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Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 4 September 2026 15:13:42 NZST
Current: 15.5°C, Max: 16.8°C, Min: 13.6°C. It feels like 11.1°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy and windy. High 17C. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 80 km/h. It feels like 11.1°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, improving | Sunrise: 06:37 | Sunset: 17:57 | Dawn: 06:10 | Dusk: 18:24
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 15.5°C, 66%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1005.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Moderate breeze (F4) from WSW (257°) 22km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 44km/h
Air Quality :  33 AQI  9.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 1.0mm
Sun Light : 50.4klx, 2.9hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  398W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 04 September 2026 at 15:14:21. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
High continuous wind levels have been detected
New RecordNew Station Record
All time highest wind gust has been recorded
 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy, Wind
17°C
Partly Cloudy, Wind		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy, Wind
11°C
Partly Cloudy, Wind
Partly cloudy and windy. High 17C. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 80 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 23%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Last Quarter       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
00:51
Moonset
09:57
Visibility
52% 		Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
17:57
Day Length
11.19 Hrs
Moon Phase: Last Quarter
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 33s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
A new record has been made
Updated: 15:14:21 4/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 23 days 19 hours
Prgm Up: 23 days 19 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 2011 Mar 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 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  20.9  27.6   15:18  13.6   04:48   0.0   2.6   0.0   8.1  29.5   11:48   WNW
 2  19.8  25.9   09:48  15.8   23:48   0.0   1.5   1.2  13.1  33.1   17:48   WNW
 3  18.1  26.5   15:18  11.1   05:48   0.2   0.0   0.0   6.5  18.4   18:18     W
 4  18.2  24.1   13:48  12.0   04:48   0.1   0.0   3.0  10.0  28.1   10:48   WNW
 5  18.6  21.8   16:14  17.0   07:24   0.0   0.3  47.4   5.8  24.5   16:24   WNW
 6  13.2  17.9   00:00   9.6   23:00   5.1   0.0  37.5   5.5  31.7   04:59   ESE
 7  13.7  24.8   14:49   5.2   06:01   4.6   0.0   0.0   5.2  30.6   18:07   ESE
 8  14.3  24.4   13:53   5.6   05:17   4.0   0.0   0.0   4.2  17.3   16:59    SW
 9  15.7  24.0   10:53   8.7   06:40   2.6   0.0   0.0   6.0  24.5   14:25     E
10  16.6  26.2   15:32   7.2   06:53   1.7   0.0   0.0   5.3  23.4   15:39     W
11  17.5  24.0   13:37  13.3   00:35   0.8   0.0   0.0  10.0  34.2   15:05   WNW
12  17.7  25.6   14:36  12.2   05:40   0.6   0.0   0.0   7.9  27.0   14:13     E
13  19.6  29.0   14:07  11.9   07:03   0.0   1.3   0.0   6.4  22.0   00:38     W
14  18.8  26.2   14:26  11.8   07:17   0.0   0.5   0.0  11.9  36.7   13:01     W
15  18.6  24.4   15:59  15.2   06:10   0.0   0.3   0.0  13.4  37.8   12:59     W
16  19.0  26.5   14:36  12.6   07:09   0.0   0.7   0.0   6.4  27.0   14:59     W
17  18.6  26.7   11:25  13.2   02:37   0.0   0.3   0.0   6.4  33.1   12:21     W
18  16.6  22.1   15:50  13.2   23:37   1.7   0.0   0.3  11.0  39.2   17:25     W
19  16.0  22.7   16:16  12.5   06:23   2.3   0.0   0.0  11.3  33.1   10:25     W
20  18.1  27.7   15:37  12.7   04:26   0.2   0.0   0.3   4.7  19.4   15:44   WSW
21  15.4  21.8   13:13   9.0   05:42   2.9   0.0   4.5  15.1  49.0   14:00     E
22  15.6  18.9   14:38  13.6   00:18   2.7   0.0  29.4   6.7  36.7   11:01   ESE
23  15.2  21.6   14:58  11.2   23:50   3.1   0.0   0.3   9.4  37.8   14:35     E
24  14.4  19.7   16:06  10.2   06:42   3.9   0.0   0.0  17.6  36.7   16:19     E
25  16.3  23.8   14:23  10.2   06:49   2.0   0.0   0.0  11.6  27.0   10:57     E
26  17.5  26.8   15:57  13.7   05:57   0.8   0.0  19.8   4.2  14.8   23:50     E
27  18.4  24.0   11:16  15.6   23:58   0.0   0.1   8.7  11.0  42.8   22:47     W
28  16.1  24.0   14:44   9.2   06:13   2.2   0.0   0.3   7.0  36.7   02:14   NNW
29  15.8  27.7   16:23   6.2   07:43   2.5   0.0   0.0   4.9  19.4   20:33     E
30  15.2  22.6   15:01  10.3   23:04   3.1   0.0   0.0  10.9  35.6   14:13     E
31  15.5  24.5   14:49   9.1   06:38   2.8   0.0   0.0   9.4  28.1   03:43   ENE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    16.9  29.0    13     5.2     7    49.9   7.6 152.7   8.6  49.0    21      NW

Max >=  27.0:  4
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 47.4 on day 5
Days of Rain: 12 (> 0.2 mm)  7 (> 2.0 mm)  3 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration