Soil moisture
28 February 2007
Soil moisture
Soils mostly at field capacity
By the end of June soils were mostly at field capacity in the North Island (apart from an area of south Wairarapa), and in the north, west and south of the South Island. Lower than normal rainfall in the east of the South Island slowed soil moisture recovery in some areas. At the end of the month, some areas of Marlborough, south Canterbury and Otago were still drier than normal.