Tropical Pacific rainfall

Tropical pacific rainfall - November 2004
Territory and station name
November 2004 rainfall total (mm)
Long-term average (mm)
November 2004 percent of average
Lowest on record (mm)
Highest on record (mm)
Records began
American Samoa
Pago Pago Airport
100.3
275
36
1966
Australia
Cairns Airport
99.4
97
102
302
372.0
1941
Townsville Airport
23.8
61
39
0.2
359.0
1940
Brisbane Airport
114.4
97
118
1.3
408.4
1929
Sydney Airport
54.0
83
65
1929
Cook Islands
Penrhyn
89.6
225
40
32
644
1937
Mauke
62.8
135
47
5
581
1929
Rarotonga Air

Tropical pacific rainfall - November 2004

Territory and station name November 2004 rainfall total (mm) Long-term average (mm) November 2004 percent of average Lowest on record (mm) Highest on record (mm) Records began
American Samoa
Pago Pago Airport 100.3 275 36 1966
Australia
Cairns Airport 99.4 97 102 302 372.0 1941
Townsville Airport 23.8 61 39 0.2 359.0 1940
Brisbane Airport 114.4 97 118 1.3 408.4 1929
Sydney Airport 54.0 83 65 1929
Cook Islands
Penrhyn 89.6 225 40 32 644 1937
Mauke 62.8 135 47 5 581 1929
Rarotonga Airport 151.1 136 111 9 385 1929
Fiji
Rotuma 608.6 282 216 106 778 1912
Udu Point 343.5 1946
Nadi 26.4 132 20 4 323 194
Nausori 68.5 245 28 28 646 1956
Ono-i-Lau 10.7 115 9 3 409 1943
French Polynesia
Hiva Hoa, Atuona 24.8 58 43 3 147 1951
Tahiti – Faaa 144.0 148 97 5 463 1919
Tuamotu, Takaroa 217.8 178 122 30 612 1953
Gambier, Rikitea 284.8 142 201 20 315 1952
Tubuai 266.2 135 197 7 291 1953
Rapa 169.8 193 88 46 593 1951
Kiribati
Tarawa 25.5 132 19 1 480 1946
Butaritari 70.2 222 32 7 657 1945
New Caledonia
Ile Art, Belep 20.2 113 18 12 392 1962
Koumac 5.8 54 11 0 177 1951
Ouanaham 37.2 112 33 0 385 1961
Poindimie 61.4 179 34 18 492 1965
La Roche 20.4 108 19 18 554 1956
La Tontouta 11.6 51 23 0 342 1949
Noumea 13.8 53 26 0 484 1863
Moue 11.6 92 13 11 393 1972
Niue
Hanan Airport 264.3 174 152 62 352 1996
New Zealand
Kaitaia 81.7 102 80 32 195 1985
Whangarei Aiport 41.4 89 47 18 258 1937
Auckland Airport 41.6 83 50 10 233 1962
North Tasman
Lord Howe Island 34.8 117 30 14 292 1886
Norfolk Island 14.2 69 21 7 218 1921
Raoul Island 99.8 97 103 2 318 1937
Pitcairn Island 213.8 115 186 9 365 1940
Samoa
Faleolo 132.6 232 57 100 538 1951
Apia 96.4 263 37 26 847 1890
Tokelau
Nukunonu 109.6 226 48 42 423 1948
Tonga
Lupepau’u 197.3 143 138 67 287 1995
Fua’amotu Airport 38.1 100 38 21 367 1980
Tuvalu
Nanumea 493.2 173 285 28 494 1941
Nui Island 246.7 268 92 59 628 1941
Funafuti 211.7 237 89 51 703 1927
Nuilakita Island 395.5 278 142 78 658 1942
Vanuatu
Pekoa 29.2 196 15 21 474 1951
Lamap 26.0 129 20 6 368 1960
Bauerfield 14.7 152 10 19 440 1985
Burtonfield 1.8 83 2 15 342 1961
Aneityum 30.6 149 21 20 544 1958
Wallis & Futuna
Wallis Island, Hihifo 279.8 283 99 87 486 1951
Maopoopo, Futuna Island 171.8 294 58

Rainfall totalling 200 percent or more is normally well above average. Totals of 40 percent or less are normally well below average. Highlighted values are new records.

Data are as received and may be subject to change with later quality control. The data in italics are obtained from synoptic weather reports and can sometimes differ from the true values, due to communications or station outage, etc. Superscripts represent days of missing data.