Soil moisture
28 February 2007
Soil moisture
Some soils still await winter top up
Marlborough, south Canterbury, and Central Otago soils had not received normal winter recharge by the end of July. Soils in parts of these regions were much drier than usual at the end of the month, with deficits of more than half their available water capacity. Soils were at field capacity elsewhere in the South Island and in most of the North Island.