Did you think it was a wet October? You were right, it was one of the wettest in decades in some areas thanks to a north-easterly La Nina weather pattern from the equatorial Pacific. Auckland’s dam storage capacity has now moved up to 96.3% with the Hunua ranges experiencing around 200mm+ during October. Here were your local totals up until midday today.
360 Dargaville 357 Pinnacles 331 Castle Rock 298 Whangarei 296 Marsden Cove 268 Matakana 265 Great Barrier Is 262 Redvale 260 Dome Forest 259 Swanson 258 Piha (Ranger Shed) 247 Warkworth 245 Waitoki 242 Dairy Flat 242 Kaukapakapa 225 Ngunguru 218 Titirangi 214 Mangatangi dam 206 Albany 205 Coatesville 201 Waitakere 200 Mangawhai 198 Kawau Island 198 Puhoi 193 Browns Bay 192 Wellsford 190 Mahurangi West 190 Riverhead 189 Whitianga 188 Kumeu 188 Murrays Bay 187 Matarangi 187 Mt Eden 186 Castor Bay 186 Long Bay 186 Omaha 186 Red Beach 185 Ellerslie 181 Hunua 181 Ngatea 181 Miranda 180 Campbells bay 176 Orewa 173 Rosedale 173 Waipu 172 Coromandel 170 Whitford 169 Epson 169 Paremoremo 168 Whangaparaoa 163 Whangamata 162 Awhitu 162 St Heliers 162 Millwater 161 Mission Bay 160 Auckland city 159 Clevedon 159 Glenfield 159 Kopu 158 Pukekohe 157 Herne Bay 157 Silverdale 156 Beach Haven 155 Birkenhead 155 Chatswood 154 Grey Lynn 153 Leigh 152 Helensville 152 Whenuapai 150 Piha 150 Torbay 150 Waiheke Island 150 Wharekawa 148 Onehunga 146 Kaiwaka 145 Mairangi Bay 145 Pauanui 142 Beachlands 142 Kaipara Heads 138 Bayswater 138 Northcote 136 Muriwai 132 Howick 130 Te Mata 129 Thames 126 Devonport 126 Greenhithe 123 Waiuku 115 Bucklands beach 109 Takapuna 108 Hauraki
Sources: Online private and council weather stations. Note: with heavy downpours, some localised large differences can occur between close gauges.
