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Current: 18.3°C, Max: 18.3°C, Min: 15.6°C. It feels like 20.0°C
FORECAST: Thunderstorms. High 23C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 70%. It feels like 20.0°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.8 °C/hr 18.3°C, 87%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1013.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
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Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ESE (105°)   ESE  1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 4km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 0.1mm
Sun Light : 10.9klx, 0.8hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  86W/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 2011 Feb
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2011

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  23.0  32.8   00:18  16.2   15:48   0.0   4.7   0.0   4.9  20.9   23:48   WSW
 2  24.3  31.5   04:18  19.5   23:59   0.0   6.0  98.7  26.1  57.6   15:59   WNW
 3  21.3  27.6   13:46  17.1   06:22   0.0   3.0   6.6  12.4  37.8   21:46   WNW
 4  20.3  21.2   01:26  19.3   22:30   0.0   2.0  17.4  14.9  42.8   03:38   WNW
 5  21.8  25.7   15:10  19.4   00:01   0.0   3.5  17.7  11.1  33.1   07:46     W
 6  22.2  26.8   17:02  19.4   07:04   0.0   3.9   0.0  17.4  35.6   12:18   WNW
 7  22.9  28.5   15:55  19.9   04:30   0.0   4.6   0.0  12.5  39.2   12:41   WNW
 8  16.6  20.2   00:00  15.5   08:33   1.7   0.0  12.0   8.5  20.9   03:31     W
 9  18.9  25.6   16:54  14.9   22:45   0.0   0.6   0.0  13.4  36.7   10:10    NW
10  19.9  26.7   16:30  14.2   23:05   0.0   1.6   0.0   9.1  28.1   01:49     N
11  20.4  26.5   12:36  14.0   00:33   0.0   2.1   0.0  19.2  40.3   20:43     E
12  22.8  34.5   15:35  17.5   04:55   0.0   4.5   0.0   7.6  27.0   16:21     E
13  24.4  33.3   16:30  19.0   06:40   0.0   6.1   0.0   5.6  20.9   19:14   WSW
14  21.9  28.3   15:16  17.3   23:48   0.0   3.6   0.0   8.0  25.6   12:43   WNW
15  19.2  25.8   16:56  15.1   23:36   0.0   0.9   0.0  14.1  35.6   18:06     E
16  18.5  23.6   11:34  14.5   06:37   0.0   0.2   0.0  16.1  36.7   11:57     E
17  18.6  26.5   14:54  13.3   02:14   0.0   0.3   0.0  11.9  33.1   17:00     E
18  20.3  29.1   12:56  12.3   05:57   0.0   2.0   0.0   7.9  30.6   14:53     W
19  21.8  30.8   13:40  16.9   00:00   0.0   3.5   0.3   8.0  28.1   20:12     E
20  20.7  27.4   15:37  15.8   04:40   0.0   2.4   0.0  14.2  31.7   10:01     E
21  23.6  34.1   12:48  16.9   04:08   0.0   5.3   0.0   6.6  20.9   16:29   WSW
22  23.7  33.5   14:19  17.9   01:37   0.0   5.4   1.8   6.5  25.6   18:13   WSW
23  21.3  29.0   16:18  16.0   23:48   0.0   3.0   0.0   5.9  20.9   21:48     W
24  19.3  25.6   13:48  15.5   01:18   0.0   1.0   0.0  ----  18.4   03:48   ---
25  20.1  25.2   18:48  16.3   06:18   0.0   1.8   0.0  ----  23.4   11:18   ---
26  18.2  25.9   11:18 -24.4   16:18   0.1   0.0   0.6  ----  27.0   21:18   ---
27  18.1  25.3   16:48  13.7   00:48   0.2   0.0   0.9  ----  20.9   18:18   ---
28  19.7  26.8   16:18  15.3   02:48   0.0   1.4   0.0  ----  33.1   13:18   ---
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    20.8  34.5    12   -24.4    26     2.0  73.4 156.0  11.2  57.6     2     WNW

Max >=  27.0: 13
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  1
Min <= -18.0:  1
Max Rain: 98.7 on day 2
Days of Rain: 9 (> 0.2 mm)  5 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration