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Good Evening - Today was: Wednesday, 14 January 2026 18:45:46 NZDT
Current: 22.0°C, Max: 22.1°C, Min: 13.7°C. It feels like 23.0°C
FORECAST: Showers this evening, becoming a steady rain overnight. Low around 15C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall around 6mm. It feels like 23.0°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Unsettled, rain later | Sunrise: 06:04 | Sunset: 20:49 | Dawn: 05:32 | Dusk: 21:21
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.4 °C/hr 22.0°C, 62%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 hPa/hr 1010.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SE (134°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 5km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 17.5kLux, 1.4hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  138W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 14 January 2026 at 18:46:58. Updated in seconds

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⛅ 14 Jan 2026 5:05PM: Winston Peters tells RBNZ governor Anna Breman to 'stay in her New Zealand lane' (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 6:24PM: 'Extensive damage' to vehicles after crash involving police car (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 4:49PM: Gold, silver sellers scramble to keep up with demand (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 5:13PM: Dog rescued from car in Christchurch as temperature inside passes 49C (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 5:09PM: 'A tragedy': Road worker dies after being hit by vehicle (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 5:58PM: Majority of emergency department nurses experienced abuse over holiday season, survey says (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 5:14PM: Smoke warning for Dunedin after scout hall catches fire (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 3:48PM: Sports car driven at four times the speed limit through Southland town (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 4:32PM: Christchurch police operation targeting gang-related funeral ends with four arrests (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 14 Jan 2026 2:05PM: 'Close-knit community' rocked by shooting in Waitārere Beach (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Rain
15°C
Rain		 Tomorrow
Thunderstorms
22°C
Thunderstorms
Showers this evening, becoming a steady rain overnight. Low around 15C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall around 6mm.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
01:41
Moonset
17:15
Visibility
19% 		Sunrise
06:04
Sunset
20:49
Day Length
14.45 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 30s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 18:46:58 14/01/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 13 days 21 hours
Prgm Up: 13 days 21 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 2014 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2014

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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 14  1  23.4  12.4  17.4  -0.5    64    35  29.6  25   7.3   28    2    0    0    0
 14  2  25.4  14.5  19.2   1.0    34    58  33.6  19  10.7   24    9    0    0    0
 14  3  23.0  11.8  16.7   0.1    81    30  29.7  16   5.5    4    3    0    0    0
 14  4  20.6  11.5  15.5   1.4    85    16  26.2   4   5.1   27    0    0    0    0
 14  5  17.0   7.8  11.9   0.5   227     1  22.8   4  -0.6   27    0    0    1    0
 14  6  15.6   7.8  11.2   1.9   227     0  19.0   8   3.4   23    0    0    0    0
 14  7  13.2   4.5   8.5  -0.1   304     0  18.3  31  -1.1   17    0    0    3    0
 14  8  14.1   5.1   9.3  -0.1   279     0  20.3   2  -0.3    9    0    0    2    0
 14  9  17.3   7.9  12.1   1.0   189     2  23.5   3   1.4   23    0    0    0    0
 14 10  18.8   8.4  13.2   0.5   167     6  24.1  28   1.8   25    0    0    0    0
 14 11  19.0  10.1  13.9  -0.5   135     4  24.5   9   5.8   13    0    0    0    0
 14 12  22.5  12.9  17.1   0.7    72    35  28.2  29   6.7    2    3    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        19.2   9.6  13.8   0.5  1870   192  33.6 Feb  -1.1  Jul   17    0    6    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 14  1  67.5   2.5  11.7  26    18   10    0
 14  2  22.5 -39.5  20.7   8     4    1    1
 14  3   5.7 -68.3   3.3   5     3    1    0
 14  4  93.6  17.6  21.9  16    16   10    1
 14  5 103.3   9.3  50.1  24    12   10    1
 14  6  65.1 -21.9  15.3  26    12    7    0
 14  7  14.7 -79.3   3.6   2    11    4    0
 14  8  65.5 -16.5  25.8   3    12    7    1
 14  9  60.6 -22.4  20.7  14    11    6    1
 14 10  58.5 -31.5  14.4   6    13    7    0
 14 11  73.2  -4.8  14.4  12    17   12    0
 14 12  90.6   7.6  41.1  10    14    8    1
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       720.8-247.2  50.1  May  143   83    6

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 14  1  13.1  69.8   23   WNW
 14  2  12.1  54.0   13    NW
 14  3  10.2  55.1   15   WNW
 14  4   9.3  63.7   17   ENE
 14  5   9.1  69.8   23    NW
 14  6   8.5  83.2   12   ENE
 14  7   8.9  55.1    5   ENE
 14  8   9.7  54.0   14     N
 14  9  11.5  67.3   20   NNE
 14 10  12.9  72.4    6   WNW
 14 11  16.5  63.7   22   WNW
 14 12  12.3  54.0   13    SE
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        11.2  83.2  Jun   NNW