Has it rained enough in Dunedin?
Rain soaked in today, and the ground has taken it.
Dunedin has had 98.7mm of rain in the last 30 days. That is well above the 53.7mm a normal September brings here, and closer to the wettest on record (109.8mm).
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
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Rain in Dunedin through a normal year
Across a normal year Dunedin gets about 795.4mm of rain, most of it in December (96.1mm) and least in August (41.4mm).
That makes Dunedin one of the drier places this site covers in New Zealand in September — 7th of 8, against Nelson at the wet end (121mm) and Christchurch at the dry end (45.8mm).
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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorth checking by hand even so — a pot in the sun can dry out in a wet week, because there is so little soil to hold anything.
- Beds and bordersNothing needed. Watering soil that is already wet does more harm than good.
- New plantingsAnything planted within the last month is the exception; its roots have not spread far enough to find water on their own.
Your own garden, not the town average
This page is worked out for Dunedin as a whole. Your garden has its own soil, its own shade and its own planting, and the front page will use your exact location instead.
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