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Good Evening - Today was: Wednesday, 18 February 2026 20:10:22 NZDT
Current: 17.8°C, Max: 22.3°C, Min: 15.3°C. It feels like 17.3°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy this evening followed by increasing clouds with showers developing after midnight. Low 14C. Winds NW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%. It feels like 17.3°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Becoming fine | Sunrise: 06:46 | Sunset: 20:16 | Dawn: 06:17 | Dusk: 20:45
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.1 °C/hr 17.8°C, 79%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1003.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (244°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 15km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 1.1kLux, 8.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  9W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at 20:10:52. Updated in seconds

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⛅ 18 Feb 2026 7:40PM: Government scraps plans for referendum on four-year term (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 6:14PM: Fatal dog mauling: Animal control staff visited property day before attack (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 6:14PM: Reserve Bank leaves official cash rate at 2.25% (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 6:32PM: A 'huge crash': Wellington family evacuates property after huge branch hits roof during storm (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 7:09PM: Nepal's government looks to tighten the rules around who can climb Mt Everest (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 5:36PM: Cyclists thigh-deep in water days after rain (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 5:40PM: Shortfalls in driver licensing for trucks highlighted in review (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 6:01PM: Police search farm effluent ponds and waterways of missing Southland man Kevin Belling (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 3:43PM: Plans to deliver food and meds to more than 100 people trapped near Ngawi in Wairarapa (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 18 Feb 2026 6:13PM: As it happened: Evacuations as landslip narrowly misses homes in Dunedin (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Showers Late
14°C
Showers Late		 Tomorrow
Rain, Wind
21°C
Rain, Wind
Partly cloudy this evening followed by increasing clouds with showers developing after midnight. Low 14C. Winds NW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
07:05
Moonset
20:36
Visibility
1% 		Sunrise
06:46
Sunset
20:16
Day Length
13.30 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 35s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 20:10:52 18/02/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 33 days 23 hours
Prgm Up: 33 days 23 hours
System Rollover: Midnight
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
Elevation: 27m (89ft)
Station Environment: Urban
Hardware: Ecowitt Wittboy WS90, GW3000, WH31, WH45, WH51, WH40H, WN34S, WH57


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                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2026

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 27 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  18.7  23.7   11:07  15.5   23:38   0.7   1.1   1.3   7.5  40.0   15:50     W
02  18.1  22.6   16:02  15.1   06:46   1.3   1.0   0.0   8.5  31.0   12:53   WSW
03  16.3  19.0   13:38  14.5   23:49   2.0   0.0   0.7  10.1  36.0   16:17     E
04  16.4  20.9   16:41  13.0   06:06   2.2   0.4   0.0   8.7  36.0   12:48     E
05  17.0  24.5   14:26   9.0   06:20   2.7   1.4   0.0   6.0  32.0   17:37   WSW
06  17.3  22.6   15:16  11.6   03:18   2.2   1.2   0.0   8.1  34.0   14:47   WSW
07  17.9  22.9   15:02  13.7   06:29   1.5   1.1   0.0   8.1  38.0   15:36   WSW
08  19.8  26.5   14:54  15.7   05:30   0.7   2.2   0.0   6.7  30.0   17:11     W
09  19.2  23.0   14:38  16.4   00:24   0.3   1.2   3.1  13.2  40.0   15:23     W
10  19.9  23.0   14:07  18.3   05:15   0.0   1.6   0.0  14.9  50.0   12:26     W
11  21.2  25.0   14:24  18.1   07:00   0.0   2.9   0.0  17.8  56.0   13:42   WSW
12  19.3  22.3   16:36  15.4   23:46   0.4   1.4   5.8  12.6  57.0   04:40     W
13  17.7  26.0   13:10  10.6   05:20   2.1   1.5   0.0   7.3  35.0   15:07   WSW
14  18.1  22.2   18:51  13.7   06:28   1.3   1.0   0.0   5.8  26.0   11:00    SW
15  17.5  19.5   16:56  16.0   06:53   1.0   0.1  45.2   5.4  31.3   21:50     E
16  18.7  24.5   12:42  15.4   23:56   1.1   1.4   6.4   6.3  38.2   14:57   SSW
17  16.5  20.9   15:31  13.6   22:35   2.1   0.3   0.0   8.6  41.0   19:00   ESE
18  15.2  18.6   15:16  12.7   05:25   3.1   0.0   0.0   9.8  43.2   15:11    SE
19  16.7  20.7   14:09  13.5   02:37   2.0   0.4   0.0  10.4  41.8   11:59   ESE
20  17.1  19.7   12:41  15.4   22:41   1.4   0.2   0.1  10.7  46.1   16:34     E
21  16.8  19.3   14:55  15.3   03:10   1.5   0.0   6.7  13.9  52.9   15:32   ENE
22  18.7  21.7   11:46  16.7   03:22   0.3   0.7   3.8  14.4  50.8   01:55    NW
23  18.8  22.7   14:47  15.9   23:11   0.6   1.0   1.4  15.8  58.7   11:58     W
24  15.4  18.8   16:50  12.1   08:20   2.9   0.0  11.4  12.4  44.6   13:25     W
25  16.3  19.9   14:00  13.0   03:02   2.2   0.1  11.1  15.4  52.9   15:06     W
26  17.2  21.7   15:39  14.1   03:36   1.7   0.6   5.9  10.4  34.6   13:33     W
27  17.3  22.4   17:05  14.7   06:17   1.7   0.7   1.7   6.3  28.1   11:13    SW
28  19.4  26.4   15:16  14.7   06:26   1.2   2.3   0.0   8.0  33.5   17:59   SSW
29  17.4  21.6   13:41  13.0   05:17   1.6   0.7   0.0  10.6  45.7   15:21     W
30  18.9  23.9   17:15  15.0   23:59   0.9   1.6   0.0   6.6  41.8   15:31     E
31  18.0  22.4   14:44  14.7   00:09   1.3   1.0   0.0   8.8  36.4   16:49   WSW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    17.8  26.5     8     9.0     5    43.9  29.2 104.6  10.0  58.7    23     WSW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 45.2 on day 15
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration