Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

Wet November in store for Rotorua

Rotorua Daily Post
1 Nov, 2016 01:57 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Thought fine weather was on the way, not this month. Get out the brolly and be prepared to get wet. PHOTO/FILE

Thought fine weather was on the way, not this month. Get out the brolly and be prepared to get wet. PHOTO/FILE

Summer is coming but don't put your umbrellas away just yet, it looks like Rotorua is in for a wet November.

With October having been wet for 18 out of 31 days, this month looks set to follow suit.

MetService meteorologist Georgina Griffiths said most of New Zealand had a mild October but it was not dry.

"The North Island copped a beating for the first half of the month and Rotorua saw 18 wet days in October.

"The first half was pretty wet - there were only two dry days."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

She said it had been a bit drier towards the end but the temperature dropped.

"But overall the temperature was slightly above average at 12.4C."

The average temperature for Rotorua in October is 12C.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"Unfortunately for Rotorua November is looking fairly unsettled, typically the weather settles in November but we are expecting a wetter November than normal.

"But, don't worry, there will still be opportunities for barbecues, you will just have to watch the forecast to plan for it," Mrs Griffiths said.

Overall, she said, Rotorua had had the second warmest year on record with only one month below the average temperature and all others slightly above.

The warmest year to date was 1998 when the average temperature over the 10 months to October was 13.22C. For 2016 the 10-month average to October was 13.2C.

The average temperature in the first half of 2016, recorded at Rotorua Airport, was 15.4C, which is 1.4C above average. That was the warmest first half of a year since Rotorua Airport observations began in 1964.

Rotorua monthly mean temperatures 2016:
January: 18.5C - 0.8C above normal
February: 19.6C - 1.7C above normal
March: 17.4C - 1.4C above normal
April: 14.2C - 0.9C above normal
May: 13.2C - 2.5C above normal (warmest May on record)
June: 9.5C - 1C above normal
July: 8C - 0.2C above normal
August: 8C - 0.4 below normal
September: 11.2C - 1C above normal
October: 12.4C - 0.4C above normal

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily Post

Mixed verdicts delivered for Tribesmen accused of murdering one of their own

11 Jul 05:00 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

Pair deny charges over death of Paige Johnson in alleged hit-and-run

11 Jul 12:26 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

Home-schooled students ride 755km to Parliament for equal sports access

10 Jul 11:07 PM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Mixed verdicts delivered for Tribesmen accused of murdering one of their own

Mixed verdicts delivered for Tribesmen accused of murdering one of their own

11 Jul 05:00 AM

Mark 'Shark' Hohua died in June 2022 after a violent assault over money.

Pair deny charges over death of Paige Johnson in alleged hit-and-run

Pair deny charges over death of Paige Johnson in alleged hit-and-run

11 Jul 12:26 AM
Home-schooled students ride 755km to Parliament for equal sports access

Home-schooled students ride 755km to Parliament for equal sports access

10 Jul 11:07 PM
Heavy rain warning issued for Bay of Plenty, up to 140mm expected

Heavy rain warning issued for Bay of Plenty, up to 140mm expected

10 Jul 10:57 PM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP