October's changeable weather is forecast to continue into November, with better weather looking to take over at the end of the month.
Rainfall in October was just below normal with 54.8mm recorded for the area, despite the perception October was unusually wet, MetService meteorologist Georgina Griffiths said.
"It was a little bit drier than I would have given it. There was fairly patchy rainfalls and some places would have received larger percentages of rain than others," she said.
"It was also a warmer month, even though it didn't feel like it at the end."
The average temperature was 14.8C, 0.7C above normal for October.