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  • Annual rainfall Units: percentage of normal, 1973

    Ministry for the Environment
    Annual rainfall is the total accumulated rain over one year. Rain is vital for life, including plant growth, drinking water, river ecosystem health, and sanitation. Floods and droughts affect our environment, economy, and recreational opportunities. This layer shows the annual rainfall as a percentage of normal across New Zealand for 1973 as part of the...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Annual rainfall Units: percentage of normal, 2011

    Ministry for the Environment
    Annual rainfall is the total accumulated rain over one year. Rain is vital for life, including plant growth, drinking water, river ecosystem health, and sanitation. Floods and droughts affect our environment, economy, and recreational opportunities. This layer shows the annual rainfall as a percentage of normal across New Zealand for 2011 as part of the...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Sunshine hours 1987

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1987 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute of...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Sunshine hours 1982

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1982 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute of...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Sunshine hours 1999

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1999 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute of...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1997

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1997 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Annual rainfall Units: percentage of normal, 1982

    Ministry for the Environment
    Annual rainfall is the total accumulated rain over one year. Rain is vital for life, including plant growth, drinking water, river ecosystem health, and sanitation. Floods and droughts affect our environment, economy, and recreational opportunities. This layer shows the annual rainfall as a percentage of normal across New Zealand for 1982 as part of the...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Ocean and coastal extreme waves (4m), 2012

    Ministry for the Environment
    These data estimate the occurence of extreme wave events in coastal and oceanic waters for 2012, particularly for wave events where significant wave height exceeds a threshold of 4 metres and for a period of at least 12 hours. Significant wave height is defined as four times the square root of the variance of sea surface elevation due to wave motion. This...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Annual rainfall Units: percentage of normal, 1974

    Ministry for the Environment
    Annual rainfall is the total accumulated rain over one year. Rain is vital for life, including plant growth, drinking water, river ecosystem health, and sanitation. Floods and droughts affect our environment, economy, and recreational opportunities. This layer shows the annual rainfall as a percentage of normal across New Zealand for 1974 as part of the...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1994

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1994 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Standardised soil moisture deficit 1988-1989

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1994-1995

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Annual rainfall Units: percentage of normal, 2009

    Ministry for the Environment
    Annual rainfall is the total accumulated rain over one year. Rain is vital for life, including plant growth, drinking water, river ecosystem health, and sanitation. Floods and droughts affect our environment, economy, and recreational opportunities. This layer shows the annual rainfall as a percentage of normal across New Zealand for 2009 as part of the...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Sunshine hours 2012

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 2012 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute of...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Growing season soil moisture deficit, 2010-2011

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 2008

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 2008 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Sunshine hours 2008

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 2008 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute of...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Standardised soil moisture deficit 2001-2002

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Sunshine hours 1995

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1995 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute of...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025
  • Standardised soil moisture deficit 2005-2006

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 Updated 3 March 2025