I love everything about Whangarei apart from the weather as I much prefer COLD weather or cool weather I just can’t stand the summers in whangarei too hot and horrid last year summer started in october and didnt finish until mid end of april it was disgusting dont mind at all about the water restrictions dobbed in heaps of ppl last year who all went against it mainly ppl at the boat sheds fully washing their boats with hoses i put bread out for birds today on my lawn bread was dry and hard within a few minutes from todays HOT summer day i wish summer was over before its even began in WHangarei

dairy farming west of Whangarei and already are noticing the tops of the hills are browning off. Grass growth has slowed dramatically. recorded 80 mls of rain for September, and only 44 mls for October, which is only half what we had last October, looking very much like a repeat of last year, which we are desperately hoping turns around soon. After last seasons drought and related costs to get through the winter, another drought this season would be the final straw

Pretty dry here in Kaitaia. No appreciable rain for some time. Temperatures are not overly hot though – only getting to about 20 C most days. Being the town closest to the tropics (comparatively speaking) it always surprises me that it doesn’t always get the highest temperatures in the country.

Rain stopped here in Kerkeri at the begining of October. Total for that month 55m. Still pretty green between here and Whangarei and tanks still good for now.

Looks like more high pressure systems for the next week or so and that suits me fine. Still finishing outdoor building work for our new house.

La Nina summers always end up wet so I guess rain won’t be far away. Pretty tired of easterly tho.

I drove from matamata to taupo yesterday and everyone is short of feed and are crying out for a few days of good rain. But looking at the metservice 10 day forecast its looking bleak! I came to NZ from the UK4 years ago to find dairy farming paradise. All Ive seen is wet winters and 100 year droughts!

starting to dry out in taranaki, coastal parts only had 1mm this month, and only 10mm in october, but windy everyday

We are west of Warkworth and just had our driest October since we have been recording rainfall 16 years ago. Grass is barely growing due to the dry and I have talked to some worried farmers who desperately need growth for their hay paddocks.

We have huge cracks in the ground already and the grass has stopped growing. We are keeping a very close eye on what water consumption.

Very worried that its this dry already!