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Good Afternoon - Today is: Wednesday, 2 July 2025 16:54:13 NZST
Current: 11.4°C, Max: 14.4°C, Min: 1.3°C. It feels like 10.5°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to occasional showers overnight. Low around 5C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 40%. It feels like 10.5°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:42 | Sunset: 17:02 | Dawn: 07:11 | Dusk: 17:33
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hr 11.4°C, 71%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1025.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  -  Current wind speed is Calm (F0) from - (0°) 0km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 0km/h
Air Quality :  49 AQI  11.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 6.2hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 02 July 2025 at 16:54:07. Updated in seconds

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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.

Report for 2023 Mar
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2023

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
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01  19.3  23.7   16:23  16.7   07:09   0.3   1.4   0.0   3.3  49.0   16:48   WNW
02  19.1  21.1   14:42  17.4   07:38   0.2   1.0   0.0   3.9  32.0   13:11   WNW
03  20.7  25.1   17:09  17.8   04:17   0.0   2.4   0.0   4.1  36.0   16:58     W
04  21.1  25.3   16:01  19.1   07:43   0.0   2.8   0.0   4.2  34.0   13:43   WNW
05  19.4  22.5   15:38  16.8   23:53   0.1   1.2   0.0   4.7  37.0   13:04     E
06  17.6  22.3   16:10  14.5   05:44   1.3   0.6   0.0   5.2  37.0   09:37   ESE
07  17.8  21.8   16:58  14.7   06:51   1.2   0.7   0.0   3.4  34.0   17:51     W
08  18.9  22.3   16:48  16.7   06:38   0.3   0.9   0.0   7.4  51.0   11:50   WNW
09  20.1  23.8   16:13  18.1   07:00   0.0   1.8   0.0   8.3  53.0   12:58     W
10  19.8  22.4   15:07  17.6   08:32   0.0   1.5   1.8   3.0  31.0   16:04     W
11  20.0  23.4   15:49  18.2   07:02   0.0   1.7   0.0   3.3  36.0   14:26     W
12  19.4  21.9   16:45  18.2   07:21   0.0   1.1   0.0   7.4  48.0   16:41   WNW
13  18.8  22.0   15:32  15.3   23:41   0.4   0.9   0.2   7.7  59.0   15:31   WNW
14  16.7  20.5   16:00  13.7   03:14   1.9   0.3   0.0   2.6  40.0   14:49   WSW
15  17.7  23.1   16:51  14.6   07:03   1.4   0.8   0.0   1.9  22.0   17:44   WSW
16  18.6  22.8   17:32  14.7   08:24   1.0   1.2   0.0   2.2  22.0   15:49   WSW
17  19.4  21.9   13:26  17.8   00:00   0.0   1.2   3.2   6.6  56.0   13:26   WNW
18  19.0  22.3   17:35  17.5   06:20   0.1   0.8   4.4   3.8  30.0   04:46   NNW
19  18.6  22.4   15:50  16.4   05:02   0.6   0.9   0.0   2.8  30.0   16:11   WNW
20  18.5  22.7   14:46  15.8   23:55   0.4   0.7   0.0   5.5  56.0   13:46   WNW
21  15.9  20.8   15:18  10.3   23:59   2.5   0.2   7.0   6.8  53.0   14:56     W
22  12.7  18.1   13:33   9.4   23:58   5.6   0.0   0.4   3.1  45.0   13:13   WSW
23  12.9  20.4   15:47   6.4   06:34   5.5   0.2   0.0   2.1  25.0   17:09     W
24  13.5  21.3   16:31   7.9   07:15   5.0   0.3   0.0   2.1  27.0   17:02     W
25  16.4  21.9   15:56  10.2   01:48   2.6   0.7   0.0   8.7  59.0   12:57     W
26  17.5  22.0   14:14  13.7   23:29   1.3   0.5   0.8   7.1  48.0   15:40   WNW
27  16.8  20.8   16:39  13.5   01:36   1.8   0.3   0.0   6.4  40.0   14:47     W
28  14.5  20.0   13:55   8.6   23:58   3.9   0.1  10.4   8.0  56.0   10:31     W
29  10.0  15.3   15:49   5.6   07:58   8.3   0.0   0.2   5.8  52.0   14:40   WSW
30  12.2  16.0   16:10   9.9   00:00   6.1   0.0   0.0  14.4  79.0   11:38    SW
31  14.9  20.6   15:16  10.4   07:57   3.7   0.2   0.0   3.0  34.0   12:46     W
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    17.3  25.3     4     5.6    29    55.5  26.4  28.4   5.1  79.0    30       W

Max >=  27.0  0
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)  4 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration