Taranaki's December was wetter than average
In Taranaki, the regional council’s monthly regional weather round-up recorded an average air temperature of 15.8C, or 0.6C cooler than normal for the month, with Stratford recording the hottest day with 27.6C, and Duffy’s Farm, Whareroa, the coldest day with 2.8C. Eight sites recorded new minimum temperatures for the month ranging from 2.6C at Whareroa to 7.2C at Okato, Taranaki Regional Council hydrology data analyst Fiona Jansma reported. It was wet in Taranaki in December, with rainfall at 42 per cent above average throughout the region. Only Stratford and North Egmont sites had...