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Palmerston North, New Zealand - Weather

Date / Time
Good Morning
Thursday,
28 October 2021
Last Update: 08:11:59 28/10/2021
Warnings
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Current Weather Station Readings Forecast: Fine weather
High:18°C
Low:12°C
PoP:90%
Rain likely. High 18C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 90%. It feels like 14.7°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
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Temperature
Current: 14.3°C, Max: 14.0°C, Min: 12.4°C
14.3°C
91%
Trend:
Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.5 °C/hrRising, 0.5°C/hr

Day Max/Min:
14.0°C / 12.4°C
Wind
Wind
2km/h
SSE
Wind Gust:
Current trend is Rising 6km/h Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SSE (149°)149°

Day Max/Avg:
7km/h / 3km/h
Rain
No Rain
Today
0.0mm
0.0mm(24h)
Last Rain:
07:37, 27/10/2021

Month Total:
29.0mm
Pressure
Barometric Pressure
1018hPa
Trend:
Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 hPa/hrRising,0.0hPa/hr

Day Max/Min:
1020hPa / 1018hPa

Cloud Base:
181m, 593ft
UV / Solar
UV/Solar
97W/m2
UV Rating:
 Low 

UV Index Level:
1.3UVI

Sun Light:
12.3k Lux

Sun Hours:
0.4 hrs
Air Quality
Air Quality
0AQI
Air Quality:
 Good 

Dust (PM2.5):
0.20ug/m3

Dust (PM10):
1.80ug/m3

CO2:
408ppm

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Temp. at 5m
18.3°C 74%


Temp. at 1m:
13.3°C 0%

Moisture at 1m:
15.0°C 3 (20%)

Moisture at 0m:
15.6°C 12 (98%)

Soil at 10cm:
16.1°C 99VWC

Soil at 20cm:
16.7°C 23VWC

Fire Danger
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
3.7FWI
Fire Risk Index:
 Low 

Grass Fire Risk:
Low 0kW/m2

Scrub Fire Risk:
Very High 3.5MW/m2

Forest Fire Risk:
Moderate 14kW/m2
Sun / Moon
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
01:58
Moonset
11:05
Visability
60%
Sunrise
06:11
Sunset
19:52
Day Length
13:40 Hrs

Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon

There will be 2min 26s more daylight tomorrow
7 Day Forecast
Today Tonight Tomorrow Saturday Sunday Monday
Rain likely. High 18C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 90%. Cloudy with periods of rain. Low 12C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near 6mm. Showers and thundershowers likely. High 18C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Becoming partly cloudy after some morning light rain. High 19C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. Cloudy with light rain in the morning...then becoming partly cloudy. High 16C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. Showers in the morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. High 18C. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.
Rain Rain Thundershowers AM Light Rain AM Light Rain AM Showers
18°C 12°C 18°C | 12°C 19°C | 14°C 16°C | 8°C 18°C | 7°C
Rain Risk:
90%		 Rain Risk:
93%		 Rain Risk:
89%		 Rain Risk:
78%		 Rain Risk:
75%		 Rain Risk:
42%
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Today's Data Summary
Temperature and Humidity
High Temperature 14.0 °C at 07:56 
Low Temperature 12.4 °C at 06:05
High Apparent Temperature 14.6 °C at 07:58 
Low Apparent Temperature 12.4 °C at 02:21
Low Wind Chill 12.4 °C at 06:05
High Heat Index 14.0 °C at 07:56
High Humidity 94 % at 05:33 
Low Humidity 87 % at 00:00
Rainfall
Rainfall Today 0.0 mm  
Rainfall Rate Max 0.0 mm/hr at 00:00
High Hourly Rainfall 0.0 mm at 00:00
Wind
Highest Gust 7 km/h at 04:15
Highest Speed (10 minute average) 3 km/h (F1) at 02:20
Wind Run 8.0 km  
Pressure
High Pressure (SL) 1020.3 hPa at 00:00
Low Pressure (SL) 1018.3 hPa at 05:07
About Palmerston North and Palmy Weather

Welcome to Palmerston North ~ The heart of the Manawatū.
This Palmerston North weather station is located just west of the city centre with data updated every 1 minute. The station is a home built weather unit based upon the WeatherDuino Arduino project. Starting in 2009, Palmy Weather celebrated 10 years of gathering weather data in the Palmerston North area in 2019.

About This City: Palmerston North, affectionately known as Palmy, is an inland city located on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is the largest city in the Manawatū-Wanganui district and the the business hub for this region. Palmerston North's climate is temperate with maximum daytime temperatures averaging 22 °C (72 °F) in summer and 12 °C (54 °F) in winter. Annual rainfall is approximately 960 mm (37.8 in). The typical urban area elevation is between 20 - 40 metres (65 - 130 ft) of which the weather station is located at an elevation of 36 metres. More info here.