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A new day - Good Morning - Today is: Saturday, 6 December 2025 00:53:12 NZDT
Current: 16.9°C, Max: 17.0°C, Min: 16.7°C. It feels like 16.8°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. Low near 15C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 16.8°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 05:41 | Sunset: 20:36 | Dawn: 05:09 | Dusk: 21:09
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.0 °C/hr 16.9°C, 84%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.0 hPa/hr 1013.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WNW (301°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 18km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 06 December 2025 at 00:57:37. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Cloudy
15°C
Cloudy		 Tomorrow
AM Clouds, PM Sun
22°C
AM Clouds, PM Sun
Cloudy skies. Low near 15C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 8%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
22:24
Moonset
06:04
Visibility
100% 		Sunrise
05:41
Sunset
20:36
Day Length
14.54 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 1min 0s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 00:57:37 6/12/2025
System Up: 7 days 2 hours
Prgm Up: 7 days 1 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.24V
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)


NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
The NOAA Climate Report provides a day-by-day, monthly and yearly look at the weather since 2009 in Palmerston North. This offers detailed records for the rain, wind and temperatures as well as totals and summaries all recored at the Palmerston North location.
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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