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Good Morning - Today is: Saturday, 27 December 2025 07:56:11 NZDT
Current: 14.4°C, Max: 14.4°C, Min: 12.0°C. It feels like 13.8°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 19C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 13.8°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, improving | Sunrise: 05:48 | Sunset: 20:50 | Dawn: 05:14 | Dusk: 21:23
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 °C/hr 14.4°C, 86%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 hPa/hr 1004.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from NW (311°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 17km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 28.1kLux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  1.9UVI  222W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 27 December 2025 at 08:02:16. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
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 Weather Forecast
Today
AM Clouds, PM Sun
19°C
AM Clouds, PM Sun		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
9°C
Partly Cloudy
Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 19C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 11%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
12:32
Moonset
00:27
Visibility
39% 		Sunrise
05:48
Sunset
20:50
Day Length
15.02 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 0min 24s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 08:02:16 27/12/2025
System Up: 28 days 9 hours
Prgm Up: 28 days 9 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.37V
System Rollover: Midnight
Station Environment: Urban
Elevation: 23m (75ft)
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)


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Report for 2014 Oct 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 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  13.1  19.4   15:14   8.7   23:57   5.2   0.0   0.0   6.9  23.4   10:39   ESE
 2  12.6  18.4   17:10   7.3   01:24   5.7   0.0   2.7  12.3  37.8   19:45    NW
 3  10.6  14.5   09:57   8.3   21:00   7.6   0.0   5.7  25.1  60.1   16:53   WNW
 4   8.8  12.7   15:47   3.5   23:59   9.5   0.0   1.5  16.6  49.0   12:26     W
 5   9.9  16.7   12:01   2.4   03:09   8.4   0.0   0.0  17.2  51.5   16:10   WNW
 6  12.4  16.3   13:44   8.8   21:10   5.9   0.0  14.4  27.7  72.4   15:02   WNW
 7  11.2  17.2   14:16   3.4   06:27   7.1   0.0   0.0  11.1  35.6   00:25     W
 8  12.4  16.3   14:51   8.9   05:33   5.9   0.0   5.1  17.3  58.7   14:38   WNW
 9  13.8  19.2   12:15   9.0   06:44   4.5   0.0   0.0  10.1  34.2   10:18   WNW
10  13.4  19.8   14:28   9.7   06:16   4.9   0.1   0.0  13.7  31.7   17:23     E
11  14.1  20.9   14:21   9.2   05:29   4.4   0.2   0.0   7.5  25.6   14:50     E
12  15.4  23.0   14:32  10.6   07:08   3.7   0.8   0.0   4.6  15.8   17:38     W
13  14.3  20.4   13:21   7.7   06:45   4.2   0.2   0.0   8.6  37.8   17:17     W
14  14.4  18.6   09:24  11.6   01:32   3.8   0.0   0.0  10.5  36.7   12:45     W
15  15.3  22.2   13:30  10.6   23:57   3.5   0.5   0.0   7.6  33.1   14:33   WNW
16  14.4  22.8   13:44   6.7   06:45   4.6   0.7   0.0   7.0  27.0   14:41     W
17  16.6  23.6   13:46  10.3   07:07   2.8   1.1   0.0  10.2  41.8   14:21   WNW
18  13.8  16.4   11:18  11.4   23:17   4.5   0.0  10.5   7.2  27.0   00:19   WNW
19  13.1  16.8   14:56  11.2   01:36   5.2   0.0   1.2   6.1  31.7   16:31   ESE
20  13.4  18.2   12:45  10.6   04:20   4.9   0.0   0.0  13.2  46.4   16:05   WNW
21  14.6  22.5   15:17   9.9   03:12   4.2   0.5   0.6  10.2  27.0   23:13   ESE
22  14.9  22.1   16:27   9.2   05:24   4.0   0.6   0.0   8.9  28.1   10:53     E
23  12.8  18.3   10:57   7.5   06:32   5.5   0.0   0.0  12.4  34.2   16:37   WNW
24  11.2  14.8   08:50   5.5   23:55   7.1   0.0   0.9  12.1  43.9   10:49     W
25  10.1  19.0   13:39   1.8   06:25   8.2   0.0   0.0   6.7  22.0   14:33     W
26  12.0  15.3   12:27   9.3   00:00   6.3   0.0   0.0  17.1  43.9   16:48   WNW
27  11.8  14.5   10:20   9.8   22:00   6.5   0.0  12.0  13.3  43.9   10:50   NNE
28  15.9  24.1   14:06   8.1   06:41   3.7   1.3   0.3   9.9  35.6   23:59     N
29  14.6  21.2   14:16   8.8   23:44   3.8   0.2   2.1  21.6  47.9   03:15   WNW
30  13.3  18.9   13:50   8.7   01:01   8.0   0.0   1.5  19.8  46.4   17:01   WNW
31  14.3  18.3   15:21  11.5   06:25   4.0   0.0   0.0  29.5  67.3   14:43   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    13.2  24.1    28     1.8    25   167.6   6.2  58.5  12.9  72.4     6     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 14.4 on day 6
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration