Wet, wet, wet II

Wanganui has a pretty moderate climate; in fact it's supposed to be the fourth or fifth most equitable climate in the world. We don't get the extremes in summer highs and winter lows that some areas receive.

So it was with some surprise that when we checked the Metservice website this morning, Wanganui was #1; the wettest city in New Zealand yesterday! The rain finally stopped around midday, but not before another 37.6mm had fallen since midnight Sunday!

There'd clearly been a lot more rain up-country, as the mighty Whanganui River threatened to spill its banks at high tide yesterday afternoon. We made a brief escape from captivity mid-morning and headed down to the end of our street from where we could watch the river and the Tasman Sea meeting, and it was an impressive sight.

Today the sun is shining, which will be great to encourage parched pastures (and fairways) to recover. With more rain forecast for this weekend, it's safe to say that the threat of drought is over.