It was a rare thing to go anywhere without a brolly this March so it shouldn't come as a surprise to find the days of torrential rain not only left their mark on the landscape but also on long-standing weather records.
The endless days of rain were so bad they have re-written the record books. Auckland had its wettest month, hour and day in March since records began more than half a century ago.
Niwa meteorologist Ben Noll said Auckland recorded its wettest March on record with 269mm falling in the past 30 days - a whopping 315 per cent above normal.
It was the also the third-wettest month ever. The wettest was recorded in July 1998, nearly 20 years ago, when 320mm fell.
"March in Auckland is usually known for some of the year's most excellent weather.
This March is as far from that as you can possibly be as tropical storms brought wet and tumultuous weather to Auckland," he said.