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Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 9 January 2026 15:44:25 NZDT
Current: 21.0°C, Max: 23.0°C, Min: 16.4°C. It feels like 19.4°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. Windy this evening. Low 16C. WNW winds at 30 to 50 km/h, decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 19.4°C. A windproof and 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 05:58 | Sunset: 20:50 | Dawn: 05:26 | Dusk: 21:23
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 21.0°C, 77%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1012.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Moderate breeze (F4) from W (262°) 20km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 34km/h
Air Quality :  12 AQI  3.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 15.6kLux, 2.0hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  123W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 09 January 2026 at 15:45:06. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 09 Jan 2026 2:10PM: Former Wellington mayoral hopeful Graham Bloxham arrested at Venezuela protest (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 2:49PM: Watch: Large fire engulfs building in Auckland's Pakuranga during firefighter strike (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 3:13PM: 'Matinee Idle' co-hosts Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris sign off (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 2:07PM: Hundreds of young cricketers battle Hawke's Bay heat for annual tournament (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 10:31AM: Government u-turns on prescription co-payment fees (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 12:21PM: Weather live: Heat alerts for 38C for in parts of country, heavy rain and gales forecast elsewhere (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 12:05PM: Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 1:15PM: 200 passengers stranded on Bluebridge ferry overnight (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 2:53PM: Firefighters suffer burns, heat exhaustion while battling house fire (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 09 Jan 2026 1:39PM: 'Bitterly disappointed': Vandals damage Wellington memorial park (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
High continuous wind levels have been detected
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Cloudy
16°C
Cloudy		 Tomorrow
Mostly Cloudy, Wind
23°C
Mostly Cloudy, Wind
Cloudy skies. Windy this evening. Low 16C. WNW winds at 30 to 50 km/h, decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
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Moonset
12:03
Visibility
65% 		Sunrise
05:58
Sunset
20:50
Day Length
14.51 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 13s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 15:45:06 9/01/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT) System Up: 8 days 18 hours
Prgm Up: 8 days 18 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 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