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Water Level 24 hours
Rainfall 24 hours
Monitoring site comments
The State Highway 6 water level and rainfall recorder is situated on the Whataroa River in the lower Whataroa catchment, 28km upstream of the river mouth. The site has a catchment area of 445km2. Lowest water levels are recorded during the winter months when levels can fall to 0.6 metres but normal water levels are closer to 1.0 metres. A high flood water level of 6.0 metres was recorded at this site in January 1994.
This site records a mean annual rainfall of 5690mm and daily falls of up to 320mm.
This site is operated by the National Institute of Water & Atmosphere for Meridian Energy, and is a part of the Regional Council Flood Warning Network.