Dry in Northern Hawkes Bay July 2014

[JennyLeez]

The Northern Hawkes Bay region has now had 12 consecutive dry days although this week should see the rain set in. This dry spell at this time of the year is far from normal with only 7.2mm of rainfall for the Wairoa Township over the last 30 days.
The last month from mid June to mid July have been the driest from my computerised and manual records. Stats are as below for the last 5 years for comparison and to verify this report.

Wairoa from Mid June to Mid July 2014

Year 2010 2011 2012 1013 2014

Rainfall 171.0 109.5 90.6 122.1 7.2

Rain Days 15 18 18 19 6

Rainfall for this region so far for July:
Wairoa - 0.3mm
Gisborne - 2.1mm
Mohaka - 3.6mm
Frasertown - 3.9mm
Nuhaka -  4.0mm
Ohuka -  5.7mm
Whangawehi -  10.8
Mahia Beach - 12.0mm

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