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Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 29 May 2026 09:54:39 NZST
Current: 11.4°C, Max: 11.4°C, Min: 5.2°C. It feels like 10.3°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and damp with occasional drizzle this morning...then becoming partly cloudy. High 16C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 10.3°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:29 | Sunset: 17:01 | Dawn: 06:58 | Dusk: 17:32
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.7 °C/hr 11.4°C, 86%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.4 hPa/hr 1025.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NNE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NNE (25°) 5km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 9km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.8ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 15.8kLux, 1.3hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  125W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 29 May 2026 at 09:58:26. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
Rain Information16 Consecutive days of no rain
 Weather Forecast
Today
AM Drizzle
16°C
AM Drizzle		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
4°C
Partly Cloudy
Cloudy and damp with occasional drizzle this morning...then becoming partly cloudy. High 16C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
15:15
Moonset
05:16
Visibility
94% 		Sunrise
07:29
Sunset
17:01
Day Length
9.32 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 16s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 09:58:26 29/05/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 133 days 14 hours
Prgm Up: 133 days 14 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 2011 Mar 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2011

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  20.9  27.6   15:18  13.6   04:48   0.0   2.6   0.0   8.1  29.5   11:48   WNW
 2  19.8  25.9   09:48  15.8   23:48   0.0   1.5   1.2  13.1  33.1   17:48   WNW
 3  18.1  26.5   15:18  11.1   05:48   0.2   0.0   0.0   6.5  18.4   18:18     W
 4  18.2  24.1   13:48  12.0   04:48   0.1   0.0   3.0  10.0  28.1   10:48   WNW
 5  18.6  21.8   16:14  17.0   07:24   0.0   0.3  47.4   5.8  24.5   16:24   WNW
 6  13.2  17.9   00:00   9.6   23:00   5.1   0.0  37.5   5.5  31.7   04:59   ESE
 7  13.7  24.8   14:49   5.2   06:01   4.6   0.0   0.0   5.2  30.6   18:07   ESE
 8  14.3  24.4   13:53   5.6   05:17   4.0   0.0   0.0   4.2  17.3   16:59    SW
 9  15.7  24.0   10:53   8.7   06:40   2.6   0.0   0.0   6.0  24.5   14:25     E
10  16.6  26.2   15:32   7.2   06:53   1.7   0.0   0.0   5.3  23.4   15:39     W
11  17.5  24.0   13:37  13.3   00:35   0.8   0.0   0.0  10.0  34.2   15:05   WNW
12  17.7  25.6   14:36  12.2   05:40   0.6   0.0   0.0   7.9  27.0   14:13     E
13  19.6  29.0   14:07  11.9   07:03   0.0   1.3   0.0   6.4  22.0   00:38     W
14  18.8  26.2   14:26  11.8   07:17   0.0   0.5   0.0  11.9  36.7   13:01     W
15  18.6  24.4   15:59  15.2   06:10   0.0   0.3   0.0  13.4  37.8   12:59     W
16  19.0  26.5   14:36  12.6   07:09   0.0   0.7   0.0   6.4  27.0   14:59     W
17  18.6  26.7   11:25  13.2   02:37   0.0   0.3   0.0   6.4  33.1   12:21     W
18  16.6  22.1   15:50  13.2   23:37   1.7   0.0   0.3  11.0  39.2   17:25     W
19  16.0  22.7   16:16  12.5   06:23   2.3   0.0   0.0  11.3  33.1   10:25     W
20  18.1  27.7   15:37  12.7   04:26   0.2   0.0   0.3   4.7  19.4   15:44   WSW
21  15.4  21.8   13:13   9.0   05:42   2.9   0.0   4.5  15.1  49.0   14:00     E
22  15.6  18.9   14:38  13.6   00:18   2.7   0.0  29.4   6.7  36.7   11:01   ESE
23  15.2  21.6   14:58  11.2   23:50   3.1   0.0   0.3   9.4  37.8   14:35     E
24  14.4  19.7   16:06  10.2   06:42   3.9   0.0   0.0  17.6  36.7   16:19     E
25  16.3  23.8   14:23  10.2   06:49   2.0   0.0   0.0  11.6  27.0   10:57     E
26  17.5  26.8   15:57  13.7   05:57   0.8   0.0  19.8   4.2  14.8   23:50     E
27  18.4  24.0   11:16  15.6   23:58   0.0   0.1   8.7  11.0  42.8   22:47     W
28  16.1  24.0   14:44   9.2   06:13   2.2   0.0   0.3   7.0  36.7   02:14   NNW
29  15.8  27.7   16:23   6.2   07:43   2.5   0.0   0.0   4.9  19.4   20:33     E
30  15.2  22.6   15:01  10.3   23:04   3.1   0.0   0.0  10.9  35.6   14:13     E
31  15.5  24.5   14:49   9.1   06:38   2.8   0.0   0.0   9.4  28.1   03:43   ENE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    16.9  29.0    13     5.2     7    49.9   7.6 152.7   8.6  49.0    21      NW

Max >=  27.0:  4
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 47.4 on day 5
Days of Rain: 12 (> 0.2 mm)  7 (> 2.0 mm)  3 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration