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A late Good Evening! - Today was: Monday, 19 October 2026 23:08:46 NZDT
Current: 13.7°C, Max: 17.7°C, Min: 7.9°C. It feels like 13.1°C
FORECAST: Cloudy early with some clearing expected late. Low 6C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 13.1°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 13.7°C, 85%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1029.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WNW (289°)   WNW  5km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 10km/h
Air Quality :  14 AQI  4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0lx, 11.4hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 19 October 2026 at 23:11:04. Updated in seconds

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⛅ 19 Oct 2026 10:10PM: Residents stage sleep-out at empty Kāinga Ora block to be sold (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 7:52PM: Chris Hipkins challenges Christopher Luxon to debate on health (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 7:44PM: Gloriavale School board defends response to allegation of historic sexual assault (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 7:22PM: Large vegetation fire which sent smoke billowing across Auckland's Upper Harbour Motorway under control (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 6:46PM: Kyle Whorrall trial: Supermarket run led to unprovoked murder, court told (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 6:23PM: Police use of external AI systems raises 'high risks' of data breaches - expert (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 5:53PM: Some New World customers may have been overcharged due to 'pricing issue' impacting North Island stores (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 5:41PM: Brian Tamaki denies inciting racial disharmony (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 5:17PM: Steam and gas plumes rise from Whakaari for six days (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 19 Oct 2026 5:14PM: Mayor on Olivia Dean concert running into curfew: 'keep things in perspective' (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Clouds Early, Clearing Late
6°C
Clouds Early, Clearing Late		 Tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
20°C
Mostly Sunny
Cloudy early with some clearing expected late. Low 6C. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 9%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
12:09
Moonset
02:45
Visibility
57% 		Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
19:42
Day Length
13.17 hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 34s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 23:11:04 19/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 69 days 2 hours
Prgm Up: 18 days 3 hours
System Rollover: Midnight
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
Elevation: 27m (89ft)
Station Environment: Urban
Hardware: Ecowitt Wittboy WS90, GW3000, WH31, WH45, WH51, WH40H, WN34S, WH57


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Report for 2014 Feb 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2014

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  18.1  24.5   14:56  13.7   23:58   1.6   1.4   0.0   8.1  34.2   12:19   ESE
 2  17.3  23.0   16:04  12.4   03:24   2.1   1.1   0.0   9.7  33.1   16:50     E
 3  19.6  28.7   15:53  12.0   06:57   1.9   3.1   0.0   8.5  22.0   02:03     E
 4  18.3  24.8   14:14  11.6   06:42   2.0   1.9   0.0  10.5  33.1   17:03     W
 5  19.8  25.0   18:22  16.0   07:14   0.7   2.2   0.0  15.9  41.8   10:14     W
 6  17.2  22.4   14:05  13.7   06:07   1.8   0.8   0.0  17.6  47.9   16:09     E
 7  18.3  23.6   13:21  14.4   05:53   1.3   1.2   0.0  21.3  40.3   13:04     E
 8  20.0  24.7   14:30  17.2   07:39   0.1   1.8  20.7   8.8  29.5   20:58   ESE
 9  19.8  23.9   12:56  17.4   23:29   0.1   1.7   0.0   7.3  25.6   13:21   SSE
10  17.6  20.2   13:37  16.0   23:28   0.9   0.3   0.3   5.7  27.0   12:27   SSE
11  17.6  20.3   11:11  15.0   06:59   1.3   0.5   0.0   7.7  22.0   14:47     W
12  17.9  23.1   13:40  14.6   06:23   1.3   0.9   0.0  14.0  40.3   15:11   WNW
13  17.5  21.6   13:52  14.4   05:23   1.6   0.7   0.3  22.9  54.0   12:22   WNW
14  17.2  21.6   15:40  14.7   05:19   1.6   0.5   1.2  19.5  41.8   16:10   WNW
15  18.8  24.5   14:42  14.8   23:58   1.2   1.7   0.0   9.9  29.5   16:07   WNW
16  20.0  29.1   13:58  11.2   07:01   2.1   3.8   0.0   8.5  34.2   16:10   ENE
17  21.5  30.8   14:17  14.7   06:13   0.9   4.1   0.0   6.4  24.5   15:12   SSW
18  20.7  28.7   14:31  13.9   06:55   1.1   3.6   0.0   8.6  31.7   14:04     W
19  23.7  33.6   15:07  16.1   06:20   0.4   5.8   0.0   6.1  29.5   13:35     E
20  22.8  30.8   14:59  16.4   06:47   0.2   4.8   0.0   8.9  35.6   16:51     E
21  22.0  28.6   15:04  17.2   06:52   0.1   3.8   0.0   8.5  27.0   16:36     W
22  21.4  27.9   13:15  18.0   19:46   0.0   3.1   0.0  15.9  40.3   12:46     W
23  18.2  22.4   13:16  12.7   23:54   1.0   0.9   0.0  22.6  54.0   12:25   WNW
24  16.7  26.2   13:34  10.7   06:47   3.1   1.5   0.0  10.0  31.7   19:12   WNW
25  18.5  25.6   14:44  14.1   04:16   1.8   2.0   0.0  10.4  37.8   18:15   ENE
26  18.5  23.5   14:29  15.0   03:05   1.2   1.4   0.0  17.6  35.6   15:08     E
27  19.3  28.7   13:26  12.6   07:09   1.7   2.7   0.0   9.1  25.6   17:06     W
28  17.9  23.8   14:27  14.2   23:58   1.3   0.9   0.0  18.4  51.5   17:06   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    19.2  33.6    19    10.7    24    34.4  58.2  22.5  12.1  54.0    13     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  9
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 20.7 on day 8
Days of Rain: 4 (>= 0.2 mm)  1 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration