Plenty of rain in February 2022

Graphs showing this month's rainfall and the forecast.
Graphs showing this month's rainfall and the forecast.

It’s only 10 February 2022 and we’ve already had more than 150mm rain this month — great for the garden and water tanks! Now the forecast suggests another 200mm or so over 3 days this weekend, as tropical air is drawn down to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Last week’s forecast looked like this:

Graph showing forecast and map showing water being drawn down from the tropics.
Graph showing forecast and map showing water being drawn down from the tropics.
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