Tropical Pacific rainfall

Tropical cyclone update
There have been four tropical cyclones to date. The most recent was tropical cyclone 'Kate', with sustained wind speeds of 90 km/h. 'Kate' was fairly localised, occurring over the Coral Sea south of Papua New Guinea from 24 to 25 February.
There are on average two to three tropical cyclone occurrences in March.

Tropical cyclone update

There have been four tropical cyclones to date. The most recent was tropical cyclone 'Kate', with sustained wind speeds of 90 km/h. 'Kate' was fairly localised, occurring over the Coral Sea south of Papua New Guinea from 24 to 25 February.

There are on average two to three tropical cyclone occurrences in March. The April issue of the ICU will provide an update on information relating to any occurrences of tropical cyclones in the region.

Tropical pacific rainfall - February 2006

Territory and station name February 2006 rainfall total (mm) Long-term average (mm) February 2006 percent of average Lowest on record (mm) Highest on record (mm) Records began
Australia
Cairns Airport 276.6 457 61 30 1287 1941
Townsville Airport 15.4 292 5 4 904 1940
Brisbane Airport 50.6 172 29 24 544 1929
Sydney Airport 28.0 106 26 1929
Cook Islands
Penrhyn 234.8 341 69 28 867 1937
Rarotonga Airport 336.7 202 167 12 509 1929
Rarotonga EWS 303.4 202 150 172 313 2000
Fiji
Rotuma 401.2 322 125 111 925 1912
Udu Point 296.1 249 119 152 772 1946
Nadi 228.8 292 78 46 792 1942
Nausori 316.5 268 118 105 612 1956
Ono-I-Lau 103.9 194 54 17 492 1943
French Polynesia
Hiva Hoa, Atuona 115.2 157 73 7 1021 1961
Bora Bora Motu 246.6 236 104 41 809 1976
Tahiti – Faa’a 228.6 216 106 21 759 1957
Tuamotu, Takaroa 128.2 193 66 43 606 1951
Gambier, Rikitea 81.6 175 47 22 397 1980
Tubuai 350.4 200 175 25 515 1966
Rapa 170.8 186 92 12 530 1951
Kiribati
Christmas Is/Kiritimati 15.4 74 21 0 524 1951
Butaritari 68.8 264 26 12 744 1945
Tarawa 49.5 182 27 4 541 1946
New Caledonia
Ile Art, Belep 126.6 198 64 40 624 1962
Koumac 98.8 160 62 19 473 1951
Ouloup 266.0 189 141 37 417 1966
Ouanaham 324.8 246 132 38 573 1961
Poindimie 352.6 383 92 101.8 1151 1965
La Roche 179.6 210 86 42 853 1956
La Tontouta 111.0 131 85 15 435 1949
Noumea 180.8 117 155 15 406 1863
Moue 181.0 161 112 47.2 555 1972
New Zealand
Kaitaia 12.8 101 13 14 309 1985
Whangarei Aiport 15.0 112 13 6 452 1937
Auckland Airport 7.0 82 9 8 272 1962
North Tasman
Lord Howe Island 21.2 116 18 22 337 1886
Norfolk Island 20.2 81 25 3 298 1921
Raoul Island 34.6 148 23 11 731 1937
Samoa
Faleolo 630.1 374 168 164 825 1951
Apia 1029.4 369 279 90 947 1890
Tonga
Queen Lavinia 845.6 249 340 65 456 1971
Niuatoputapu 437.8 255 172 20 635 1947
Nuku’alofa 260.4 210 124 16.5 712 1944
Lupepau’u 312.5 218 143 101 356 1995
Salote Pilolevu Airport 311.2 194 160 35 486 1947
Tuvalu
Nui Island 390.0 342 114 26 963 1941
Funafuti 402.7 316 127 93 1139 1927
Nuilakita 622.9 320 195 63 673 1941

Rainfall totalling 200 percent or more is considered well above average. Totals of 40 percent or less are normally well below average. Highlighted values are new records.

Data are published as received and may be subject to change after undergoing quality control checks. The data in italics are obtained from synoptic weather reports. These can sometimes differ from the true values, due to communications or station outage, etc.