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This year and most seems early to start DST,14 or 15c a struggle,not springlike yet,better it starts labour weekend finishes Anzac weekend or weekend close to 25/4,weathers better in april too.
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Re: Daylight Saving 27th sept

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-I've always mooted the idea, Labour WE to Easter but there are other reasons for the period of the moving of time to increase the level of sunshine hours in the latter part of the day.
If you think of it, it would make real sense to have "Daylight Saving" in winter so you can have extra daylight in the evening rather than it getting dark-ish from about 4pm ? [-X :?:
Maybe there is a time for a clocks change??? :-$ :crazy:
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Re: Daylight Saving 27th sept

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its the first week getting used to it,ie ask is it 12 oclock is it 1 o'clock or two oclock...is that the real time?
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Re: Daylight Saving 27th sept

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I agree with you John,that extra hour of light at the end of the day would be so useful during winter.
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Re: Daylight Saving 27th sept

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Richard wrote:I agree with you John,that extra hour of light at the end of the day would be so useful during winter.
I don't think many would appreciate the dark mornings though. I certainly wouldn't!
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Especially down south where it's basically dark until 8am as it is.
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Re: Daylight Saving 27th sept

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The extra hour of daylight fades the curtains.. :crazy:
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Dale wrote:The extra hour of daylight fades the curtains.. :crazy:
You can counter that by pulling them closed an hour later :B
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I might be doing stuff....

Puns aside, I do love daylight saving, winter hmm not so sure but for the summer period, no problem. After years of working rotational shiftwork, it is amazing how the body can adapt if you are willing to push it.

They tried it in Queensland years ago when I was living there.. the yokels couldnt handle daylight at 8pm so it got canned real quick, hence the fading curtains & cows not being able to be milked properly.. the tropics I can understand, but for extreme southern & northern latitudes..
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Re: Daylight Saving 27th sept

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23 degrees here in ChCh right now... I'm ready for daylight saving!
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Were not its winter still here with 15 degrees and overcast and that SWer
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If you you hate the weather there so much Michael then bloody move #-o

Not sure DST in winter would work as it would be pitch black till after 8.30am and who the hell wants that.
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Re: Daylight Saving 28th Sept

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An 'overcast' day on the Michael Scale - Auckland City Webcam :D
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Dale wrote:I might be doing stuff....

Puns aside, I do love daylight saving, winter hmm not so sure but for the summer period, no problem. After years of working rotational shiftwork, it is amazing how the body can adapt if you are willing to push it.

They tried it in Queensland years ago when I was living there.. the yokels couldnt handle daylight at 8pm so it got canned real quick, hence the fading curtains & cows not being able to be milked properly.. the tropics I can understand, but for extreme southern & northern latitudes..
After living in Cairns,daylight saving in winter would be ideal.
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Nev wrote:An 'overcast' day on the Michael Scale - Auckland City Webcam :D
His rants must mislead some forum visitors, and should be stopped.
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Then why are we averaging only 4 hours of sun a day out of a possible 12 for this month?
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Anyway you RW do not live here and in south Auckland its much cloudier than in town and was overcast from 9am to the end of the day yesterday totally.,have photo to prove in morning then afternoon.
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Nev wrote:An 'overcast' day on the Michael Scale - Auckland City Webcam :D
His rants must mislead some forum visitors, and should be stopped.
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Michael wrote:Anyway you RW do not live here and in south Auckland its much cloudier than in town and was overcast from 9am to the end of the day yesterday totally.,have photo to prove in morning then afternoon.[quote="RWood"Auckland City Webcam[/b] :D
His rants must mislead some forum visitors, and should be stopped.
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The data from the former site at Auckland Aero doesn't support your claim - the average sun was similar to that at the city site and also Mechanics Bay. Also, you had above average sun in the previous 8 months, but that didn't stop your exaggerated claims. Wellington has had below normal sun in 3 of the last 4 years and is only now catching up to this year's YTD. We have more reason to complain than you.
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For me September has been the perfect weather month, a lot of days with Cb in our skies and quite a few thunder days :smile: . bring on day light saving

I think Auckland sunshine is around 85% of normal but we have around 175mm of rain in 3 weeks, it won't be a normal sunshine month with so much rain. Temperature about normal.
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spwill wrote:I think Auckland sunshine is around 85% of normal but...
Currently around 89% of normal if you include the 7.3 hrs Mangere recorded yesterday. :-)
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Don't know where 7 hours came from yesterday maybe a couple of hours in the morning but was overcast midmorning right till sunset here.In fact we had more sunshine on Monday than yesterday even with the SW howling as the rain and cloud clearedup about 11 oclock.
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spwill wrote:I think Auckland sunshine is around 85% of normal but...
Currently around 89% of normal if you include the 7.3 hrs Mangere recorded yesterday. :-)
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I agree re yesterday. There definitely wasn't 7 hours of sun yesterday. I was at paparimu and it was not what I'd call over cast. More lots and lots of passing cloud in the wind. But 7 hours I'm struggling to see.
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Guessing 8hrs sunshine here yesterday, 10hrs today.
I think yesterday the cloud gradually moved in from the southwest, South Auckland having less sun than Northshore
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Notice when go into the cbd you see the cloud to the south and much less in town in southwest or cloudy anticyclone conditions though heres better than the cbd from northeast,the city often then gets drizzly wind blown wet light rain stuff,here less wind and often at that time overcast and dry
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Yes, South Auckland is a bit better on a NE than Northshore, reverse with a southwest.
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