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

April may be a drier month than average, with rainfall only about 25% of normal.

However, sunshine hours and temperatures may be average. The first week may be the sunniest, warmest and driest, and the third week the wettest, and cloudiest with the heaviest rain. Highest barometric pressures may come in the last week. The best weekend for outdoor activities may be the 2nd/3rd.

For fishers, highest tides are around 2nd. The best fishing bite-times in the east are around dusk on 1st – 2nd, and 16th-18th. Bite-chances are also good around noon of 8th11th, and 22nd-24th.

For gardeners, planting is best (waxing moon ascending) between 9th-16th, and pruning is best 23rd-30th, (waning moon descending). For preserving and longer shelf-life, pick crops or flowers on neap tide days of 10th and 25th.

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

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

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