Annual rainfall Units: percentage of normal, 1995

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 1995 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Annual rainfall is the total accumulated rain over one year. It is estimated from the daily rainfall estimates of the Virtual Climate Station Network (NIWA). 'Normal' is defined as the average annual rainfall from 1972–2013.

This dataset relates to the "Annual average rainfall" measure on the Environmental Indicators, Te taiao Aotearoa website.

Geometry: raster catalogue Unit: percent

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Theme
Author	Ministry for the Environment
Maintainer	Ministry for the Environment
Maintainer Email	Ministry for the Environment
Source	https://data.mfe.govt.nz/layer/52983-annual-rainfall-units-percentage-of-normal-1995/
Source Created	2016-02-11T00:56:24.558126Z
Source Modified	2016-02-22T01:11:10.512926Z
Language	English
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Source Identifier	https://data.mfe.govt.nz/layer/52983-annual-rainfall-units-percentage-of-normal-1995/