Aucklanders will still need to watch their water use, even though it rained for most of Thursday.
MetService forecaster Georgina Griffiths told The AM Show the dams are simply too low for one day's worth of rain to fix.
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"Six months we're at 50 percent, halfway through the year for Auckland, Northland, Waikato, driest January to June on record."
She said Auckland needs much more rain, but she's confident the city will get it.
"We need a couple more months of high-frequency events up here. Now don't worry - New Zealand usually breaks a drought.
"We've had a really quiet six-month period, so I have to say at some point we're going to pay for that. People like me are going 'oh joy', but it would be good to get more rain in the gauge."
But residents should get used to conserving water as dry spells like this are predicted to get more frequent with climate change.
"It is linked to climate change, the subtropical ridge over Northland that is forecast to be more prevalent.
"We have seen that ridge really sticking over Northland in particular, very affected, 40 percent up there of their six-month normal."
Watercare asked Aucklanders to use less water on Wednesday, saying the supply was suffering after a dry winter.
It said Thursday that residents had not followed instructions, using more water rather than less.
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