Weather Eye with John Maunder

Rainfalls for the month of June have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909).

The graph shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 381 mm in 1925 to a low of 19 mm in 1906.

The second wettest June was 1920, when 309 mm was recorded, and the second and third driest June months were in 1959 and 2012 when only 27 mm fell.

The long-monthly average rainfall for Tauranga for June is 131 mm.

The graph of the June rainfall shows ‘normal' variations from year to year. There is a small decrease in the overall June rainfalls during the last 50 years (1961-2010) from an average of 126 mm, compared with an average of 139 mm during the 50 years from 1911-1960.

Since 1898, there have been 16 June months with a rainfall of 200 mm or more, but only five June months with rainfalls of 40 mm or less. The rainfall for June 2013 was 140 mm.

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