Wow, that was a bit windy overnight - people are always exaggerating how windy Wellington is, but it really is a bit blowy at the moment. This house in Island Bay got hammered last night!
All of the south coast has been getting pounded.
Some classic old Windy Wellington photos:
1959 - A woman battling high wind is blown against a lamp post, Courtenay Place, Wellington.
Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in November 1959.
1959 - Pedestrians battle strong winds as they cross Taranaki Street, Wellington. A man struggles in the foreground as his suit jacket and tie are blown behind him, and a couple can be seen forcing their way across the street in the background.
Photographed November 1959 by an Evening Post staff photographer.
1969 - Woman battling wind as she walks down a Wellington street. She is carrying a bag and holding onto her headscarf. Photographed 21 March 1969 by an Evening Post staff photographer.
1974 - Wilf Clarke beside a telephone booth in Tinakori Road, Wellington, that had been blown over by gale-force winds. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 15 November 1974.
1987 - Woman reaching for a parking meter as she battles gale-force north-westerly winds, Wellington. Photographed 30 September 1987 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley.
1988 - Raymond Patterson standing on a rock on the side of Cobham Drive, Wellington, and leaning into the wind. He is watched by his friend Tyson Hawks.
Photographed 9 April 1988 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson.
2009 - Steve Goodfellow, aged 9, and Daniel Charles, aged 10, of Houghton Bay, lean into the teeth of a southerly gale near Wellington Airport’s runway. New Zealand consists of long thin islands located in the roaring forties, so it is a windy place. Wellington, at the bottom of the North Island, experiences westerly gales sweeping through Cook Strait, and southerlies that come up from Antarctica. Photo by Ross Giblin
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