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Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 11 April 2025 08:08:56 NZST
Current: 12.0°C, Max: 12.0°C, Min: 9.7°C. It feels like 11.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High near 20C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 11.5°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:43 | Sunset: 17:54 | Dawn: 06:15 | Dusk: 18:21
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.3 °C/hr 12.0°C, 84%   Pressure : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1030.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  N  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from N (352°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 6km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 12.3kLux, 0.6hrs   Solar UV :  1.3UVI  97W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 11 April 2025 at 08:08:53. 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 2025 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2025

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 32"   Lon: E 175° 34' 22"

                  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  17.2  22.8   15:25  12.7   06:32   2.0   1.0   0.0   2.5  37.0   15:14   SSW
02  17.3  19.5   12:58  15.5   04:30   1.2   0.1   0.0   5.4  39.0   14:40   ENE
03  18.6  23.0   17:35  15.4   07:12   1.0   1.3   0.0   3.2  19.0   16:31    NE
04  18.0  21.3   15:34  15.8   07:08   0.8   0.5   4.6   3.2  46.0   19:46     W
05  17.2  21.3   15:01  13.1   23:14   1.4   0.3   1.0   7.7  45.0   14:08   WNW
06  16.3  23.0   15:27  12.3   07:02   2.8   0.7   2.4   3.0  41.1   12:46    NW
07  15.6  19.6   15:12  13.0   05:48   2.7   0.0   0.6   8.9  58.4   14:54   WNW
08  14.6  18.2   13:57  10.9   23:51   3.7   0.0   5.0  11.6  68.5   13:46   WNW
09  12.3  18.2   13:30   7.5   23:23   6.0   0.0   0.0   3.8  36.8   15:00     N
10  12.7  20.1   14:59   6.3   03:16   5.7   0.1   0.0   3.1  38.2   10:28    NW
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    16.0  23.0     3     6.3    10    27.3   4.1  13.6   5.2  68.5     8      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 5.0 on day 8
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  3 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration