Soil moisture
28 February 2007
Soil moisture on 31 August
Pockets of drier than normal soils were evident at the end of August in Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Canterbury, and in inland and coastal Otago. Rainfall was below average for both July and August in northern and central areas of the South Island, resulting in lower than normal subsoil moisture content in Marlborough and mid and south Canterbury.