diff --git a/src/__tests__/ecccDate.test.ts b/src/__tests__/ecccDate.test.ts
index 53476e16..8c71ed40 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/ecccDate.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/ecccDate.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ describe("Helpers for ECCC dates", () => {
     expect(ecccDateStringToTSDate(ecccDateString)).toStrictEqual(expectedDate);
   });
 
+  it("parses to a newfoundland date object correctly", () => {
+    const ecccDateString = "Sunday August 13, 2023 at 12:00";
+    expect(ecccDateStringToTSDate(`${ecccDateString} AST`)).toStrictEqual(new Date(2023, 7, 13, 11, 0, 0));
+    expect(ecccDateStringToTSDate(`${ecccDateString} NDT`)).toStrictEqual(new Date(2023, 7, 13, 10, 30, 0));
+  });
+
   it("gets the correct months for the current season", () => {
     jest.useFakeTimers();
 
diff --git a/src/display/components/weather/conditions.tsx b/src/display/components/weather/conditions.tsx
index bd551d18..74c06b8a 100644
--- a/src/display/components/weather/conditions.tsx
+++ b/src/display/components/weather/conditions.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function Conditions(props: ConditionsProp) {
       return CONDITIONS_WIND_SPEED_CALM;
 
     const speed = windSpeedValue ?? "";
-    const direction = (windDirection ?? "N/A").padStart(3);
+    const direction = (windDirection ?? "").padStart(3);
 
     // gust is a different format (omits units)
     if (windGust) return `${direction}  ${speed}G${windGust.value} `;
diff --git a/src/lib/conditions/conditions.ts b/src/lib/conditions/conditions.ts
index 567bd66a..38b47068 100644
--- a/src/lib/conditions/conditions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/conditions/conditions.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function harshTruncateConditions(
   isUSForecast: boolean = false
 ) {
   // to lowercase
-  condition = condition.toLowerCase();
+  condition = (condition ?? "").toLowerCase();
 
   // handle thunderstorm when its prefaced with light/heavy
   if (condition.includes("light thunderstorm") || condition.includes("heavy thunderstorm"))
diff --git a/src/lib/date/ecccDate.ts b/src/lib/date/ecccDate.ts
index ebf438c8..07bb4bbb 100644
--- a/src/lib/date/ecccDate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/date/ecccDate.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { format } from "date-fns";
 import { getIsWinterSeason } from "./season";
 
 export function ecccDateStringToTSDate(date: string) {
-  return new Date(date.replace(" at", "").replace(",", ""));
+  // JS doesn't see ATS/NDT (newfoundland time) as a valid date for some reason
+  const fixedTimezone = date.replace("AST", "GMT-0300").replace("NDT", "GMT-0230");
+  return new Date(fixedTimezone.replace(" at", "").replace(",", ""));
 }
 
 export function getShorthandMonthNamesForSeason(stopAtCurrentMonth: boolean, date: Date = new Date()) {
diff --git a/src/lib/eccc/conditions.ts b/src/lib/eccc/conditions.ts
index f5a27be2..806ba8fa 100644
--- a/src/lib/eccc/conditions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/eccc/conditions.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class CurrentConditions {
     const offsetFromUTC = -localDate.getTimezoneOffset();
 
     // get the number of minutes behind taht the station time is from utc
-    const stationOffsetFromUTC = parseInt(date.UTCOffset) * 60;
+    const stationOffsetFromUTC = parseFloat(date.UTCOffset) * 60;
 
     // now we can figure out the difference between these and use it on the ui
     // timezones dont really exist in js so it'll really just end up being the local time
@@ -226,11 +226,15 @@ class CurrentConditions {
       wind: {
         speed: { value: windSpeedValue, units: windSpeedUnits },
         gust: { value: windGustValue, units: windGustUnits },
-        direction: { value: windDirectionValue },
+        direction: windDirection,
       },
-      visibility: { value: visibilityValue, units: visibilityUnits },
+      visibility,
     } = conditions;
 
+    // handle wind direction and visibility potentially being null
+    const { value: windDirectionValue = null } = windDirection ?? {};
+    const { value: visibilityValue = null, units: visibilityUnits = null } = visibility ?? {};
+
     // store it to our conditions
     this._conditions = {
       condition,
diff --git a/src/types/eccc.types.ts b/src/types/eccc.types.ts
index e54c84a3..71f5530a 100644
--- a/src/types/eccc.types.ts
+++ b/src/types/eccc.types.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export type ECCCConditions = {
-  condition: string;
+  condition: string | null;
   temperature: ECCCUnitString;
   pressure: ECCCPressure;
-  visibility: ECCCUnitString;
+  visibility: ECCCUnitString | null;
   relativeHumidity: ECCCUnitString;
   wind: ECCCWind;
 };
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export type ECCCWindDirection = {
 export type ECCCWind = {
   speed: ECCCUnitString;
   gust: ECCCUnitString;
-  direction: ECCCWindDirection;
+  direction: ECCCWindDirection | null;
 };
 
 export type ECCCSunRiseSet = {