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Midday - Today is: Saturday, 10 October 2026 12:30:04 NZDT
Current: 19.7°C, Max: 20.0°C, Min: 13.9°C. It feels like 17.5°C
FORECAST: Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 21C. Winds E at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 17.5°C. A windproof and 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showery later | Sunrise: 06:38 | Sunset: 19:32 | Dawn: 06:11 | Dusk: 20:00
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.1 °C/hr 19.7°C, 64%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.6 hPa/hr 1024.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from ENE (61°)   ENE  16km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 34km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 109.1klx, 5.9hrs   Solar UV :  8.0UVI  862W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 10 October 2026 at 12:31:37. Updated in seconds

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⛅ 10 Oct 2026 12:14PM: Trump approves major disaster declaration for Guam following Super Typhoon Bavi (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 12:06PM: Quake and tsunami monitoring centre closed for hours due to staff shortages (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 12:01PM: Strong earthquake in Central America sparks Pacific tsunami fears (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 11:09AM: Two dead, two seriously injured as homicide investigation launched in Christchurch (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 10:40AM: 'Threatened to smash my face in': Mum of autistic teen struggles with awful noisy neighbours (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 10:29AM: Christchurch man charged over disappearance and death of Braydon Hepworth (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 10:00AM: Large fire extinguished at Lower Hutt home (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 9:47AM: Turning wasted wood into biochemicals, biofuels seen as 'the future for New Zealand' (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 9:45AM: Federated Farmers welcomes National's water storage scheme, says it should go further (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 10 Oct 2026 9:13AM: US tsunami warning center says no threat to Pacific Islands following quake (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy
21°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tonight
Showers
12°C
Showers
Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 21C. Winds E at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 5%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
06:01
Moonset
19:08
Visibility
1% 		Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
19:32
Day Length
12.54 hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 39s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 12:31:37 10/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 59 days 16 hours
Prgm Up: 8 days 17 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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Report for 2015 Feb 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  20.0  21.4   00:05  18.8   04:12   0.0   1.7  24.9   3.2  14.8   13:20     N
 2  20.0  24.4   15:36  18.4   06:56   0.0   1.7  12.9  11.3  35.6   15:26   WNW
 3  20.4  24.1   14:41  17.4   23:57   0.0   2.1   0.0  25.9  56.2   10:14   WNW
 4  18.7  23.0   16:09  16.3   02:16   0.7   1.1   0.0  17.2  47.9   20:09   WNW
 5  17.3  20.8   15:05  14.8   20:17   1.4   0.5   2.7  25.9  57.6   17:26     W
 6  15.5  19.5   17:11  10.9   23:10   2.9   0.0   4.8  14.2  51.5   02:20     W
 7  15.2  21.2   15:04   8.0   06:42   3.6   0.5   0.0   7.4  31.7   13:22   WSW
 8  19.0  24.4   14:39  15.4   00:00   0.8   1.5   0.0   9.2  30.6   16:56     W
 9  18.8  23.5   15:39  13.6   23:52   0.6   1.1  15.3  17.4  49.0   16:07     W
10  15.7  21.1   16:25  11.7   01:24   3.0   0.5   6.0  13.9  42.8   11:08     E
11  16.4  22.0   14:02  11.5   01:43   2.7   0.8   0.0  14.5  39.2   16:52     E
12  18.9  26.4   15:13  12.7   07:05   1.8   2.4   0.0   7.9  19.4   14:23     E
13  20.1  25.0   14:00  14.2   06:40   0.9   2.7   0.0   8.8  25.6   13:19     W
14  22.5  22.5   00:00  22.5   00:00   0.0   4.2   0.0  12.2   9.7   00:00   WSW
15  20.6  22.5   00:00  12.7   23:07   0.9   3.2   0.0  12.1  27.0   19:02   WSW
16  16.0  22.0   14:31  10.7   06:35   3.1   0.7   0.0   9.6  33.1   18:31     E
17  18.0  27.0   15:56  11.5   06:39   2.4   2.1   0.0   5.7  23.4   17:41   ESE
18  17.8  24.9   16:15   9.6   07:01   2.5   2.0   0.0   7.5  28.1   16:26   WSW
19  19.0  24.9   13:47  12.7   04:39   1.2   1.9   0.0  10.9  35.6   14:40     W
20  20.9  28.9   16:04  13.6   06:19   1.2   3.8   0.0   5.7  23.4   18:26     E
21  18.9  23.5   11:39  16.1   02:31   0.6   1.2   0.0   8.9  29.5   17:42     W
22  20.7  26.5   14:38  16.3   04:18   0.3   2.8   0.0   7.1  24.5   04:02   WSW
23  20.1  25.9   15:28  17.0   06:27   0.3   2.1   8.7  12.9  43.9   16:42     E
24  20.0  25.9   15:14  16.2   23:54   0.7   2.4   0.0   7.4  22.0   17:00   ESE
25  18.6  25.0   14:37  12.9   06:09   1.5   1.8   0.0   8.0  30.6   14:27   WSW
26  16.8  21.4   16:07  13.6   06:51   2.1   0.6   0.0  13.9  39.2   06:50     E
27  17.1  24.3   13:41  10.3   06:49   2.6   1.4   0.0   6.9  27.0   13:58   WSW
28  18.1  24.5   13:30  11.8   03:59   2.1   1.8   0.0   7.3  30.6   14:42     W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    18.6  28.9    20     8.0     7    39.9  48.6  75.3  11.2  57.6     5       W

Max >=  27.0:  2
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 24.9 on day 1
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration