NZ Historic Weather Events Catalogue
July 2006 Lower North Island and Otago Storm ( 2006-07-21 )
Snow and floods in Manawatu-Wanganui region caused road closures. Flooding in Wellington resulted in landslides forcing 30 people to evacuate their homes and snow in Otago caused road closures and the Queenstown airport to close.
Manawatu-Wanganui
Snow / Ice
at
Manawatu-Wanganui
State Highway 1 between Waiouru and Rangipo was closed due to snow on the 21st.
Flooding
State Highway 4 between Raetihi and Wanganui was closed due to flooding and slips on the 21st.
Flooding
at
Opiki
State Highway 56 was closed at Opiki because of flooding on the 22nd.
Wellington
Heavy Rain
at
Wellington
A southerly brought heavy rain which caused widespread surface flooding on the 20th.
Many parts of Wellington and the Hutt Valley received between 35.0 cm and 40.0 cm of rain in the month of July to date.
Flooding
Floodwaters had subsided on the 22nd but farmland was still saturated.
Many roads in the region were still only passable in 4WD vehicles.
Several minor roads were closed in Wellington.
Surface flooding disrupted parts of State Highway 2.
Landslide
at
Eastbourne
30 people from 25 houses were evacuated due to a landslip.
A house moved three metres from its foundations and had to be demolished.
There were slips along Eastbourne Road.
Landslide
at
Horokiri
A recurring slip near Horokiri periodically blocked State Highway 2.
Heavy Rain
at
Masterton
Masterton received over 250 mm of rain in the month of July to date. This exceeded the previous highest July total of 176 mm in 1996.
Heavy Rain
at
Ngawi
Ngawi had received 341 mm of rain in July by the 21st.
Otago
Snow / Ice
at
Otago
State Highway 85 between Palmerston and Kyeburn was closed due to snow and ice on the 21st.
State Highway 87 between Middlemarch and Outram was closed due to heavy snow on the 21st.
Snow / Ice
at
Queenstown
Wakatipu Basin received 10 cm of snow on the 21st.
All schools closed
Queenstown airport was closed.
References
- Headline: $27m damage from last winter's storms.
- Dominion Post, 29 May 2007.
- Headline: Flooding, snow and landslipes hit North and South.
- The New Zealand Herald, 21 July 2006.
- Headline: Ice, flooding and slips still affecting roads.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, Source: NZPA, 22 July 2006.
July 2006 Lower North Island and Otago Storm ( 2006-07-21 )
Snow and floods in Manawatu-Wanganui region caused road closures. Flooding in Wellington resulted in landslides forcing 30 people to evacuate their homes and snow in Otago caused road closures and the Queenstown airport to close.
Manawatu-Wanganui
Snow / Ice
at
Manawatu-Wanganui
State Highway 1 between Waiouru and Rangipo was closed due to snow on the 21st.
Flooding
State Highway 4 between Raetihi and Wanganui was closed due to flooding and slips on the 21st.
Flooding
at
Opiki
State Highway 56 was closed at Opiki because of flooding on the 22nd.
Wellington
Heavy Rain
at
Wellington
A southerly brought heavy rain which caused widespread surface flooding on the 20th.
Many parts of Wellington and the Hutt Valley received between 35.0 cm and 40.0 cm of rain in the month of July to date.
Flooding
Floodwaters had subsided on the 22nd but farmland was still saturated.
Many roads in the region were still only passable in 4WD vehicles.
Several minor roads were closed in Wellington.
Surface flooding disrupted parts of State Highway 2.
Landslide
at
Eastbourne
30 people from 25 houses were evacuated due to a landslip.
A house moved three metres from its foundations and had to be demolished.
There were slips along Eastbourne Road.
Landslide
at
Horokiri
A recurring slip near Horokiri periodically blocked State Highway 2.
Heavy Rain
at
Masterton
Masterton received over 250 mm of rain in the month of July to date. This exceeded the previous highest July total of 176 mm in 1996.
Heavy Rain
at
Ngawi
Ngawi had received 341 mm of rain in July by the 21st.
Otago
Snow / Ice
at
Otago
State Highway 85 between Palmerston and Kyeburn was closed due to snow and ice on the 21st.
State Highway 87 between Middlemarch and Outram was closed due to heavy snow on the 21st.
Snow / Ice
at
Queenstown
Wakatipu Basin received 10 cm of snow on the 21st.
All schools closed
Queenstown airport was closed.
References
- Headline: $27m damage from last winter's storms.
- Dominion Post, 29 May 2007.
- Headline: Flooding, snow and landslipes hit North and South.
- The New Zealand Herald, 21 July 2006.
- Headline: Ice, flooding and slips still affecting roads.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, Source: NZPA, 22 July 2006.