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Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 10 October 2025 13:27:28 NZDT
Current: 20.3°C, Max: 21.0°C, Min: 14.3°C. It feels like 18.6°C
FORECAST: Overcast skies and windy. High 21C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. It feels like 18.6°C. A windproof and 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:38 | Sunset: 19:33 | Dawn: 06:10 | Dusk: 20:00
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 20.3°C, 75%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.0 hPa/hr 1019.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from W (279°) 18km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 49km/h
Air Quality :  2 AQI  0.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 96.8kLux, 4.3hrs   Solar UV :  10.2UVI  765W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 10 October 2025 at 13:27:30. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 10 Oct 2025 11:14AM: Aratere set to end its days at recycling shipyard in India, Interislander says (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 12:12PM: When your big plans for life differ from your partner's (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 12:02PM: Man charged after string of death threats made against MP (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 1:00PM: Major highway closes as wind and rain batter South Island (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 12:46PM: Military chopper forced to land after signs of engine fire near Palmerston North. (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 12:15PM: Blooming Botanic Garden 'a gift' for Wellingtonians (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 12:28PM: Protester accused of smashing Winston Peters' window pleads not guilty (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 8:13AM: Hataitai residents fume as beloved beach 'basically lost' after council works (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 11:49AM: Majority of Kiwis support money-back scheme for recycling (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2025 8:30AM: 'Waste of a life': Riley Brown died from meal with peanut traces at mental health facility (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
High wind gust levels have been detected
 Weather Forecast
Today
Cloudy, Wind
21°C
Cloudy, Wind		 Tonight
Cloudy
15°C
Cloudy
Overcast skies and windy. High 21C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 15%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
23:38
Moonset
07:57
Visibility
89% 		Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
19:33
Day Length
12.54 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 40s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 13:27:30 10/10/2025
System Up: 29 days 4 hours
Prgm Up: 28 days 16 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.98V
System Rollover: Midnight
Station Environment: Urban
Elevation: 23m (75ft)
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)


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Report for 2019 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 ft  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 19  1  23.6  15.4  18.7   0.8    30    42  30.8  31  10.8   25    4    0    0    0
 19  2  25.2  12.6  18.0  -0.2    57    49  31.1  11   4.5   26   10    0    0    0
 19  3  25.1  13.1  18.1   1.5    55    50  28.2  18   4.3    1    5    0    0    0
 19  4  19.3   8.6  13.2  -0.9   154     5  26.8   1   2.5   19    0    0    0    0
 19  5  18.1   7.6  12.3   0.9   187     1  22.3   9   3.6    2    0    0    0    0
 19  6  14.2   3.8   8.6  -0.7   285     0  17.8  14  -2.3   28    0    0    7    0
 19  7  14.9   4.4   9.7   1.1   240     0  18.3  25   0.0   18    0    0    5    0
 19  8  14.2   4.3   8.9  -0.5   289     0  17.7  20  -0.7    1    0    0    2    0
 19  9  16.3   6.5  10.9  -0.2   220     0  22.0  14  -0.1   11    0    0    1    0
 19 10  18.3   8.3  12.7   0.0   176     1  22.0  13   1.2    3    0    0    0    0
 19 11  23.0  10.7  16.3   1.9    89    28  28.2   9   7.8   19    3    0    0    0
 19 12  23.9  12.6  17.7   1.3    59    41  29.3   1   6.8   22    3    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        19.7   9.0  13.8   0.4  1839   217  31.1 Feb  -2.3  Jun   25    0   15    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 19  1  10.8 -54.2   3.6   7     5    2    0
 19  2  18.2 -43.8  12.0  24     5    3    0
 19  3  26.4 -47.6   7.2  14     6    4    0
 19  4  60.0 -16.0  18.4  11    10    8    0
 19  5  48.2  -0.8  15.4  31    13    7    0
 19  6  67.0 -20.0  32.2  13    16    7    1
 19  7  58.4 -35.6  11.6   4    18    8    0
 19  8  74.2  -7.8  19.2  12    14    6    0
 19  9  28.2 -54.8   7.4   6    13    5    0
 19 10  60.0 -30.0  15.2   5    17    9    0
 19 11  41.8 -36.2  20.2  10     9    5    1
 19 12  72.4 -20.6  25.4   8     8    6    1
---------------------------------------------
       565.6-367.4  32.2  Jun  134   70    3

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 19  1   6.7  61.3   21     W
 19  2   5.7  60.6   27   WSW
 19  3   4.8  55.5   21   SSE
 19  4   4.4  49.7   10   WSW
 19  5   4.8  87.2   29   WNW
 19  6   4.1  92.3    5    NW
 19  7   4.8  55.5   17    NW
 19  8   6.2  87.2    5   WNW
 19  9   7.4  80.8   25   WNW
 19 10   6.8  75.0   24   WNW
 19 11   6.3  64.9   20     W
 19 12   6.7  68.5    3   WNW
------------------------------
         5.7  92.3  Jun     W