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Classicford wrote: ↑Wed 27/07/2022 07:49 State Highway 1 between Glenavy & St andrews ( South of timaru ) is closed. I live in Waimate, commute to Timaru. No work for me today!

Bugger, you'll be gutted

Very pleased we didn't get anywhere near the amount of rain that fall further south. Even then I've got water seeping out of the ground and I'm on flat land.
38mm here

Top few sites on ECAN:
Duvauchelle 140.8mm
Akaroa 127.2mm
ChCh Aero 120.5mm
Mt Hutt 110mm
Kainga 107.5mm
Cust 97.5mm
College of Education (CCC) 97mm
Morven 96mm
Botanic Gardens 95.4mm
Belfast 92.8mm
Bowenvale 92mm
Kakahu Bush 91.5mm

Snow in the highcountry will take a few days to melt off in the upper catchments

Ducks and geese and eels have risen to jetty deck level in in southwest Christchurch:

moylanr wrote: ↑Wed 27/07/2022 13:02 Ducks and geese and eels have risen to jetty deck level in in southwest Christchurch: A45B1B91-992D-405D-9F17-9E16DD81A585.jpeg

Feeder basin was 1/2 m higher as shown by high tide debris on bank at level of overflow channel:

Strangest thing, no rain and cloud breaking up in Cromwell.

Some major rain and flooding events in Chch during the 70s:

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newsp ... 74/04/17/1

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newsp ... 77/07/05/1

Latter event most probably contributed significantly to the fact that July 1977 was the wettest on record for the city until this year.

tich wrote: ↑Wed 27/07/2022 15:49 Some major rain and flooding events in Chch during the 70s:

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newsp ... 74/04/17/1

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newsp ... 77/07/05/1

Latter event most probably contributed significantly to the fact that July 1977 was the wettest on record for the city until this year.

July 1977 was the wettest July at the Airport, but July 1933 was wettest July in the Gardens record which goes back to 1868. However, both have now been eclipsed by July 2022. The wettest ever month was 235mm at the Gardens in April 2014, and that record has now also been exceeded by July 2022.

Bradley wrote: ↑Wed 27/07/2022 07:52 88mm for the whole event here in West Melton, a good 20mm less then the airport…

81.5 mm total, down the road from yourself.

67.8mm for the event here in Raukapuka with no major street flooding. Hooray

63mm of rain in Rakaia from this event. Last weeks rain event was 55mm.

TonyT wrote: ↑Wed 27/07/2022 16:33 July 1977 was the wettest July at the Airport, but July 1933 was wettest July in the Gardens record which goes back to 1868. However, both have now been eclipsed by July 2022. The wettest ever month was 235mm at the Gardens in April 2014, and that record has now also been exceeded by July 2022.

Thanks Tony. Shame NIWA weren't quite as thorough when they made this claim today:

https://twitter.com/NiwaWeather/status/ ... 3CvYsrAAAA

At least their nice little accompanying graph shows April 2014 marginally higher than May 1945.

the 50s and 60's seems to have been a 'normal' couple of decades around NZ climate wise