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A late Good Evening! - Today was: Wednesday, 28 January 2026 23:58:38 NZDT
Current: 15.7°C, Max: 26.4°C, Min: 14.7°C. It feels like 16.2°C
FORECAST: Some clouds. Low 13C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 16.2°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:20 | Sunset: 20:40 | Dawn: 05:50 | Dusk: 21:11
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 °C/hr 15.7°C, 88%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1020.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from W (266°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 7km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 13.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 28 January 2026 at 23:58:50. Updated in seconds

 The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom
  News  

⛅ 28 Jan 2026 7:08PM: Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Max Furse-Kee (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 6:13PM: Pilot, passenger dead after helicopter crash in Paekākāriki Hill (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 8:55PM: Police back recommendations for overhaul of 111 emergency call system (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 6:30PM: US firm trialling Huntington's disease treatment says it shows promising early results (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 8:17PM: Man charged in connection to Palmerston North shooting (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 9:04PM: As it happened: Imagery of Mount Maunganui prior to landslide sought by police (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 6:07PM: Roads closed, traffic rerouted in Lower Hutt as $1.5b works continue (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 5:56PM: New Zealander Khol Gillies loses leg after fighting in Ukraine (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 5:18PM: NZ Post mistakenly included rural Waikato community's only post shop on closure list (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 28 Jan 2026 4:49PM: Scale of flood-damage starting to sink in for East Coast (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
13°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tomorrow
Partly Cloudy, Wind
22°C
Partly Cloudy, Wind
Some clouds. Low 13C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 4%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
16:29
Moonset
00:45
Visibility
75% 		Sunrise
06:20
Sunset
20:40
Day Length
14.19 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 7s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 23:58:50 28/01/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 13 days 3 hours
Prgm Up: 13 days 3 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