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Palmerston North, New Zealand - Weather

Date / Time
Good Afternoon
Wednesday,
16 June 2021
Last Update: 13:13:32 16/06/2021
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Current Weather Station Readings Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled
High:15°C
Low:10°C
PoP:61%
Overcast with rain showers at times. High around 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 60%. It feels like 14.0°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
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Temperature
Current: 15.3°C, Max: 16.5°C, Min: 9.8°C
15.3°C
79%
Trend:
Current trend is Rising, changing by +0.5 °C/hrRising, +0.5°C/hr

Day Max/Min:
16.5°C / 9.8°C
Wind
Wind
9.4km/h
W
Wind Gust:
Current trend is Rising 27.4km/h Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from W (273°)273°

Day Max/Avg:
40km/h / 13km/h
Rain
0.2 mm
Today
0.2mm
0.4mm(24h)
Rainfall Rate:
Current trend is Steady0.0mm/hr

Rainfall Last Hour:
0.0mm
Pressure
Barometric Pressure
1010hPa
Trend:
Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.37 hPa/hrFalling,-0.37hPa/hr

Day Max/Min:
1011hPa / 1010hPa

Cloud Base:
451m, 1481ft
UV / Solar
UV/Solar
237W/m2
UV Rating:
 Low 

UV Index Level:
2.3UVI

Sun Light:
30k Lux

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

Dust (PM2.5):
0.10ug/m3

Dust (PM10):
0.80ug/m3

CO2:
402PPM

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Temp. at 5m
15.6°C 81%


Temp. at 1m:
15.6°C 1%

Moisture at 1m:
15.0°C 9 (60%)

Moisture at 0m:
14.4°C 5 (33%)

Soil at 10cm:
14.4°C 99VWC

Soil at 20cm:
13.3°C 49VWC

Fire Danger
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
0.4FWI
Fire Risk Index:
 Low 

Grass Fire Risk:
Low 0kW/m2

Scrub Fire Risk:
Moderate 376kW/m2

Forest Fire Risk:
Low 0kW/m2
Sun / Moon
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
11:48
Moonset
22:16
Visability
28%
Sunrise
07:40
Sunset
16:57
Day Length
09:17 Hrs

Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon

There will be 0min 16s less daylight tomorrow
7 Day Forecast
Today Tonight Tomorrow Friday Saturday Sunday
Overcast with rain showers at times. High around 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 60%. Cloudy. Some light rain is likely. Low around 10C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Cloudy with periods of light rain. High 14C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Light rain early. Then remaining cloudy. High 12C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%. Cloudy with periods of rain. High 12C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall around 6mm. Occasional light rain. High 13C. Winds ESE at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 90%.
Showers Light Rain Light Rain AM Light Rain Rain Light Rain
15°C 10°C 14°C | 8°C 12°C | 8°C 12°C | 10°C 13°C | 11°C
Rain Risk:
61%		 Rain Risk:
88%		 Rain Risk:
90%		 Rain Risk:
77%		 Rain Risk:
84%		 Rain Risk:
91%
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Today's Data Summary
Temperature and Humidity
High Temperature 16.5 °C at 12:28 
Low Temperature 9.8 °C at 05:16
High Apparent Temperature 15.6 °C at 12:28 
Low Apparent Temperature 9.0 °C at 05:16
Low Wind Chill 9.8 °C at 05:16
High Heat Index 16.5 °C at 12:28
High Humidity 99 % at 00:00 
Low Humidity 80 % at 12:27
Rainfall
Rainfall Today 0.2 mm  
Rainfall Rate Max 0.2 mm/hr at 00:49
High Hourly Rainfall 0.2 mm at 00:50
Wind
Highest Gust 39.7 km/h at 11:48
Highest Speed (10 minute average) 13.0 km/h (F3) at 12:40
Wind Run 61.8 km  
Pressure
High Pressure (SL) 1011.45 hPa at 10:31
Low Pressure (SL) 1010.06 hPa at 05:09
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.