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KEN RING: WEATHER BY THE MOON AUCKLAND WEATHER DIARY, DECEMBER 2020 – JANUARY 2021

December brings average rain, normal temperatures, and less than average sunshine.

The first week brings the coolest nights, the second week brings most sun and is the warmest week, the third week will be the wettest, and the last week has the coolest days. The best weekend is the 12th/13th. January’s highest kingtide is on the 14th. The best fishing bite-times in the east are at dusk on 11th - 14th, and 27th - 30th. Chances are also good in the east for noon of 4th - 6th, and 19th - 22nd.

January is slightly wetter than average and with less sunshine than normal. Temperatures are average with few extremes. The first week brings a day of light rain, the second week is the overall warmest and driest with the hottest day around 14th, the third week may be the wettest and cloudiest with the heaviest rain around 20th, but the last all forecasting.

week in January should see the most sun. January’s best weekends are the 2nd/3rd and 9th/10th.

For fishers, the highest December kingtide is on the 15th. The best fishing bite-times in the east are around dusk on 1st - 2nd, 14th - 16th, and 28th - 31st. Chances are also good in the east for noon of For gardeners, December’s best pruning days are 1st - 3rd (waning moon descending), but there are no best sowing days (waxing moon ascending). For longer shelf-life for crops, harvest on neap tide days on 8th and 24th.

In January, only the 28th is best for sowing (waxing moon ascending). The neap tide days are on 8th and 22nd. Allow 24 hour error for 7th - 9th, and 21st - 23rd.

For future weather for any date, and for the 2021 New Zealand Weather Almanac, see www.predictweather.com. (KEN RING)  PN

@ LEYS LITTLE LIBRARY

Well we made it. We are finally in the home stretch of 2020, the year that has gone by in a flash and somehow lasted forever.

I am sure many of you are looking forward to a summer of afternoons stretched out in the sun with a book (and perhaps a glass of something). Though if you need more than the allure of a good book to put you off your ‘to do list’, Auckland Libraries is here with ‘Summer reading sorted’. Throughout the month of January, you can read, relax and reset with fun, flexible reading challenges – for the whanau or just for you. Choose a challenge, and register for your chance to be in to win great prizes from Specsavers, passes for Auckland’s top attractions. and more!

www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/summerreadingsorted to find out how to sign up and take part.

As we approach Christmas it is time to wrap up our children’s programs for the under 5’s. Our last Wriggle and Rhyme and Tamariki Time sessions will be on Wednesday 16 December. It has been such fun seeing you all each week for rhymes music and bubbles. Please join us on 16 December. We promise a fun filled session with all the usual attractions, plus possibly some Christmas treats too.

While we’re on the topic of Christmas we figure you’re curious about the library’s holiday hours. This year, because of the days Christmas and New Year’s fall on, all the library will be closed for two four day stretches. The library will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and 27 & 28 December. We are open 29 - 31 December 9am-6pm then closed 1– 4 January. Normal hours resume on Tuesday 5 January. Registrations open 14 December 2020 – visit

Lastly, we are pleased to welcome Camila to the team at Leys Institute Little Library. Many of you have possibly already met Camila as she has been helping us out quite a bit recently. We are happy to announce that she is joining the team in a more permanent capacity. When you next drop by the library take a moment to say ‘Hi’. Happy Holidays Ponsonby.  PN

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