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Palmerston North, New Zealand - Weather

Date / Time
Good Evening
Wednesday,
08 July 2020
Last Update: 18:55:42 08/07/2020
Warnings
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Current Weather Station Readings Forecast: Showery early, improving
High:9°C
Low:3°C
PoP:20%
Cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. Low 3C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 5.7°C. Four clothing layers recommended.
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Temperature
Current: 7.1°C, Max: 8.8°C, Min: 6.6°C
7.1°C
86%
Trend:
Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hrFalling, -0.4°C/hr

Day Max/Min:
8.8°C / 6.6°C
Wind
Wind
1.4km/h
NW
Wind Gust:
Current trend is Rising 6.5km/h Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NW (316°)316°

Day Max/Avg:
37km/h / 12km/h
Rain
7.0 mm
Today
7.0mm
7.0mm(24h)
Rainfall Rate:
Current trend is Steady0.0mm/hr

Rainfall Last Hour:
0.0mm
Pressure
Pressure
1003hPa
Trend:
Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.15 hPa/hrRising,1.15hPa/hr

Day Max/Min:
1003hPa / 997hPa

Cloud Base:
272m, 893ft
UV / Solar
UV/Solar
0W/m2
UV Rating:
 Low 

UV Index Level:
0.0UVI

Sun Light:
0 Lux

Sun Hours:
1.3 hrs
Air Quality
Air Quality
1AQI
Air Quality:
 Good 

Dust (PM2.5):
0.40ug/m3

Dust (PM10):
3.40ug/m3

CO2:
403PPM

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Temp. at 5m
8.3°C 80%


Temp. at 1m:
7.8°C 81%

Moisture at 1m:
8.3°C 14 (96%)

Moisture at 0m:
6.7°C 12 (82%)

Soil at 10cm:
7.8°C 99VWC

Soil at 20cm:
8.9°C 40VWC

Fire Danger
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
0.0FWI
Fire Risk Index:
 Low 

Grass Fire Risk:
Low 0kw

Scrub Fire Risk:
Low 0kw

Forest Fire Risk:
Low 0kw
Sun / Moon
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
20:02
Moonset
09:52
Visability
90%
Sunrise
07:40
Sunset
17:06
Day Length
09:25 Hrs

Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon

There will be 1min 1s more daylight tomorrow
7 Day Forecast
Tonight Tomorrow Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. Low 3C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Partly cloudy skies in the morning will give way to cloudy skies during the afternoon. High 9C. Winds SW at 15 to 30 km/h. Mostly sunny skies. High 13C. Winds light and variable. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 13C. Winds NW at 15 to 25 km/h. Mostly cloudy in the morning then periods of showers later in the day. High 13C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 40%. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. Showers early becoming a steady light rain later in the day. High 12C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 60%.
Clouds Early, Clearing Late Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy PM Showers Showers
3°C 9°C 3°C | 13°C 4°C | 13°C 9°C | 13°C 10°C | 12°C
Rain Risk:
20%		 Rain Risk:
20%		 Rain Risk:
10%		 Rain Risk:
20%		 Rain Risk:
40%		 Rain Risk:
60%
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Today's Data Summary
Temperature and Humidity
High Temperature 8.8 °C at 14:06 
Low Temperature 6.6 °C at 11:27
High Apparent Temperature 7.4 °C at 10:06 
Low Apparent Temperature 3.4 °C at 12:29
Low Wind Chill 4.6 °C at 12:29
High Heat Index 8.8 °C at 14:06
High Humidity 98 % at 07:18 
Low Humidity 71 % at 17:06
Rainfall
Rainfall Today 7.0 mm  
Rainfall Rate Max 5.8 mm/hr at 07:06
High Hourly Rainfall 2.2 mm at 06:16
Wind
Highest Gust 36.8 km/h at 12:41
Highest Speed (10 minute average) 12.3 km/h (F3) at 12:32
Wind Run 97.2 km  
Pressure
High Pressure (SL) 1003.22 hPa at 18:43
Low Pressure (SL) 996.85 hPa at 08:23
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.