After a dry year in 2019, there is no sign that the meteorological drought will break at least for the next 7 days. Not one rain gauge around the gulf has exceeded 20mm so far in 2020 until 11th February. A persistently strong high pressure ridge is the culprit, deflecting all tropical moisture west and east of the upper North Island. Unfortunately for those wanting rain, the highest pressure ridge wont be moving anytime soon. Here are the rainfall totals so far for 2020 taken from private online stations
Albany 9mm
Auckland City 13mm
Bayswater 15.7mm
Beach Haven 11.2mm
Beachlands 5.6mm
Birkenhead 9.6mm
Browns Bay 7.8mm
Buchlands beach 6.8mm
Campbells Bay 4.3mm
Castor Bay 4.3mm
Chatswood 13.5mm
Coromandel 7.8mm
Dairy flat 6.3mm
Devonport 9mm
Ellerslie 8.6mm
Glenfield 3.4mm
Great Barrier Island 13.2mm
Greenhithe 8.8mm
Grey Lynn 7.8mm
Hauraki 5.8mm
Helensville 3.5mm
Henderson 14.8mm
Herne Bay 3mm
Hobsonville Point 11mm
Hunua 8mm
Kawau Island 15mm
Leigh 5.8mm
Long Bay 5.3mm
Marsden Cove 8.2mm
Milford 4.3mm
Mangawhai Heads 8mm
Matakana 12mm
Mission Bay 13.6mm
Murrays Bay 8mm
Narrow Neck 7mm
Northcote Point 1.2mm
Omaha 6mm
Onehunga 8.1mm
Orewa 5mm
Pukekohe 13mm
Red Beach 3.3mm
Redvale 3mm
Riverhead 17mm
Rothesey Bay 5mm
Stanmore Bay 4.6mm
St Heliers 14.3mm
Takapuna 10mm
Thames 15mm
Torbay 7.8mm
Waiheke Island 8.9mm
Warkworth 7.8mm
Wellsford 3.6mm
Whangarei 11.6mm
Whangarei Heads 11.4mm
Whangaparaoa 12.5mm
Wharekawa 6.8mm
Whitianga 4.6mm
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