Today we are expecting a fine day with light winds.

It's a three-clothing-layer day today with a high of 23 and an overnight low of 12 degrees. Humidity is 88 per cent.

High tide at 8am and low tide at 2.20pm. There's a sea swell of about .4m, with a sea temperature of 21 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 6.06pm.

If you're going fishing today the best fish bite time is between 4.30pm and 7.30pm.

In NZ history on this day in 1915 2500 New Zealand and Australian troops rioted in Cairo's Wazzir brothel area. The so-called ‘Battle of the Wazzir' supposedly began as a reprisal for the spread of venereal disease.

In 1916, 57 police raided the Ngāi Tūhoe settlement of Maungapōhatu in the Urewera Ranges.

In world history on this day in 1792 the United States authorised the minting of the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & $2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins as well as the silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime.

In 1910 Karl Harris perfected the process for the artificial synthesis of rubber.

In 1931 Virne 'Jackie” Mitchell became the first woman to play for an all-male pro baseball team. In an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

On this day in 1932 Charles Lindbergh paid over $50,000 ransom for his kidnapped son.

In 1958 the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics was renamed NASA. In 1963 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King began the first non-violent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama.

In 1982 Argentina invaded the British-owned Falkland Islands.

Today is the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author of fairy tales. Born in 1805 he once said 'Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.”

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Have a great day!