Soil moisture
28 February 2007
Soil moisture on 28 February
Some areas drier than average
At the end of February, total root zone soil moisture availability was down from average in the key livestock farming areas of Northland, Waikato and the central North Island, East Cape, Marlborough, south Canterbury, and North and Central Otago. Parts of Wairarapa were also drier than average.
In western Taranaki, parts of the west and southwest of the South Island, central and southern Hawke's Bay, and northern and mid Canterbury, soils were wetter than usual following above average February rainfalls in those areas.