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Good Evening - Today was: Sunday, 8 February 2026 19:07:56 NZDT
Current: 19.4°C, Max: 24.9°C, Min: 17.8°C. It feels like 17.8°C
FORECAST: Mainly clear. Low 12C. ESE winds at 25 to 40 km/h, decreasing to 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 17.8°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:34 | Sunset: 20:29 | Dawn: 06:04 | Dusk: 20:58
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 °C/hr 19.4°C, 60%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1019.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ESE (121°) 11km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 24km/h
Air Quality :  12 AQI  3.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 14.3kLux, 7.8hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  113W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 08 February 2026 at 19:09:05. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 08 Feb 2026 6:03PM: Flames seen in school as smoke rises over Taupō (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 5:57PM: Island Bay Festival cancels water-based activities due to sewage spill but thousands still attend (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 5:36PM: Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 2:45PM: Car fire at Khyber Pass off-ramp jams SH1 in Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 9:42AM: Southern hospital IT outage caused by third-party hardware failure, Health NZ says (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 6:20AM: Government examines seismic risks at schools, starting in Wellington (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 07 Feb 2026 8:37PM: Removing sewage before it goes septic is main focus of Wellington water company (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 6:33AM: Famous surfer dog Bosco makes a splash at Waitangi (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 9:36AM: Wellington SH1 tunnel closures begin (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 7:12AM: Historic Manawatū bridge is no more, after decaying cables removed (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Mostly Clear
12°C
Mostly Clear		 Tomorrow
Cloudy
24°C
Cloudy
Mainly clear. Low 12C. ESE winds at 25 to 40 km/h, decreasing to 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 8%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
23:12
Moonset
12:57
Visibility
62% 		Sunrise
06:34
Sunset
20:29
Day Length
13.55 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 25s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 19:09:05 8/02/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 23 days 22 hours
Prgm Up: 23 days 22 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 2015 Apr 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2015

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  16.8  23.8   15:23  10.9   07:51   2.8   1.3   0.0   7.6  25.6   12:33     E
 2  16.5  21.8   14:36  12.0   07:43   2.3   0.5   0.0   9.1  37.8   13:49     W
 3  17.7  22.0   12:23  14.2   23:55   1.3   0.7   0.0   8.0  23.4   00:32   WNW
 4  18.0  23.7   14:05  12.5   01:35   1.6   1.3   0.6  17.4  47.9   13:40   WNW
 5  17.3  21.9   14:29  14.9   06:59   1.7   0.7   0.0   9.5  25.6   12:51     E
 6  19.0  25.7   13:43  14.4   04:39   1.2   2.0   0.0   6.3  25.6   17:11    SW
 7  18.8  22.7   11:25  14.7   06:38   1.0   1.5   0.0   4.1  24.5   13:59     W
 8  18.3  19.3   16:33  16.9   09:14   0.2   0.2  37.5   3.5  14.8   20:57    NW
 9  15.6  17.9   00:00  14.2   20:38   2.7   0.0  43.2  13.0  35.6   13:06     E
10  17.9  24.0   15:17  14.2   00:02   1.5   1.1   7.5   6.0  34.2   15:18   WNW
11  14.8  18.4   11:05  12.1   04:07   3.5   0.0   3.9   5.3  27.0   00:00   ESE
12  14.8  17.4   14:54  13.3   08:18   3.5   0.0   1.2  17.6  49.0   12:42   WNW
13  11.5  15.0   12:29   6.8   23:56   6.8   0.0  34.5  10.6  36.7   04:57    NW
14   8.1  13.5   13:59   4.5   22:43  10.2   0.0   0.3   5.4  25.6   14:39    SW
15   9.3  16.7   14:40   3.8   05:49   8.7   0.0   0.0   3.9  23.4   12:19   SSW
16   9.3  16.7   14:40   3.8   05:49   8.7   0.0   0.0   2.8  23.4   12:19   SSW
17  11.9  16.0   13:14   4.2   02:01   6.4   0.0   0.0   7.8  33.1   11:57   WNW
18  13.7  16.7   16:11  11.5   23:55   4.5   0.0  13.2   7.0  39.2   12:49     E
19  13.8  20.7   13:09   6.4   06:42   4.9   0.4   0.0   2.8  15.8   14:20     W
20  15.1  21.0   11:51  10.4   03:02   3.6   0.4   0.0   5.1  28.1   12:05   WSW
21  16.0  20.8   14:57  13.2   00:55   2.6   0.3   0.0   3.6  18.4   14:45     W
22  15.8  20.1   13:08  13.8   19:51   2.6   0.1   3.9   6.4  28.1   13:36     E
23  14.8  18.8   13:37  12.5   22:19   3.5   0.0   0.0  15.1  40.3   12:15     E
24  14.7  19.7   13:29  10.8   23:51   3.8   0.2   0.0  12.3  29.5   11:43     E
25  14.0  21.2   13:28   7.8   06:50   4.8   0.5   0.0   4.8  15.8   13:31   NNW
26  14.8  21.5   14:26   7.7   07:00   4.1   0.6   0.0   6.0  29.5   14:59   NNW
27  15.8  21.2   16:02  12.4   05:41   2.8   0.3   9.9   3.5  24.5   20:06     N
28  14.3  18.1   13:26  10.3   23:45   4.0   0.0  16.2  13.0  47.9   10:45     W
29  13.0  16.5   12:04   9.2   03:41   5.3   0.0   1.2  19.2  55.1   20:25   WNW
30  11.5  15.8   14:01   6.2   22:00   6.8   0.0   0.0   7.2  30.6   00:18    SW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    14.8  25.7     6     3.8    15   117.4  12.1 173.1   8.2  55.1    29     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 43.2 on day 9
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  3 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration