Gisborne has set a new weather record on reaching the end of the eighth month in what has been a bizarre and devastating year for weather. With no rain over the past few days, it means it has been the driest August on record for Gisborne, going back 135 years. The month ended with a total of just 16.5 millimetres in the rain gauge. The 30-year average for August is 86.5mm, meaning the month has missed out on just over 80 percent of its normal rainfall. This is the driest August recorded at any of the Gisborne rain gauge sites since 1878, including the harbour, private gauges and the official MetService gauge at the airport.

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