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A very early Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 10 July 2026 04:09:53 NZST
Current: 8.4°C, Max: 9.2°C, Min: 8.3°C. It feels like 5.0°C
FORECAST: Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. High around 10C. Winds SSE at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 5.0°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:40 | Sunset: 17:07 | Dawn: 07:09 | Dusk: 17:37
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 8.4°C, 77%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1015.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SE (131°) 11km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 24km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 10 July 2026 at 04:12:27. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 10 Jul 2026 12:41AM: Evacuate now: State of emergency declared for Wairoa due to flooding (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 8:32PM: Fresh drone shots show extent of weather damage to SH1 near Kaikōura (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 7:59PM: Dunedin teen joins winter race in preparation for Cook Strait (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 6:31PM: Weather: Watches, warnings in place for central and southern parts of North Island (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 6:25PM: Businesses take hit as wild weather closes roads to Martinborough (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 5:56PM: Residents, businesses count cost of flooding across South Island (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 5:34PM: Emergency services at scene of landslip near Hutt Valley petrol station (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 5:06PM: Tauranga Hospital avoids critical staff shortage over long weekend (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 4:57PM: 'We will act': 16 driver testing officers suspended, others stood down by NZTA (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 09 Jul 2026 4:55PM: Bay of Plenty rūnanga hopes forestry bio-hub bid would bring jobs (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
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 Weather Forecast
Today
AM Clouds, PM Sun
10°C
AM Clouds, PM Sun		 Tonight
Mostly Cloudy
4°C
Mostly Cloudy
Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. High around 10C. Winds SSE at 15 to 25 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 5%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
02:44
Moonset
12:37
Visibility
30% 		Sunrise
07:40
Sunset
17:07
Day Length
9.27 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 1min 4s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 04:12:27 10/07/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 17 days 10 hours
Prgm Up: 17 days 10 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 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        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
---------------------------------------------
 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