It's been a dry first half of the year - and this is unlikely to change in the next three months.
Niwa records show the coldest day in the past six months dropped to 0.3C on June 17, the warmest day was on January 12, hitting 29.1C, and the wettest was on April 18, when 49mm of rain fell.
Chris Brandolino, forecaster with Niwa National Climate Centre, said Tauranga's lack of rainfall in June almost hit records. It was the equal third lowest amount of rainfall to have been recorded in the city for the month of June since records began in 1898. "That's a significant number of years to compare. There was only 35mm throughout the whole month of June." The average minimum temperature for June was 7.9C - a full degree Celsius above normal. Average maximum temperatures were near normal.
Mr Brandolino said that in the past three months Tauranga had only reached 71 per cent of the usual average rainfall for this time of year.
"Ordinarily, you would receive 345mm of rain and only 247mm fell."