.....Akaroa in Banks Peninsula has provisionally observed its wettest day on record, on 198.8 mm from 9am Saturday-9am Sunday🌧️
— NIWA Weather (@NiwaWeather) July 22, 2023
Records at our climate station there began in 1978.
Numerous locations in Canterbury have received over a month's worth of rain with more still to come. pic.twitter.com/CoUECA674X