Soil moisture
28 February 2007
Soil moisture
Some relief for soils in the north and east
Soils in Northland, Bay of Plenty, East Cape, Hawke’s Bay, and north Canterbury were at field capacity at the end of August following the heavy rain. The area of soils at less than field capacity in Marlborough was smaller than last month, but coastal soils had become drier and had less than 50 percent storage capacity. The situation in inland and south Canterbury and much of Otago also worsened during August.
In the North Island, soils in South Taranaki–Whanganui–Rangitikei were at less than field capacity.