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Tropical Pacific rainfall

Tropical pacific rainfall - March 2006

Territory and station name March 2006 rainfall
total (mm)
March 2006 percent
of average
Australia
Cairns Airport 588.6 131
Townsville Airport 161.6 78
Brisbane Airport 76.0 55
Sydney Airport 30.6 24
Cook Islands
Penrhyn 283.4 92
Aitutaki 97.6 50
Rarotonga Airport 246.4 145
Rarotonga EWS 216.4 127
Fiji
Rotuma 223.9 61
Udu Point 164.2 51
Nadi 189.6 56
Nausori 224.8 59
Ono-I-Lau 79.9 32
French Polynesia
Hiva Hoa, Atuona 326.2 168
Tahiti – Faa’a 59.4 33
Tuamotu, Takaroa 154.8 111
Gambier, Rikitea 72.2 43
Tubuai 208.2 124
Rapa 278.4 103
Niue
Hanan Airport 233.9 113
New Zealand
Kaitaia 172.2 227
Whangarei Aiport 198.0 156
Auckland Airport 64.0 78
New Caledonia
Ile Art, Belep 196.0 91
Koumac 136.6 96
Ouloup 204.4 93
Ouanaham 169.8 72
Poindimie 401.6 100
La Roche 96.4 47
La Tontouta 114.8 88
Noumea 85.2 58
Moue 134.2 66
North Tasman
Lord Howe Island 57.4 46
Norfolk Island 118.0 107
Raoul Island 130.0 80
Samoa
Apia 139.5 39
Tonga
Queen Lavinia 158.9 52
Mata’aho Airport 67.3 23
Nuku’alofa 199.4 97
Lupepau’u 108.2 36
Salote Airport 66.9 29
Fua’amotu Airport 136.5 73
Tuvalu
Nui Island 172.5 48
Funafuti 407.3 108
Nuilakita 278.1 75

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

Data are published as received and may be subject to change after undergoing quality control checks. The data in italics are obtained from synoptic weather reports. These can sometimes differ from the true values, due to communications or station outage, etc.