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Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 25 March 2025 20:19:32 NZDT
Current: 15.8°C, Max: 23.1°C, Min: 14.6°C. It feels like 16.2°C
FORECAST: Cloudy this evening then becoming foggy and damp after midnight. Low 11C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 16.2°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:26 | Sunset: 19:22 | Dawn: 06:58 | Dusk: 19:49
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.8 °C/hr 15.8°C, 85%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.4 hPa/hr 1020.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SW (235°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 6km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 7.8hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 25 March 2025 at 20:19:30. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
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station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Fog Late
11°C
Fog Late		 Tomorrow
AM Clouds, PM Sun
22°C
AM Clouds, PM Sun
Cloudy this evening then becoming foggy and damp after midnight. Low 11C. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 10%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
01:42
Moonset
17:11
Visability
22% 		Sunrise
07:26
Sunset
19:22
Day Length
11.56 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 41s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 20:19:30 25/03/2025
System Up: 2 days 3 hours
Prgm Up: 2 days 3 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.30V
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)


Recent Significant Earthquake Activity Report Around New Zealand

Earthquakes in the past 7 days of magnitude 4.0 or greater within 2000 km (1243 mi)
Update time = Tue, 25-Mar-2025 20:19:26 NZDT

Epicenter Near Magnitude Distance to Epicenter Time Link
169 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand 5.4 0010541054 km (655 mi) 1742871388Tue, 25-Mar-2025 15:56:28 NZDT map
164 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand 6.7 0010511051 km (653 mi) 1742866992Tue, 25-Mar-2025 14:43:12 NZDT map
Kermadec Islands region 4.5 0012381238 km (770 mi) 1742714643Sun, 23-Mar-2025 20:24:03 NZDT map
Kermadec Islands region 4.7 0014381438 km (893 mi) 1742675843Sun, 23-Mar-2025 09:37:23 NZDT map
south of the Kermadec Islands 4.8 000928928 km (577 mi) 1742657588Sun, 23-Mar-2025 04:33:08 NZDT map
south of the Fiji Islands 5.5 0016761676 km (1041 mi) 1742606114Sat, 22-Mar-2025 14:15:14 NZDT map
south of the Fiji Islands 4.7 0019311931 km (1200 mi) 1742515699Fri, 21-Mar-2025 13:08:19 NZDT map
southeast of the Loyalty Islands 5.2 0019591959 km (1217 mi) 1742499364Fri, 21-Mar-2025 08:36:04 NZDT map
36 km SSE of Witherlea, New Zealand 4.9 000208208 km (130 mi) 1742498694Fri, 21-Mar-2025 08:24:54 NZDT map
south of the Fiji Islands 4.6 0018641864 km (1158 mi) 1742434509Thu, 20-Mar-2025 14:35:09 NZDT map
south of the Fiji Islands 5.1 0018091809 km (1124 mi) 1742372004Wed, 19-Mar-2025 21:13:24 NZDT map

11 earthquakes found. Click on location or map links for more details from the USGS