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Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 23 October 2026 15:34:36 NZDT
Current: 22.0°C, Max: 23.2°C, Min: 8.5°C. It feels like 20.9°C
FORECAST: Plenty of sunshine. High 26C. Winds SE at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 20.9°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.4 °C/hr 22.0°C, 63%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1024.3hPa
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 WSW (247°)   WSW  13km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 22km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 89.9klx, 8.4hrs   Solar UV :  6.0UVI  710W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 23 October 2026 at 15:37:08. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 23 Oct 2026 3:03PM: Memorial service to be held for beloved K Rd pharmacist and community advocate Suresh Rama (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 3:01PM: Traffic building north of Auckland as people head away for the long weekend (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 2:18PM: Police investigation into fatal Dunedin fire still ongoing (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 2:07PM: EDS patients in limbo as Hamilton surgeon Chris Holdaway stops seeing patients (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 1:46PM: Wellington social housing sale: Living there 'changed my life' councillor says (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 1:16PM: 'It was a doomsday cult, we believed that the end of the world was going to happen' (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 1:00PM: Police have confirmed Rakesh Naidoo is not under investigation, Labour says (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 12:50PM: Draft approval granted for $100m inland port near Mosgiel (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 12:33PM: New Zealand takes stepping stone to shooting down drones (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 23 Oct 2026 12:30PM: 'Nobody talks about it': Menopause stigma silences Asian women (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Forecast
Today
Mostly Sunny
26°C
Mostly Sunny		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
10°C
Partly Cloudy
Plenty of sunshine. High 26C. Winds SE at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 1%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
16:28
Moonset
04:29
Visibility
89% 		Sunrise
06:19
Sunset
19:46
Day Length
13.27 hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 32s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 15:37:08 23/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 72 days 19 hours
Prgm Up: 21 days 20 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 2020 Mar 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2020

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 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  18.5  27.8   16:05  12.5   07:12   1.9   2.2   0.0   6.2  44.7   17:54     E
02  20.0  26.5   13:43  16.0   04:37   0.6   2.3   0.0   4.8  36.0   16:13    SE
03  21.6  28.8   13:36  16.5   07:00   0.2   3.5   0.0   5.4  36.8   14:18   WSW
04  17.5  20.8   13:06  13.3   23:53   1.2   0.4   2.0   6.9  47.6   14:13   ESE
05  15.1  21.5   14:26  11.4   06:15   3.5   0.3   0.0   7.5  46.1   16:07     E
06  15.7  22.5   16:01  11.6   06:40   3.1   0.5   0.0   7.8  49.7   16:25   ENE
07  16.6  27.2   15:31   9.7   07:06   3.3   1.6   0.0   4.1  33.2   12:56   SSE
08  17.2  25.7   14:34   9.6   07:01   3.2   2.1   0.0   3.7  29.6   14:21    SW
09  17.3  26.0   14:38  12.3   06:38   2.0   1.0   1.8   3.1  33.9   16:53     W
10  17.5  22.7   12:45  13.8   22:37   1.7   0.9   0.4   5.8  44.7   18:44     W
11  15.4  21.8   13:13  12.0   23:44   3.1   0.1   0.0   4.1  37.5   21:56   ESE
12  13.7  20.7   15:04   5.0   07:19   5.0   0.3   0.0   3.9  34.6   17:40   ESE
13  16.0  24.1   15:33  10.8   05:08   3.4   1.1   0.0   5.3  31.0   10:50     E
14  16.4  26.8   15:28   8.5   07:15   3.5   1.6   0.0   3.5  25.2   16:38    SW
15  16.1  27.8   16:11   8.5   07:22   3.9   1.7   0.0   4.1  38.2   11:08   ENE
16  17.2  23.5   16:05  12.3   07:14   2.1   0.9   0.0   5.3  39.7   14:05   WSW
17  13.7  17.4   12:52  11.7   23:32   4.6   0.0   0.0  10.0  55.5   11:08   SSE
18  14.3  22.7   16:03  10.7   21:45   4.4   0.4   0.0   3.5  32.4   18:42   SSW
19  15.6  19.9   12:35  12.1   05:14   2.7   0.1   0.0   8.7  47.6   17:37   WNW
20  16.5  21.9   17:55  14.0   23:30   2.2   0.4   1.0   7.1  44.7   07:39   WNW
21  16.6  24.0   14:01  12.7   06:38   2.5   0.9   0.0   4.4  49.7   15:01     W
22  17.7  22.7   13:49  13.8   00:04   1.4   0.8   3.8   7.3  41.1   14:54     W
23  16.4  21.4   13:25  13.4   05:41   2.2   0.3   0.0   5.4  33.2   10:58   WNW
24  12.8  18.1   16:04   8.2   07:39   5.5   0.0   1.6   5.9  48.3   12:47     W
25  13.8  22.3   13:50   6.9   04:29   5.1   0.6   0.0   3.9  36.8   15:14   WNW
26  15.6  21.8   16:22  11.5   05:18   3.0   0.3   0.0   6.7  44.0   14:22   WNW
27  12.3  18.3   16:20   8.3   23:32   6.0   0.0   5.0   2.3  21.6   16:51     N
28  11.2  18.0   15:35   7.7   01:48   7.0   0.0  10.4   3.0  42.5   16:46    SW
29  14.1  21.3   13:57   9.4   02:28   4.4   0.2   0.0   3.5  29.6   20:06    NE
30  15.7  20.6   16:30  12.2   05:29   2.8   0.2   0.0   6.1  37.5   10:25   ENE
31  15.9  22.9   17:15  13.4   07:10   2.7   0.3   3.4   3.7  21.6   10:42    SE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    15.9  28.8     3     5.0    12    98.2  25.0  29.4   5.3  55.5    17      SW

Max >=  27.0  4
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 10.4 on day 28
Days of Rain: 9 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration