Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: NIWA’s Hotspot Watch for 24 October 2018
Soils are drier than normal for the time of year in the majority of the North Island, excluding the eastern Gisborne region where the soil moisture is near average. Parts of Queenstown-Lakes District in Otago, the Grey and Buller Districts in the West Coast, northeastern Marlborough, and the Waimate District in southern Canterbury experience well below average rainfall for this time of year, while the rest of the South Island had near normal rainfall.
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