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Good Evening - Today was: Saturday, 31 May 2025 19:38:21 NZST
Current: 14.2°C, Max: 15.9°C, Min: 11.9°C. It feels like 10.5°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies with gusty winds. Low 12C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 10.5°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, improving | Sunrise: 07:31 | Sunset: 17:00 | Dawn: 07:00 | Dusk: 17:31
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.0 °C/hr 14.2°C, 76%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.4 hPa/hr 1010.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (289°) 19km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 40km/h
Air Quality :  3 AQI  0.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 5.3hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 31 May 2025 at 19:38:20. Updated in seconds

 New Zealand Newsroom
News 🌏 31 May 2025 6:43PM: Deputy PM David Seymour defends Chris Bishop's AMA outburst (rnz.co.nz) 1/15 🌏 31 May 2025 4:48PM: Police recover 365 stolen pounamu pieces following tipoff (rnz.co.nz) 2/15 🌏 31 May 2025 4:50PM: Rotorua tourism, hospo businesses concered about exchange rate fluctuations (rnz.co.nz) 3/15 🌏 31 May 2025 5:05PM: Two dead following separate Northland, Waikato crashes (rnz.co.nz) 4/15 🌏 31 May 2025 1:44PM: Police were ready for 'senseless and mindless' people on anniversary of Levin violence - mayor (rnz.co.nz) 5/15 🌏 31 May 2025 2:55PM: Early childhood sector facing 'dark future', pay parity to freeze for two years (rnz.co.nz) 6/15 🌏 31 May 2025 1:45PM: Thames-Coromandel at risk to climate-related hazards, says report (rnz.co.nz) 7/15 🌏 31 May 2025 12:33PM: New Zealand not prepared for another pandemic - epidemiologist (rnz.co.nz) 8/15 🌏 31 May 2025 1:20PM: Flight to Dunedin unable to land due to high winds (rnz.co.nz) 9/15 🌏 31 May 2025 10:54AM: 'Going to take some time': Dargaville water supply still not fixed (rnz.co.nz) 10/15 🌏 31 May 2025 6:31AM: Covid-19: New wave could be coming after 11-month reprieve (rnz.co.nz) 11/15 🌏 31 May 2025 8:25AM: Strong wind warnings for lower North Island, parts of South Island (rnz.co.nz) 12/15 🌏 31 May 2025 8:49AM: Two critically injured in Port Waikato crash (rnz.co.nz) 13/15 🌏 31 May 2025 12:32AM: Sirens, choppers, burnouts reported in Levin, one year on from violent boy racer conflict (rnz.co.nz) 14/15 🌏 31 May 2025 5:04AM: Conservation Department re-opens Blue Pools Track after two years of repairs (rnz.co.nz) 15/15

 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
High wind gust levels have been detected
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Partly Cloudy, Wind
12°C
Partly Cloudy, Wind		 Tomorrow
Mostly Cloudy
15°C
Mostly Cloudy
Partly cloudy skies with gusty winds. Low 12C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
11:30
Moonset
21:03
Visibility
22% 		Sunrise
07:31
Sunset
17:00
Day Length
09.29 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 1min 10s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 19:38:20 31/05/2025
System Up: 8 days 12 hours
Prgm Up: 8 days 12 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.22V
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 +12:00(NZST)


NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
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Report for 2025 May 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01  11.7  16.2   00:00   6.6   23:59   6.6   0.0  12.0   9.9  78.0   13:48   WSW
02   9.4  11.5   12:52   6.6   00:00   8.9   0.0   1.0   1.5  11.0   16:59     N
03  10.3  16.2   16:04   6.6   04:27   8.0   0.0   0.2   2.2  35.0   13:49   WNW
04  10.4  15.3   13:10   6.8   00:33   7.9   0.0   0.0   3.9  43.0   12:18   ESE
05   8.2  15.7   14:51   2.4   07:08  10.1   0.0   0.0   2.1  17.0   15:32   ENE
06   9.5  17.5   14:21   1.1   07:04   8.8   0.0   0.0   3.4  35.0   11:48   WNW
07  13.3  17.3   13:49   9.8   23:59   5.0   0.0   0.0   4.8  30.0   14:00    NW
08  13.6  21.3   15:50   6.4   07:04   5.1   0.3   0.0   2.5  40.0   11:50    NW
09  13.9  18.0   11:13  11.8   23:54   4.4   0.0  16.4   2.0  22.0   16:48   NNE
10  11.5  17.7   15:20   6.0   23:58   6.8   0.0   0.0   2.9  19.0   04:39   NNE
11  10.7  17.9   14:38   4.6   03:52   7.6   0.0   0.0   3.2  48.0   12:04     E
12  10.7  17.5   14:28   4.2   06:35   7.5   0.0   0.0   2.4  19.0   12:47    NW
13  13.2  16.4   14:11  11.1   00:00   5.1   0.0   0.2   6.1  49.0   13:36    NW
14  12.8  18.3   13:16   8.7   20:23   5.5   0.0   0.0   3.4  35.0   11:28   ENE
15  12.8  16.7   13:07   8.2   00:56   5.5   0.0   0.0   6.1  43.0   12:47   WNW
16  15.5  18.1   13:08  13.8   00:23   2.8   0.0   0.0   9.9  53.0   14:42   WNW
17  14.3  18.8   14:35  10.7   23:10   4.0   0.0   0.0   5.9  41.0   11:08   WNW
18  15.1  18.2   16:01  11.1   00:00   3.1   0.0   2.6   6.1  59.0   16:58   WNW
19   8.8  13.3   14:45   5.6   23:41   3.7   0.0   4.4   2.8  26.0   16:23    SE
20   8.8  16.1   14:46   3.3   06:06   9.5   0.0   0.0   2.0  21.0   11:33   WNW
21   5.9  16.7   00:21   3.4   06:38  12.9   0.0   0.0   0.9  22.7   00:19   NNW
22  10.0  14.6   15:19   4.7   01:11   8.3   0.0   0.0   2.9  40.0   12:26     N
23  12.6  18.9   13:58   7.7   23:47   5.7   0.0   0.0   3.1  28.1   10:13   NNE
24   9.3  17.3   13:41   3.4   06:54   9.0   0.0   0.0   1.7  13.0   13:39   NNE
25   9.8  18.1   13:58   3.4   03:58   8.5   0.0   0.2   2.8  44.0   12:43    NW
26  11.4  16.4   10:44   5.9   05:34   6.9   0.0   1.8   3.4  44.7   12:36   NNW
27  13.1  17.9   14:20   7.7   23:36   5.2   0.0   0.0   3.3  43.3   00:38    NW
28  10.1  14.3   13:46   6.2   05:35   8.2   0.0   9.0   2.9  35.3   20:11    NE
29  12.0  17.3   12:39   8.0   07:09   6.3   0.0   0.4   2.4  26.7   23:31   ENE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11.3  21.3     8     1.1     6   196.9   0.3  48.2   3.7  78.0     1      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 16.4 on day 9
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration