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Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 8 July 2026 07:41:58 NZST
Current: 9.1°C, Max: 11.2°C, Min: 9.1°C. It feels like 8.4°C
FORECAST: Rain likely. High 12C. Winds S at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. It feels like 8.4°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, bright intervals | Sunrise: 07:40 | Sunset: 17:06 | Dawn: 07:10 | Dusk: 17:36
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 9.1°C, 97%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1000.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NE (40°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 5km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 2.4mm
Sun Light : 379.7Lux, 0.2hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  3W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 08 July 2026 at 07:44:20. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 08 Jul 2026 7:12AM: Weather live: Evacuations, rivers flooded, roads closed as rain continues in South Island (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 08 Jul 2026 6:59AM: Tradie charging up to 30 percent more for clients on streets with no parking (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 08 Jul 2026 5:27AM: Beating back the illicit tobacco trade (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 08 Jul 2026 5:08AM: Senior cop under investigation over handling of more than 50 cases says police haven't given him any details (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 07 Jul 2026 9:50PM: Weather live: Motorists warned against driving to Kaikōura, with no safe routes (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 07 Jul 2026 9:25PM: Arthur Easton murder: Ethnicity of suspect debated in High Court (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 07 Jul 2026 8:12PM: Vape shop numbers 'seem to be getting out of control' - mayor (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 07 Jul 2026 7:59PM: Driver rescued from raging floodwaters in three-hour operation (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 07 Jul 2026 7:38PM: Upgrade likely to Wairarapa rain watch: MetService (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 07 Jul 2026 6:15PM: Wellington blaze still being treated as suspicious (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
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station warnings
Caution WEATHER STATION CAUTION
Fog or Low Cloud has been detected
 Weather Forecast
Today
Rain
12°C
Rain		 Tonight
Rain
9°C
Rain
Rain likely. High 12C. Winds S at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 100%.
Chance of Rain: 95%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Last Quarter       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
00:19
Moonset
11:37
Visibility
50% 		Sunrise
07:40
Sunset
17:06
Day Length
9.25 Hrs
Moon Phase: Last Quarter
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 0min 59s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 07:44:20 8/07/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 15 days 14 hours
Prgm Up: 15 days 14 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 2013 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2013

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  Temperature (°C), Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3
                          Dep.  Heat  Cool                       Max  Max  Min  Min
        Mean  Mean        From  Deg   Deg                        >=   <=   <=   <=
 YR MO  Max   Min   Mean  Norm  Days  Days  Hi  Date  Low  Date 27.0  0.0  0.0 -18.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 13  1  25.7  13.3  19.1   1.2    47    70  31.9  30   7.5   18   11    0    0    0
 13  2  26.4  13.9  19.4   1.1    38    67  30.4  19   7.5    6   13    0    0    0
 13  3  25.4  13.0  18.3   1.7    56    57  29.9  11   8.2   21   10    0    0    0
 13  4  20.4  11.7  15.6   1.5    93    11  27.0   3   4.5   11    1    0    0    0
 13  5  17.5   8.0  12.1   0.7   194     2  24.2   4   0.0   30    0    0    1    0
 13  6  14.6   6.8  10.2   0.9   243     0  20.0  17   1.2   24    0    0    0    0
 13  7  14.5   7.0  10.2   1.6   252     0  17.7  29   1.4   16    0    0    0    0
 13  8  16.2   7.6  11.6   2.2   207     0  19.5   8   2.0    1    0    0    0    0
 13  9  17.1   8.5  12.2   1.1   184     0  20.7  20   0.7   18    0    0    0    0
 13 10  19.2  10.2  14.3   1.6   129     5  23.1  31   5.1   10    0    0    0    0
 13 11  22.4  12.8  16.8   2.4    72    28  28.9  24   8.2    2    3    0    0    0
 13 12  24.2  13.8  18.3   1.9    46    44  30.6  30   8.6   20    5    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        20.3  10.6  14.8   1.5  1566   290  31.9 Jan   0.0  May   43    0    1    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 13  1  35.1 -29.9  13.2   3     9    6    0
 13  2  31.8 -30.2  25.5   4     2    2    1
 13  3  49.8 -24.2  37.8  18     4    2    1
 13  4 117.9  41.9  32.4   9    18   10    2
 13  5  60.3 -33.7  20.7  18    12    4    1
 13  6  85.5  -1.5  22.8  20    17    8    1
 13  7  31.8 -62.2  10.2  11    15    4    0
 13  8  46.8 -35.2  14.7  17    11    6    0
 13  9 111.3  28.3  22.8  28    16   11    2
 13 10 125.7  35.7  53.1  15    14    9    2
 13 11  76.2  -1.8  27.9  28     7    7    2
 13 12  65.7 -17.3  12.6   4    16    9    0
---------------------------------------------
       837.9-130.1  53.1  Oct  141   78   12

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 13  1  12.9  61.2    8   WNW
 13  2   9.5  41.8   16    NE
 13  3   8.0  46.4    4     E
 13  4  10.6  47.9   26   NNW
 13  5   6.4  49.0   26   NNE
 13  6   6.8  40.3   16   NNE
 13  7   8.9  51.5   25    NW
 13  8  10.3  46.4   14   ENE
 13  9  12.4  55.1   28   WNW
 13 10  13.3  64.8   14   WNW
 13 11  10.7  51.5   30   ENE
 13 12  10.7  55.1    1   WNW
------------------------------
        10.0  64.8  Oct   NNW