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Finally the rain returns

After a very dry start to October, water tanks and gardens are breathing a sigh of relief tonight as proper rain finally returned today. Kawau Island scoring an impressive 103 mm. Here are the rest of todays local totals.


103.6 Kawau Island 78.0 Matakana 62.0 Omaha 55.0 Wellsford 51.0 Wharekawa 46.0 Warkworth 42.0 Leigh 36.0 Castle Rock 35.0 Waiheke Island 35.0 Mangatangi dam 34.0 Coromandel 33.2 Whitianga 33.0 Matarangi 31.0 Pinnacles 30.0 Clevedon 30.0 Puhoi 29.9 Silverdale 29.7 St Heliers 28.7 Browns Bay 26.6 Mission Bay 26.5 Torbay 26.0 Long Bay 25.6 Northcote 25.6 Redvale 25.1 Greenhithe 25.0 Albany 24.9 Riverhead 24.9 Whangarei Heads 24.7 Red Beach 24.2 Campbells bay 24.0 Bayswater 23.7 Waimauku 23.6 Pukekohe 23.1 Whangaparaoa 22.8 Birkenhead 22.1 Rothesay Bay 21.6 Narrow Neck 21.6 Paremoremo 21.2 Howick 21.0 Bucklands beach 20.8 Hunua 20.6 Kaukapakapa 20.3 Helensville 20.3 Murrays Bay 20.0 Beachlands 20.0 Devonport 20.0 Orewa 19.8 Mangawhai 19.8 Pauanui 19.8 Whangarei 19.2 Beach Haven 18.8 Castor Bay 18.8 Milford 18.2 Stanmore Bay 18.0 Auckland city 16.8 Glenfield 16.5 Ellerslie 16.0 Great Barrier Is 16.0 Hobsonville point 15.6 Herne Bay 15.6 Waipu 15.0 Henderson 15.0 Thames 14.7 Onehunga 14.5 Hauraki 14.5 Takapuna 14.4 Grey Lynn 13.7 Dairy Flat 13.0 Muriwai 13.0 Stanley Point 11.7 Marsden Cove 11.6 Chatswood 10.0 Whangamata


Sources: Private and council rain gauges recorded in millimetres.



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