Rainfall figures variable in city

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

FIGURES from Gisborne District Council rainfall gauges in the city show just how variable the heavy rain was this morning in Gisborne.

For the 24 hours to 7am today the gauge in Stout Street recorded 105 millimetres.

Yet the gauges in other parts of the city were far short of that.

The Paraone Road and Wheatstone Road gauges showed 30-32mm, by comparison, and the Waikanae Creek gauge 26mm.

On the East Coast there were heavy falls too over the 24-hour period.

Ruatoria recorded 110mm, Waikura Valley 90mm, Mata River 75mm, Puketoro 80mm, Hikuwai 85mm.

Near Gisborne the Waimata River gauge at Goodwin Rd Bridge recorded 98mm.

Everywhere else across the region recorded 30-55mm.