But although wetter than average, it is not the wettest month on record. That honour came in August 1992 which recorded 25 "wet days", which Metservice defines as a day with upward of 2mm of rain, but had the highest overall volume of rain.
There were showers at 2am around the city, but the forecast around the country is fine today.
Tui McInnes, from MetService, said it was not the rain record that was the most memorable part of August - it was just how wet it actually was.
"Very wet days" - days with more than 5mm of rainfall - are up dramatically on August averages.
This August, there were 14 "very wet days" compared to the August average of three.
"Those very wet days are the ones that linger in people's minds and they think, August was a pretty wet and horrible month."
McInnes said weather around the rest of the country was fine for the weekend, with patches of rain only around Fiordland.
"It is a pretty nice weekend for the rest of the country with temperatures in the mid to late teens," McInnes said.
"It might get a bit windy in Wellington but that is really no surprise."
Father's Day tomorrow brings more of the same weather with sunshine making an entrance around the country and little chance of rain.
"It might get a bit nippy overnight with a few frosts but the rest of the weekend brings in some warmer temperatures."
