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Last month in Wellington was one of the wettest the city has experienced according to MetService records dating back to 1928. (File photo)
Umbrellas went up and raincoats on last month as the capital drenched in one of its wettest November on record.
Over the weekend, flash floods north of Wellington left 15 houses uninhabitable and affected 50 others as emergency services worked to pump floodwaters from the houses.
In a statement Tuesday, MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris said that in terms of rainfall for November, Wellington was well above average, tracking 246.8mm from one of its Kelburn weather stations, the highest on record in November. that place. The average is usually 90 mm.
However, a second station at Kelburn indicated that 2016 continued to break records with 252mm.
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November was also cooler and windier than the usual average daily highs.
With records dating back to 1928, Ferris said last month was the second darkest November on record.
This month recorded 133.2 hours of sunshine, 12 minutes less than the darkest month of November 1954 with only 133.0 hours.
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In terms of rainfall for November, Wellington was well above average, tracking 246.8mm from its Kelburn weather station. (File photo)
The average for November was about 210 hours.
The average high temperature for this month was slightly below the long-term average of 16.7C, reaching around 16.4C.
However, no average wind speed records were broken, with the average wind speed in Kelburn recorded at around 20 km / h. The record is 23.8 km / h and the average is around 16.5 km / h.
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Moonsail Dr resident Sophie Malolo talks about the slip on her Whitby cul-de-sac.
Floods and slips to start the summer
December has started with a landslide in Porirua and a disruption in the Wellington region.
The landslide damaged two properties on Moonsail Dr, Whitby, around 9 p.m. Monday, causing a house to abandon its home.
On Tuesday morning, Fire and Emergency Shift Chief Belinda Beets said the second home had been evacuated overnight.
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Resident Alice Moore cleans up the mound of mud and silt outside her home in Plimmerton.
Porirua Mayor Anita Baker said the council had received 100 requests for assistance from those affected by the heavy rains, and crews have been around the city assessing the damage.
Meanwhile, Wellington city council spokesman Richard MacLean said the city council had received multiple reports of damage Tuesday morning, including downed trees, a slip and three portaloos dumped at a bus terminal.
It was the second major flood to hit the region since Sunday, when flooding left 15 homes in Plimmerton uninhabitable.
As of Monday night, the Porirua City Council parks team had removed 20 trucks loaded with silt and mud left behind by the floods.
‘Light at the end of the tunnel’
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research meteorologist Ben Noll said that over the next week, Wellington’s weather would be variable and windy.
But he encouraged Wellington residents to hold on, saying there was “light at the end of the tunnel.”
The weather on Dec. 10-25 was quite favorable across the country and would probably be the best part of the month, he said.
MetService
Much of the South Island has a beautiful Tuesday afternoon with calm sunshine, before a cold front hits on Wednesday.
