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Current: 17.2°C, Max: 20.4°C, Min: 14.5°C. It feels like 16.4°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies early will give way to cloudy skies late. Low 12C. NW winds at 15 to 30 km/h, decreasing to 5 to 10 km/h. It feels like 16.4°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 °C/hr 17.2°C, 80%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1017.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (239°)   WSW  10km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 22km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 1.6mm
Sun Light : 6.6klx, 4.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  52W/m2
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NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
The NOAA Climate Report provides a day-by-day, monthly and yearly look at the weather since 2009 in Palmerston North. This offers detailed records for the rain, wind and temperatures as well as totals and summaries all recored at the Palmerston North location.

Report for 2016 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2016

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 14 21 15   Lon: E 175 37 32

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
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01  21.7  29.3   14:19  14.8   06:00   0.7   4.2   0.0   5.2  35.3   16:20     E
02  20.1  23.7   16:30  17.1   23:51   0.0   1.8  11.4   1.4  13.7   20:51   ENE
03  18.8  26.5   13:24  14.1   22:39   1.0   1.5  10.8   2.9  29.6   14:05   SSW
04  14.5  18.2   18:15  13.2   23:57   0.9   0.0   0.0   3.9  33.2   18:34     E
05  17.1  24.9   16:29   9.7   04:40   3.0   1.7   0.0   3.6  23.1   19:29   ENE
06  18.5  25.7   18:34  11.7   06:01   2.1   2.3   0.0   4.4  30.3   04:50     E
07  19.5  24.8   14:18  15.5   02:18   0.8   2.0   0.0   6.5  36.8   16:31   WSW
08  20.6  26.1   11:24  16.3   03:07   0.3   2.7   3.0  10.0  60.6   17:28     W
09  18.4  22.3   13:34  16.0   22:20   0.8   0.9   0.0  13.0  57.7   11:31     W
10  17.3  22.3   13:36  12.3   22:12   1.6   0.6   3.0  11.5  52.6   11:15     W
11  23.0  24.1   18:00  13.1   00:00   0.0   4.7   0.0   2.9  19.5   19:40    NE
12  17.7  21.5   14:44  15.7   10:47   1.0   0.4   0.6   6.2  38.2   16:55   WSW
13  17.7  23.2   14:28  14.7   23:45   1.4   0.8   0.3   6.4  41.8   19:51     W
14  19.4  27.6   14:44  13.4   04:16   1.6   2.7   0.0   7.5  40.4   07:55   ESE
15  20.3  24.8   16:37  17.3   04:27   0.1   2.1   0.0  11.6  61.3   15:29   WSW
16  21.5  26.8   14:16  15.9   06:09   0.3   3.5   0.0   5.8  36.8   14:57   WSW
17  23.1  32.1   16:47  15.2   06:06   0.4   5.3   5.7   2.9  23.1   19:04     E
18  21.9  28.5   14:40  18.4   06:12   0.0   3.6   1.2   8.6  48.3   15:08     E
19  21.3  28.7   12:39  17.8   06:39   0.0   3.0  18.0   5.0  38.2   12:20     W
20  20.4  25.8   13:41  16.7   06:34   0.3   2.4   0.0   6.6  43.3   16:45   WSW
21  18.8  23.7   14:48  16.3   06:49   0.6   1.1   5.1   6.6  31.0   14:14   WSW
22  20.2  25.5   16:16  16.1   06:31   0.4   2.3   0.0   7.6  38.9   13:32   WSW
23  21.4  25.4   13:11  18.6   07:17   0.0   3.1   0.0   7.4  45.4   10:47   WSW
24  21.7  29.5   14:23  16.5   03:53   0.3   3.7   0.0   4.5  28.1   16:46   WSW
25  21.9  28.6   13:30  16.7   06:28   0.3   3.9   0.0   4.4  31.7   13:40   WSW
26  22.8  29.1   16:11  16.4   06:29   0.2   4.7   0.0   4.7  28.8   13:51    SW
27  19.4  21.7   13:32  17.5   20:45   0.1   1.2   0.0   4.3  38.2   18:24     E
28  19.6  25.9   14:04  17.1   06:35   0.4   1.8   0.0   4.0  32.4   15:30     E
29  20.6  26.4   14:45  16.8   05:35   0.4   2.7   0.0   3.7  41.1   17:57   WSW
30  20.3  26.5   16:47  16.2   23:55   0.5   2.4   0.0   4.1  31.0   21:56   SSE
31  19.1  24.9   14:55  15.4   00:56   1.2   2.0   0.0   8.3  31.7   15:33     E
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    20.0  32.1    17     9.7     5    20.7  75.1  59.1   6.1  61.3    15     WSW

Max >=  27.0  8
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 18.0 on day 19
Days of Rain: 10 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration