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Poppy of Remembrance Armistice Day - 11/11/2026
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
Current: 20.2°C, Max: 23.8°C, Min: 15.5°C. It feels like 18.1°C
FORECAST: Showers and thundershowers this evening giving way to periods of light rain late. Low 13C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. It feels like 18.1°C. A windproof and 1 clothing layer recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.9 °C/hr 20.2°C, 67%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.4 hPa/hr 1011.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WSW (254°)   WSW  17km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 36km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 15.0mm
Sun Light : 59.9klx, 4.0hrs   Solar UV :  4.0UVI  473W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 11 November 2026 at 16:19:39. Updated in seconds

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NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
The NOAA Climate Report provides a day-by-day, monthly and yearly look at the weather since 2009 in Palmerston North. This offers detailed records for the rain, wind and temperatures as well as totals and summaries all recored at the Palmerston North location.

Report for 2016
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2016

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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
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 16  1  25.6  15.6  20.0   2.1    21    75  32.1  17   9.7    5    8    0    0    0
 16  2  28.2  17.7  22.0   3.8     5   107  32.9   3  10.7   26   20    0    0    0
 16  3  24.5  14.0  18.4   1.8    51    53  33.7   7   8.6   13   10    0    0    0
 16  4  20.8  10.7  15.3   1.2   102    12  24.3   1   5.0   14    0    0    0    0
 16  5  17.9  10.7  13.9   2.5   126     3  22.3   4   4.9   23    0    0    0    0
 16  6  14.8   6.8   9.7   0.4   252     0  18.1  22   1.4    8    0    0    0    0
 16  7  14.2   5.6   9.7   1.1   266     0  19.6  23   1.0    1    0    0    0    0
 16  8  14.4   5.8   9.7   0.3   267     0  17.9  30  -1.0    8    0    0    1    0
 16  9  16.4   9.1  12.2   1.1   183     0  21.3  30   2.8    1    0    0    0    0
 16 10  19.1   9.6  13.7   1.0   146     3  22.6  24   4.3   30    0    0    0    0
 16 11  19.7  11.6  15.0   0.6   103     5  23.0  15   5.9    1    0    0    0    0
 16 12  22.7  12.5  17.1   0.7    72    66  28.5   9   6.8   13    2    0    0    0
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        19.9  10.8  14.7   1.4  1594   324  33.7 Mar  -1.0  Aug   40    0    1    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
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 16  1  59.1  -5.9  18.0  19    10    7    0
 16  2  29.3 -32.7   9.3  18     7    5    0
 16  3  63.9 -10.1  36.0  17     9    5    1
 16  4  36.6 -39.4  12.9   2     7    4    0
 16  5 194.1 145.1  53.4   5    21   16    1
 16  6  61.2 -25.8  14.1  12    15    6    0
 16  7  88.8  -5.2  17.4  14    17   10    0
 16  8  89.9   7.9  27.0  27    12    7    2
 16  9  70.7 -12.3  13.2  18    14   10    0
 16 10  88.6  -1.4  21.6   9    19   13    1
 16 11 128.8  50.8  45.3   7    19   13    1
 16 12  59.2 -33.8  28.8  15    12    7    1
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       970.2  37.2  53.4  May  162  103    7

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 16  1   6.1  61.3   15   WSW
 16  2   3.8  60.6   19     S
 16  3   4.1  55.5   10   ENE
 16  4   4.1  88.7    3    NW
 16  5   5.4  67.8    2     W
 16  6   3.5  54.8   11    NW
 16  7   6.6  94.4   24     W
 16  8   6.4  85.3    6   ESE
 16  9   6.9  72.8    5     W
 16 10   5.6  85.1    8     W
 16 11   7.4 116.1   27     W
 16 12   6.5  96.6   15     W
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         5.5 116.1  Nov     W