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Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 7 May 2026 15:53:40 NZST
Current: 21.3°C, Max: 22.2°C, Min: 10.0°C. It feels like 20.2°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. Periods of light rain early. Low around 15C. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%. It feels like 20.2°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showery later | Sunrise: 07:09 | Sunset: 17:20 | Dawn: 06:40 | Dusk: 17:48
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 21.3°C, 52%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 hPa/hr 1019.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WNW (303°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 15km/h
Air Quality :  6 AQI  1.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 12kLux, 5.7hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  95W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 07 May 2026 at 15:55:45. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
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 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Light Rain Early
15°C
Light Rain Early		 Tomorrow
Cloudy
21°C
Cloudy
Cloudy. Periods of light rain early. Low around 15C. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.
Chance of Rain: 37%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
21:03
Moonset
12:03
Visibility
76% 		Sunrise
07:09
Sunset
17:20
Day Length
10.10 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 5s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 15:55:45 7/05/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 111 days 20 hours
Prgm Up: 111 days 20 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 2015 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 14 21 15   Lon: E 175 37 32

                  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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 15  1  26.4  14.7  19.9   2.0    31    82  30.6  25  10.2   21   11    0    0    0
 15  2  23.8  14.0  18.6   0.4    40    49  28.9  20   8.0    7    2    0    0    0
 15  3  23.7  13.6  18.0   1.4    53    44  27.9   5   5.8   20    4    0    0    0
 15  4  19.6  10.7  14.8   0.7   117    12  25.7   6   3.8   15    0    0    0    0
 15  5  17.0   7.0  11.7   0.3   204     1  23.6  24  -0.5   13    0    0    2    0
 15  6  14.0   6.8  10.4   1.1   238     0  19.1  13   0.5   17    0    0    0    0
 15  7  13.3   4.6   8.6   0.0   300     0  21.6  27  -0.7   14    0    0    4    0
 15  8  15.1   5.0   9.4   0.0   275     0  20.4  17  -1.6   12    0    0    3    0
 15  9  15.3   7.2  10.9  -0.2   222     0  18.8  13  -0.3    5    0    0    1    0
 15 10  18.0   9.5  13.4   0.7   154     2  21.6  23   3.5    9    0    0    0    0
 15 11  19.7  10.0  14.5   0.1   128    13  26.7  30   2.5    6    0    0    0    0
 15 12  22.7  12.8  16.2  -0.2    61    31  29.7  28   9.3   18    3    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        19.0   9.7  13.9   0.5  1821   233  30.6 Jan  -1.6  Aug   17    0    9    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 15  1  17.7 -47.3  11.4  15     5    2    0
 15  2  75.3  13.3  24.9   1     7    7    1
 15  3  64.5  -9.5  16.8  29     8    8    0
 15  4 173.1  97.1  43.2   9    13    9    3
 15  5 104.4  55.4  43.8  15    13    7    1
 15  6 181.7  94.7  91.8  20    17   10    1
 15  7  45.6 -48.4  10.8   6    14    7    0
 15  8  86.0   4.0  22.5   4    15    6    1
 15  9  75.2  -7.8  17.4  23    15   11    0
 15 10  80.1  -9.9  21.2  22    13    8    1
 15 11  50.7 -27.3  14.7  28    12    6    0
 15 12  71.1 -21.9  20.4   1    14    7    2
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      1025.4  92.4  91.8  Jun  146   88   10

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 15  1  11.3  46.4   25   NNE
 15  2  11.2  57.6    5     W
 15  3   7.1  58.7    7     E
 15  4   8.2  55.1   29    NW
 15  5   6.7  50.0   13   WNW
 15  6   9.4  64.8   29   WNW
 15  7   3.0  40.3    3   WNW
 15  8   0.5  35.6   19    NW
 15  9   4.1  99.0    3   SSE
 15 10   8.4  54.0   16   WNW
 15 11   7.0  56.2   22     W
 15 12   6.4  58.4   13   WSW
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         6.9  99.0  Sep   WNW