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Water Level 24 hours
Rainfall 24 hours
Flow 24 hours
Monitoring site comments
The Roaring Billy water level and rainfall recorder is situated on the Haast River in the lower Haast catchment, 47km upstream of the township of Haast. The site has a catchment area of 1020km2. Lowest water levels are recorded during the winter months when levels can fall to 0.6 metres but normal water levels are closer to 1.2 metres. A high flood water level of 7.6 metres was recorded at this site in May 1978.
This site records a mean annual rainfall of 5750mm and daily falls of up to 400mm.
This site is operated by the National Institute of Water & Atmosphere as part of the National Hydrometric Monitoring Network, and is a part of the West Coast Regional Council Flood Warning Network.