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Good Evening - Today was: Saturday, 31 January 2026 19:27:33 NZDT
Current: 18.5°C, Max: 22.4°C, Min: 14.7°C. It feels like 17.1°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. Low 12C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 17.1°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine, possible showers | Sunrise: 06:24 | Sunset: 20:37 | Dawn: 05:54 | Dusk: 21:08
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.9 °C/hr 18.5°C, 73%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by -0.0 hPa/hr 1011.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WSW (240°) 13km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 26km/h
Air Quality :  6 AQI  1.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 11.8kLux, 7.9hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  93W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 31 January 2026 at 19:28:06. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 31 Jan 2026 7:13PM: More than 40 rescued before tourist boat capsized at Akaroa (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 7:24PM: Sixth, final victim of Mount Maunganui landslide confirmed as Jacqualine Wheeler (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 6:00PM: Surfers pay tribute to those killed in Mount Maunganui landslide (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 4:56PM: Two protests in Auckland's CBD monitored by police with cordons, road closures (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 2:34PM: Mt Maunganui landslide: FENZ Search and Rescue team return home (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 5:45PM: Bright 'shooting star' delights Wellingtonians (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 10:35AM: One in five schools recently scrutinised by ERO needs external support or intervention (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 2:07PM: Live: Traffic delays expected in Auckland with two protests planned (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 8:05AM: Hospitals IT failure follows start of new group to fix old systems (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 6:54AM: Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson declined parole for a fifth time (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
12°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
22°C
Mostly Sunny
Partly cloudy. Low 12C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 18%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
19:40
Moonset
03:36
Visibility
96% 		Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
20:37
Day Length
14.13 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 14s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 19:28:06 31/01/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 15 days 23 hours
Prgm Up: 15 days 23 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 2010 Jul 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2010

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   7.4  15.8   14:50   2.1   07:04  10.9   0.0   0.0   2.1   8.6   10:50   ENE
 2  10.4  17.6   12:44   5.1   05:24   7.9   0.0   0.0   4.4  22.0   13:46   NNW
 3   9.9  16.0   14:53   4.2   03:21   8.4   0.0   0.0   9.9  33.1   13:56    NW
 4  11.8  20.8   13:28   6.6   07:53   6.5   0.0   0.0   7.3  29.5   17:51     E
 5  11.0  14.2   11:13   8.4   00:00   7.3   0.0   0.0  11.1  29.5   11:28   ESE
 6  11.5  16.5   11:07  10.1   18:54   6.8   0.0   1.5   9.9  42.8   14:18    SE
 7  11.2  14.3   12:36   9.0   23:26   7.1   0.0   0.3   3.9  14.8   08:11     S
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10.5  20.8     4     2.1     1    54.9   0.0   1.8   6.6  42.8     6     ESE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 1.5 on day 6
Days of Rain: 2 (> 0.2 mm)  0 (> 2.0 mm)  0 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration