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Good Afternoon - Today is: Tuesday, 2 December 2025 16:02:00 NZDT
Current: 21.3°C, Max: 22.2°C, Min: 11.5°C. It feels like 19.5°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to cloudy skies and rain overnight. Low 12C. WSW winds shifting to ESE at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near 6mm. It feels like 19.5°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain at times, very unsettled | Sunrise: 05:42 | Sunset: 20:32 | Dawn: 05:10 | Dusk: 21:05
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.1 °C/hr 21.3°C, 54%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1004.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from W (267°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 25km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 78.4kLux, 6.1hrs   Solar UV :  7.9UVI  619W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 02 December 2025 at 16:06:12. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
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 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Rain Late
12°C
Rain Late		 Tomorrow
Thunderstorms
20°C
Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to cloudy skies and rain overnight. Low 12C. WSW winds shifting to ESE at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near 6mm.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
17:14
Moonset
03:12
Visibility
88% 		Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
20:32
Day Length
14.50 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 15s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 16:06:12 2/12/2025
System Up: 3 days 17 hours
Prgm Up: 3 days 17 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.98V
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 +13:00(NZDT)


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Report for 2022 Mar 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2022

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  18.7  23.8   17:19  15.9   05:58   0.8   1.2   0.0   4.7  34.0   11:44    SE
02  18.1  20.6   16:50  15.6   23:57   0.6   0.5   0.0   5.9  45.0   12:33   SSE
03  17.8  20.7   17:12  13.8   02:24   1.1   0.7   0.0   5.7  48.0   13:26   ESE
04  19.0  22.8   16:44  16.1   07:08   0.6   1.3   0.0   2.7  20.0   11:44    SW
05  19.6  25.3   16:56  15.8   06:27   0.5   1.7   0.0   2.3  23.0   18:06    SW
06  19.7  23.7   15:20  16.8   06:17   0.2   1.7   0.0   4.5  32.0   16:42   WSW
07  20.0  24.8   17:44  17.0   06:45   0.2   1.9   0.0   4.1  38.0   15:28   SSW
08  20.9  26.0   17:42  18.5   07:06   0.0   2.6   0.0   4.1  42.0   10:28   ESE
09  21.1  25.9   16:27  18.0   07:12   0.0   2.9   0.0   3.3  30.0   13:07    SW
10  21.3  24.0   16:25  19.1   06:52   0.0   3.0   0.0   5.3  45.0   19:16     E
11  21.1  24.0   15:51  19.7   07:46   0.0   2.8   0.0   4.4  37.0   15:48   WSW
12  19.9  24.6   14:14  16.6   05:42   0.3   1.9   0.0   4.7  44.0   15:11   WSW
13  18.6  21.4   15:33  16.2   23:35   0.4   0.7   0.0   7.2  47.0   11:27    SE
14  17.9  20.7   15:15  15.3   06:56   0.9   0.5   0.0   6.5  34.0   12:43    SE
15  17.8  19.7   14:03  15.8   08:20   0.8   0.3   0.0   6.2  53.0   13:37    SE
16  17.6  20.2   14:34  15.8   05:15   1.0   0.3   0.0   5.5  50.0   00:44   SSE
17  16.9  19.7   17:05  13.5   05:11   1.6   0.2   0.0   5.8  39.0   11:51    SE
18  16.9  20.4   17:39  13.5   07:41   1.7   0.3   0.0   3.8  26.0   12:55    SE
19  17.3  20.2   16:30  13.0   07:54   1.5   0.4   0.0   5.4  42.0   15:59   ESE
20  18.4  20.7   14:33  16.7   05:38   0.6   0.7   0.0   9.3  53.0   21:06     E
21  17.8  18.7   23:45  17.1   05:39   0.5   0.0  18.4   9.3  60.0   21:18     E
22  20.3  23.4   16:09  17.5   07:06   0.0   2.1   4.8   5.1  37.0   11:09     E
23  19.1  20.0   13:37  18.0   07:51   0.0   0.8   6.2   3.0  39.0   16:16   ENE
24  18.3  19.8   12:16  16.9   05:33   0.3   0.3  15.4   4.9  40.0   11:49     S
25  17.0  19.4   17:11  15.3   07:33   1.3   0.0   1.8   4.2  35.0   02:05   WSW
26  16.7  19.5   15:54  14.5   08:41   1.7   0.1   0.0   5.1  48.0   16:08     S
27  17.4  19.9   16:35  14.6   06:42   1.1   0.2   0.0   5.4  43.0   15:10   SSE
28  17.0  19.4   15:44  15.6   08:08   1.4   0.1   0.0   5.0  43.0   19:29   SSE
29  18.2  21.8   15:40  14.9   08:31   1.0   0.9   0.0   3.8  25.0   05:17   SSE
30  19.4  21.8   15:03  17.0   06:29   0.1   1.2   0.0   4.0  34.0   16:08   ESE
31  19.5  23.3   17:04  17.3   07:59   0.2   1.4   0.0   4.2  42.0   13:22     E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    18.7  26.0     8    13.0    19    20.4  32.7  46.6   5.0  60.0    21      SE

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 18.4 on day 21
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  4 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration