Even Plumber Dan's duck has had enough of the rain and was hiding under the City Bridge on Tuesday morning. Photo / Bevan Conley
After several rainy, windy days, Whanganui's weather is forecast to improve later this week.
MetService meteorologist Andy Best said 20.6mm of rain fell in Whanganui on Monday, with 1.5mm expected for Tuesday.
There will be strong southerlies and showers for much of Tuesday and Wednesday, with an overnight temperature of
11C, Best said.
"Things won't start to clear until Wednesday night but the temperature is still up there at 18C."
Temperatures would drop to 10C overnight on Wednesday, but "a nice fine day" was expected for Thursday, Best said.
