The Bureau of Meteorology recorded 176.7 millimetres (mm) at its station at the town in the first month of spring.

The dumping edged close to the 187.1mm record for September, set back in 1978.

And the 808.8mm of rain that had fallen by Monday left the town’s average annual rainfall of 616.1mm for dust, with two months to spare.

But as soggy underfoot as it has been, the year still has a way to go to match Wellington’s wettest year on record.

That honour belongs to 1950, when 1386.1mm was recorded.

Wellington kicked off the year with 124.2mm of rain in January, but then the clouds dried out.

February, March and April all saw below average rainfall, with 6mm, 37mm and 18.4mm measured respectively.

Then the district turned a sloshy corner, starting with 64.5mm of rain in May - 17 mm higher than the average for the month.

A wet winter followed, with June, July and August contributing 131.6mm, 110mm and 67.2mm to the figure.

By Monday, 73.2mm had come from the skies in October, well past the comparative average of 55.4mm.

The latest downpour came on Saturday when the bureau recorded 33.8mm, and another 0.4mm on Sunday.

The rain meant cricketers in T20 games at Wellington and Geurie did not take the field on Saturday.

Temperatures this month are not giving the mercury the workout it had in October 2015.

The highest maximum temperature for the month was 27.5 degrees on Friday.

A year ago Wellington had experienced a highest maximum of 35 degrees, while 13 days in October 2015 reached at least 30 degrees.

This month has also seen cool mornings persist, with 4.7 degrees on October 2 the lowest minimum recorded.

While the mean minimum and maximum temperatures were 6.2 and 21.4 degrees respectively this month, October 2015’s were 11.6 and 29.5 degrees respectively.