Average February Rainfall for New Zealand

The tables below list monthly averages for rainfall during February at cities, towns, beaches and islands throughout New Zealand.

Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when rain totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

The month's precipitation statistics are long-term historical averages of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.

North Island

Average monthly precipitation in February
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
7	Auckland	2.5	63
6	Cape Reinga	2.4	62
8	Gisborne	2.7	68
9	Great Barrier Island	4.7	120
6	Hamilton	2.6	65
9	Kaikohe	4.3	108
7	Kaitaia	3.4	86
9	Kerikeri	4.8	123
6	Masterton	1.9	49
6	Napier	2.1	54
8	New Plymouth	3.5	90
7	Palmerston North	2.7	69
7	Rotorua	4.0	100
6	Taupo	2.6	65
7	Tauranga	3.3	83
6	Thames	2.9	74
7	Waiheke Island	3.0	75
7	Wellington	2.2	56
10	Whakapapa Village, Tongariro	6.2	157
6	Whangaparaoa	2.5	64
7	Whangarei	3.3	83
9	Whitianga	4.4	112
6	Whanganui	1.9	48

South Island

February averages for total rainfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
6	Akaroa	2.1	53
10	Arthur's Pass	10.7	273
4	Blenheim	1.8	45
5	Christchurch	1.5	38
7	Dunedin	2.8	70
6	Farewell Spit	2.9	73
12	Franz Josef	14.1	358
11	Greymouth	6.3	159
10	Invercargill	3.0	75
6	Kaikoura	1.5	39
9	Lake Rotoiti	4.3	109
4	Lake Tekapo	1.7	42
8	Manapouri	3.4	85
13	Milford Sound	18.4	467
9	Mt Cook	10.7	272
5	Nelson	2.5	63
6	Queenstown	2.6	65
15	Secretary Island	11.0	280
6	Timaru	2.1	52
10	Westport	4.8	121

Other Islands

Rainfall averages for February
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
14	Auckland Islands	3.5	89
17	Campbell Island	4.0	102
8	Chatham Island	2.5	64
10	Raoul Island	4.8	121
14	Stewart Island, Oban	4.2	107

Average February Rainfall for New Zealand

North Island

South Island

Other Islands

Reference

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