wanganui 59.2 75.5 62.9 69.2 79.5 88.8 85.3 74.4 73.7
Palmerston 55.0 67.8 51.8 65.9 71.5 95.1 82.5 76.9 86.1
Masterton 44.4 68.9 84.5 54.0 93.6 105.3 90.9 86.7 73.7
Wellington 75.7 69.8 87.1 83.6 112.9 132.8 137.5 113.7 97.8
Nelson 76.5 63.5 70.8 80.9 82.0 92.7 77.6 81.9 85.1
Blenheim 48.9 49.4 46.5 52.7 60.6 70.7 74.3 62.2 65.2
Westport 178.2 128.9 158.9 156.7 174.2 212.5 167.6 185.0 187.4
Kaikoura 46.0 46.8 62.6 51.8 56.9 75.9 100.6 56.5 50.1
Hokitika 248.3 189.0 215.8 231.5 236.8 273.5 218.0 230.8 260.1
Christchur 38.3 42.3 44.8 46.2 63.7 60.9 68.4 64.4 41.1
Mt Cook 457.5 278.4 417.9 363.0 357.1 314.5 305.2 313.4 297.4
Lake Tekap 43.6 35.9 48.8 45.2 56.5 60.0 49.6 58.4 50.4
Timaru 46.5 51.7 47.6 38.7 46.6 38.8 46.2 43.8 36.5
Milford So 722.0 454.7 595.1 533.2 596.6 487.1 423.7 463.5 551.4
Queensto 64.7 50.3 53.4 56.2 68.5 71.5 50.3 66.2 62.4
Alexandra 50.1 32.8 29.0 22.0 27.4 31.6 24.2 17.6 20.9
Manapouri 85.4 84.3 86.5 90.0 100.9 101.8 82.0 93.9 100.0
Dunedin 72.9 67.8 64.0 50.9 64.7 57.9 57.1 55.7 48.3
Invercargill 115.0 87.1 97.4 95.9 114.4 104.0 85.2 75.6 84.2
Chatham Is 54.9 63.9 84.7 75.7 87.9 107.8 84.7 84.4 71.1
te years of data

OCT NOV DEC YEAR

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97.8 86.2 99.6 1350.8
85.3 77.1 96.4 1304.0
100.2 85.8 92.8 1212.4
90.4 75.3 90.3 1180.9
91.9 85.0 100.7 1108.2
112.3 93.8 114.2 1341.8
72.5 67.1 56.2 996.2
86.2 67.9 93.6 960.3
117.8 100.3 113.1 1385.9
59.9 52.4 53.5 784.8
88.0 75.4 86.4 918.2
96.4 80.9 87.5 917.3
77.2 77.5 70.9 927.6
114.9 97.0 84.4 1207.1
87.2 78.3 83.6 960.1
67.4 55.0 58.1 711.0
200.3 169.0 203.0 2121.4
62.7 55.5 44.6 710.1
275.1 225.3 297.0 2901.4
52.8 45.8 49.5 618.2
478.9 414.2 487.2 4484.7
49.5 41.3 52.2 591.6
49.5 49.6 52.8 548.3
640.3 548.0 700.1 6715.4
66.4 63.6 75.3 748.9
28.7 30.6 44.5 359.4
107.7 91.1 105.1 1128.6
61.7 56.4 80.2 737.6
95.0 90.4 105.0 1149.3
63.4 66.7 66.3 911.3