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Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 3 July 2025 15:45:18 NZST
Current: 11.4°C, Max: 11.5°C, Min: 7.0°C. It feels like 10.9°C
FORECAST: Becoming partly cloudy after some evening rain. Low near 10C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall may reach 25mm. Locally heavy rainfall possible. It feels like 10.9°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 07:42 | Sunset: 17:03 | Dawn: 07:11 | Dusk: 17:34
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.3 °C/hr 11.4°C, 96%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 hPa/hr 1011.3hPa
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 (126°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 11km/h
Air Quality :  23 AQI  5.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 17.0mm
Sun Light : 1.9kLux, 0.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.2UVI  15W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 03 July 2025 at 15:45:15. 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 2018 Oct
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 2018

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

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
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01  11.6  18.2   13:06   7.7   02:48   6.7   0.0   0.8   0.6  30.3   15:34   WSW
02  11.7  16.7   13:05   8.2   04:55   6.5   0.0   0.2   0.2  44.7   12:49   WNW
03  12.6  19.2   13:51   8.8   03:52   5.7   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   00:00     N
04  11.8  16.5   13:31   8.5   04:41   6.5   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.7   12:38     N
05  11.7  17.6   14:15   7.7   02:48   6.6   0.0   0.0   0.0   9.4   18:01     N
06  12.4  16.6   14:41  10.2   07:10   5.9   0.0   0.0   1.8  38.9   18:53     E
07  13.0  17.9   12:23   9.6   23:44   5.3   0.0   0.0   6.3  50.5   14:18   WSW
08  12.1  19.6   14:17   6.1   06:52   6.3   0.0   0.0   5.8  42.5   09:55   ENE
09  11.9  17.1   12:08   8.4   00:10   6.4   0.0   0.0   6.5  54.8   15:34   WNW
10  11.5  15.8   14:55   7.6   00:55   6.8   0.0   0.2  10.8  90.8   12:16     W
11  14.7  21.0   14:51   9.7   06:54   3.8   0.3   0.2   4.6  31.7   17:35    NW
12  10.4  15.4   10:45   6.2   23:58   7.9   0.0   3.0   6.4  49.0   17:19     S
13   7.3  13.0   14:54   4.1   06:11  11.0   0.0   0.2   6.1  45.4   13:28   SSE
14   8.4  15.9   13:22   2.8   04:03   9.9   0.0   0.0   4.8  44.7   16:28    SE
15   8.5  15.7   13:47   1.5   04:18   9.8   0.0   0.0   3.5  44.0   18:41   WSW
16  11.5  17.3   14:09   7.4   00:13   6.8   0.0   0.0   5.0  44.7   16:26     W
17  12.0  16.7   14:07   7.6   23:56   6.3   0.0   0.0   7.7  38.9   16:04   WNW
18  12.3  19.5   13:16   5.7   05:45   6.0   0.0   0.0   4.6  41.8   15:02     E
19  11.6  21.2   14:58   0.8   05:30   7.0   0.3   0.0   5.5  59.1   16:19     W
20  13.5  19.1   12:01   9.7   02:59   4.8   0.0   0.0   8.4  59.8   17:14     W
21  14.0  20.5   15:18   9.6   23:55   4.4   0.1   0.0   5.2  39.7   11:00     W
22  14.0  21.7   14:33   6.9   06:12   4.7   0.4   0.0   3.6  45.4   17:27    SW
23  13.3  15.6   08:42   9.9   01:03   5.0   0.0   0.0   4.0  28.8   13:31    SW
24  13.9  16.8   14:07  12.2   05:57   4.4   0.0   0.0   6.4  45.4   14:51   WSW
25  15.0  20.1   12:42  12.2   06:27   3.4   0.1   4.6   9.2  54.8   15:23     W
26  12.7  18.6   15:14   9.0   04:13   5.6   0.0   1.4   4.4  28.8   16:21     S
27  12.6  17.2   10:47   9.7   01:59   5.7   0.0   1.8   3.9  33.9   09:07   WNW
28  12.9  16.7   13:05  10.4   06:38   5.4   0.0   6.6   7.0  43.3   17:48   WSW
29  13.8  22.3   13:27   9.9   05:33   4.7   0.2  12.4   4.3  38.9   16:29   SSE
30  11.9  15.9   11:32   9.6   23:55   6.4   0.0   4.6   4.5  48.3   18:53    SE
31  12.0  18.2   11:54   8.2   03:15   6.3   0.0   0.0   6.6  43.3   15:52     W
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    12.1  22.3    29     0.8    19   192.0   1.4  36.0   4.8  90.8    10     WSW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 12.4 on day 29
Days of Rain: 12 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration