In today's weather forecast we are expecting a fine day with westerly breezes.

It's a one-clothing layer day today with a high of 28 and an overnight low of 18 degrees. Humidity is 76 per cent.

Low tide is at 11am and high tide at 5pm (Tay St). There's a sea swell of 0.6m and sea temperature is 21 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 8.34pm.

If you're going fishing the next best fish bite time is between 9 and 11am.

On this day in NZ history in 1980 'Montego Bay' hit number one. Upper Hutt's Jon Stevens achieved back-to-back no. 1 singles when ‘Montego Bay' bumped ‘Jezebel' from the top of the New Zealand charts.

On this day in world history in 1486 Henry VII married Elizabeth of York.

In 1778 Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, naming them the ‘Sandwich Islands' after the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich.

In 1902 the Isthmus Canal Commission in Washington shifted its support from Nicaragua to Panama as a favoured canal site.

In 1911 aviator Eugene Ely performed the first successful take off and landing from a ship in San Francisco Bay.

In 1948 Gandhi broke a 121-hour fast after halting Muslim-Hindu riots. In 1962 the United States began spraying foliage with herbicides in South Vietnam, in order to reveal the whereabouts of Vietcong guerrillas.

In 1964 plans were disclosed for the World Trade Center in New York.

In 1978 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) isolated the cause of Legionnaire's disease.

Today is the birthday of Alan Alexander Milne, novelist, humourist and journalist. Born in 1882, he wrote Winnie the Pooh, and once said 'Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

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Have a great day!