MEAN MONTHLY RAINFALL (mm) Data are mean monthly values for the 1971-2000 period for locations having at least 5 complete years of data Station details are available in separate table LOCATION JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR ------------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------ KAITAIA 82 79 78 95 119 149 166 152 133 93 94 97 1334 WHANGAREI 90 112 142 129 120 179 151 146 130 116 80 92 1490 AUCKLAND 75 65 94 105 103 139 146 121 116 91 93 91 1240 TAURANGA 74 78 128 105 91 128 122 115 104 94 85 87 1198 HAMILTON 85 71 87 95 102 119 126 117 102 96 93 95 1190 ROTORUA 99 101 115 112 104 134 130 148 119 122 102 115 1401 GISBORNE 54 78 99 103 97 125 119 93 101 63 65 67 1050 TAUPO 85 77 83 74 87 99 105 109 90 102 85 108 1102 NEW PLYMOUTH 97 95 117 131 124 145 143 127 110 124 108 103 1432 NAPIER 48 62 85 75 62 81 92 67 65 55 57 56 803 WANGANUI 62 65 68 71 81 82 88 70 72 81 74 70 882 PALMERSTON N 65 62 74 76 94 87 94 82 83 90 78 83 966 MASTERTON 55 59 84 70 97 101 104 96 83 83 77 72 979 WELLINGTON 72 62 92 100 117 147 136 123 100 115 99 86 1249 NELSON 72 57 78 86 77 85 86 90 73 92 82 75 970 BLENHEIM 47 27 54 64 58 56 71 70 44 70 43 54 655 WESTPORT 189 133 171 192 209 199 187 187 201 198 183 215 2274 KAIKOURA 47 59 92 81 71 75 80 78 70 74 60 54 844 HOKITIKA 250 172 217 249 245 233 232 224 250 286 240 278 2875 CHRISTCHURCH 42 39 54 54 56 66 79 69 47 53 44 49 648 MT COOK 411 255 422 362 365 287 278 298 310 452 390 461 4293 LAKE TEKAPO 41 35 52 52 50 58 52 62 51 57 41 48 600 TIMARU 46 38 52 66 42 41 43 45 35 55 48 53 573 MILFORD SOUND 717 499 640 585 641 440 418 427 523 688 522 648 6749 QUEENSTOWN 78 58 80 75 89 82 65 73 69 95 72 77 913 ALEXANDRA 29 22 40 34 35 26 23 24 27 41 26 43 360 MANAPOURI 89 90 87 99 104 107 93 102 82 131 97 107 1164 DUNEDIN 72 63 70 60 72 74 69 65 53 71 63 82 812 INVERCARGILL 114 79 94 100 114 99 88 71 80 95 81 100 1112 CHATHAM ISLANDS 54 55 74 70 93 99 95 76 71 63 59 55 855