NZ Historic Weather Events Catalogue
March 1866 Auckland Storm ( 1866-03-30 )
Auckland experienced a gale with high winds and heavy rain, which brought flooding to the city, and caused extensive damage.
Auckland
Multi Hazard
at
Auckland
Duration: 3 days - From 30th March to 1st April.
An estimated £20,000 ($1,950,000 2008 dollars) of property was destroyed or damaged so as to be unsaleable.
Multi Hazard
at
Auckland City
Auckland experienced a gale of wind and rain, which set in on the 30th and raged for several days. The gale subsided on the forenoon of 1st April.
The damage and loss caused by the recent flood was very great, and considerably increased by the gale on the 31st.
There had not been such heavy weather in Auckland for about thirty years.
Flooding
The main loss was in Queen Street, where the great rainfall from high ground contributed to a great flood between the Wharf and the Army and Navy Hotel.
Three fire engines, each manned by a dozen men, were pumping the water out of three cellars in Lower Queen Street from 8pm on the 30th until 2am on the 1st.
Maritime / Coastal
at
Waitemata Harbour
The shipping in the harbour suffered a lot. Nine vessels were sunk, together with the coal hulk Marion. Several larger vessels were also damaged.
References
- Headline: Destructive gale and flood in Auckland.
- paperspast.natlib.govt.nz, Source: Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, 11 April 1866.
March 1866 Auckland Storm ( 1866-03-30 )
Auckland experienced a gale with high winds and heavy rain, which brought flooding to the city, and caused extensive damage.
Auckland
Multi Hazard
at
Auckland
Duration: 3 days - From 30th March to 1st April.
An estimated £20,000 ($1,950,000 2008 dollars) of property was destroyed or damaged so as to be unsaleable.
Multi Hazard
at
Auckland City
Auckland experienced a gale of wind and rain, which set in on the 30th and raged for several days. The gale subsided on the forenoon of 1st April.
The damage and loss caused by the recent flood was very great, and considerably increased by the gale on the 31st.
There had not been such heavy weather in Auckland for about thirty years.
Flooding
The main loss was in Queen Street, where the great rainfall from high ground contributed to a great flood between the Wharf and the Army and Navy Hotel.
Three fire engines, each manned by a dozen men, were pumping the water out of three cellars in Lower Queen Street from 8pm on the 30th until 2am on the 1st.
Maritime / Coastal
at
Waitemata Harbour
The shipping in the harbour suffered a lot. Nine vessels were sunk, together with the coal hulk Marion. Several larger vessels were also damaged.
References
- Headline: Destructive gale and flood in Auckland.
- paperspast.natlib.govt.nz, Source: Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, 11 April 1866.