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Good Afternoon - Today is: Sunday, 15 February 2026 14:05:36 NZDT
Current: 13.1°C, Max: 16.5°C, Min: 12.7°C. It feels like 12.6°C
FORECAST: Cloudy with periods of rain. High around 15C. Winds SW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near 12mm. Locally heavier rainfall possible. It feels like 12.6°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, bright intervals | Sunrise: 06:42 | Sunset: 20:20 | Dawn: 06:13 | Dusk: 20:49
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.0 °C/hr 13.1°C, 84%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1005.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WNW (302°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 9km/h
Air Quality :  9 AQI  2.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 1.6mm
Sun Light : 18.9kLux, 0.9hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  149W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 15 February 2026 at 14:05:46. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 15 Feb 2026 1:15PM: Retail crime group rented expensive Symonds Street space against advice (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 15 Feb 2026 1:36PM: Weather: Heavy rain and damaging gales set to lash eastern and southern North Island (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 15 Feb 2026 12:49PM: Two-year ban on taking shellfish and seaweed from rockpools north of Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 15 Feb 2026 11:53AM: Wellington Water chair Nick Leggett resigns over Moa Point sewage disaster (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 15 Feb 2026 9:08AM: 'Never seen anything like' weather that hit Waipā - Waikato man (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 15 Feb 2026 1:53PM: Christchurch supermarket shelves stripped of bottled water after boil water notice issued (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 15 Feb 2026 1:55PM: Hamilton woman assaulted in her home after confronting intruders (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 15 Feb 2026 10:10AM: Person dies after being thrown from vehicle in Northland crash (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 14 Feb 2026 7:40PM: Ōtorohanga mum helped sound the alarm of neighbourhood flooding (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 14 Feb 2026 8:30PM: Concerns weather could push raw sewage towards Wellington's shoreline (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Rain
15°C
Rain		 Tonight
Rain, Wind
12°C
Rain, Wind
Cloudy with periods of rain. High around 15C. Winds SW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near 12mm. Locally heavier rainfall possible.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
03:40
Moonset
19:14
Visibility
6% 		Sunrise
06:42
Sunset
20:20
Day Length
13.37 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 33s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 14:05:46 15/02/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 30 days 17 hours
Prgm Up: 30 days 17 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 2009 Nov 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Nov 2009

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  13.8  19.6   17:17   5.9   05:52   4.5   0.0   0.0   5.6  13.3   15:22   WSW
 2  12.4  15.5   15:22  11.0   06:52   5.9   0.0   4.2  13.6  31.7   14:52     W
 3  12.6  20.7   16:22  12.5   00:22   5.7   0.0   2.1   8.1  14.8   10:52     W
 4  12.5  17.6   13:22  11.3   04:52   5.8   0.0   0.3  16.2  34.2   11:52     W
 5  12.9  19.4   15:52  11.7   21:52   5.4   0.0   1.8  11.5  30.6   17:22   WSW
 6  12.0  22.5   15:22   9.1   05:52   6.3   0.0   0.0   7.8  27.0   00:22    NW
 7   9.6  18.5   14:22   6.1   05:22   8.7   0.0   0.0  10.7  33.1   12:22   WNW
 8   9.8  22.3   13:52   7.5   02:22   8.5   0.0   0.0   6.6  14.8   12:52     S
 9  11.0  16.3   16:52   7.8   22:52   7.3   0.0   1.2  10.4  35.6   17:52     E
10   8.1  19.0   14:22   3.5   06:22  10.2   0.0   0.0  10.5  22.0   17:22   WSW
11  12.3  17.6   11:52   5.7   23:52   6.0   0.0   1.8  14.7  30.6   17:22   WSW
12   5.7  18.1   17:22   2.2   06:22  12.6   0.0   0.0   9.6  22.0   18:22   WSW
13  11.1  17.2   15:22   7.4   21:52   7.2   0.0   1.8  18.8  39.2   10:22     W
14   7.9  16.5   15:22   4.2   04:52  10.4   0.0   0.3  15.4  40.3   18:22     W
15  12.0  17.5   13:22  11.0   23:52   6.3   0.0   3.0  25.3  43.9   12:22   WNW
16  11.0  16.4   12:52  10.7   05:52   7.3   0.0   0.0  27.4  49.0   10:52     W
17  11.5  18.1   14:52  11.0   23:52   6.8   0.0   6.6  14.4  28.1   03:22     W
18  11.0  19.5   14:52  10.8   04:22   7.3   0.0  40.2  11.4  25.6   10:52    SE
19  10.9  20.5   15:52   8.3   05:22   7.4   0.0   0.0   7.3  20.9   10:22     W
20  12.2  16.6   14:52  12.2   00:22   6.1   0.0   0.0  15.5  35.6   13:52     W
21  13.9  20.9   14:22  13.1   01:52   4.4   0.0   4.8  19.1  39.2   12:22   WNW
22  16.0  19.7   16:52  10.0   08:52   2.3   0.0  12.6  11.7  23.4   00:52    SE
23  11.1  18.5   09:22  10.3   02:52   7.2   0.0   0.0   7.9  22.0   15:22     W
24  14.9  20.0   18:52  11.4   21:52   3.4   0.0   4.2   8.3  17.3   13:52   WSW
25  13.0  18.8   13:22   7.8   05:52   5.3   0.0   0.3  16.0  35.6   14:52   WNW
26  14.3  19.2   14:22  11.0   23:52   4.0   0.0   0.0  20.6  41.8   13:52   WNW
27  11.0  19.8   12:22  11.0   00:22   7.3   0.0   0.0  14.7  35.6   17:22     W
28  13.0  17.6   11:52  12.5   05:22   5.3   0.0  11.1  14.0  28.1   09:22    NW
29  16.0  20.4   14:52  12.1   06:22   2.3   0.0   1.8  12.0  25.6   08:52   WSW
30  12.8  17.2   16:22  11.5   05:22   5.5   0.0  21.0   3.7  19.4   23:22   SSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11.9  22.5     6     2.2    12   192.7   0.0 119.1  13.0  49.0    16       W

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 40.2 on day 18
Days of Rain: 18 (> 0.2 mm)  10 (> 2.0 mm)  2 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration