PREDICT WEATHER.COM

KEN RING: WEATHER BY THE MOON - AUCKLAND WEATHER DIARY, JULY 2022

Although July may receive less than the average rain total, clear skies will have to wait until the fourth week.

After an unsettled first week, the second week is expected to be the wintriest with the most rain and lowest pressures. The end of the third week starts to clear and the fourth week looks the sunniest, driest and coolest, with the highest barometric average.

Best weekend for outdoor activities may be the 23rd-24th, but nights then may be coolest for the month. Atmospheric pressures may average 1017mbs for the month.

For fishers, highest tides are around 15th. The best fishing bite-times in the east are around dusk on 13th-15th and 28th-30th. Bite-chances are also good around noon of 6th8th, and 20th-22nd.

For gardeners, planting is best (waxing moon ascending) between 1st-11th, and 29th-31st, and pruning is best 14th25th, (waning moon descending). For preserving and longer shelf-life, pick crops or flowers around neap tides of 8th and 23rd.

Always allow 24-hour error for all forecasting (KEN RING)  PN

For future weather for any date, and the 2022 NZ Weather Almanac, see www.predictweather.com.

Opinions expressed in Ponsonby News are not always the opinion of Alchemy Media Limited & Ponsonby News.

165 PONSONBY ROAD T: 09 360 1611 www.ponsonbyroadbistro.co.nz