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 381mm in 1925 to a low of 19mm in 1906.

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

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

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, from 1961-2010, from an average of 126mm, compared with an average of 139mm during the 50 years from 1911-1960.

Since 1898, there have been 17 June months with a rainfall of 200mm or more, and 11 June months with rainfalls of 50mm or less.

The estimated rainfall for June 2016 was 160mm. Because of a malfunction in the rainguage, the actual rainfall at the Tauranga Airport was recorded for one day (which was wet) in the month.

In chronological order the wettest 17 June months are: 1915, 1917, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1968, 1971, 1981, 1985, 1997, 2010, and 2014.

By contrast the driest June months in chronological order are: 1906, 1913, 1914, 1933, 1942, 1958, 1959, 1967, 2001, 2012, and 2015.

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