u/Anxious-Average6377

I've been seeing a lot of people say we're wet and windy here, all of the time these days. And I don’t agree we're abnormally wet.

This maps was an interesting find, showing cumulative rainfall over 30 years, Wellington equates to about 2.7mm of rain each day but we seem to go days/weeks without rain. Around where we live we are still struggling with native plants leaves curling and cracks in clay soil even a few weeks after some of the heaviest rains recorded in decades.

Is wellington actually that wet? Or is it just insanely wet for short periods and then wind blasted dry?

Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/4873/new-zealand-mean-annual-rainfall-1991-2020