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Good Afternoon - Today was: Tuesday, 21 October 2025 17:46:00 NZDT
Current: 15.8°C, Max: 18.4°C, Min: 15.1°C. It feels like 14.4°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and windy at times with occasional rain...mainly this evening. Low 12C. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. It feels like 14.4°C. A windproof and 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain at times, very unsettled | Sunrise: 06:21 | Sunset: 19:44 | Dawn: 05:53 | Dusk: 20:12
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.3 °C/hr 15.8°C, 94%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1004.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (290°) 15km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 39km/h
Air Quality :  2 AQI  0.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 7.0mm
Sun Light : 6.7kLux, 0.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.6UVI  53W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 21 October 2025 at 17:46:47. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 21 Oct 2025 4:57PM: Live: Man killed by falling tree as storm hits Wellington, winds and rain in the south (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 5:13PM: Multiple cars on fire in Whangārei Hospital car park (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 4:14PM: 'It could have been any of us': Man killed by branch in Wellington wind found by walker (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 3:49PM: NZ police officer investigated for grabbing a woman's bottom in the UK (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 3:16PM: Public Service Commission's ads targeting strike 'absolutely unbelievable' - Labour (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 4:14PM: 10,000 without power, schools and businesses close as wind slams Wairarapa (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 4:35PM: In pictures: Strong winds, heavy rain lashes Wellington and South Island (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 4:28PM: Rural South Auckland to get bus services for first time (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 1:56PM: Rocky landings, anxiety and queues as Wellington winds cancel flights (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 21 Oct 2025 2:36PM: Roadworkers report being abused - verbally and physically - by frustrated drivers (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Rain, Wind Early
12°C
Rain, Wind Early		 Tomorrow
Cloudy, Wind
16°C
Cloudy, Wind
Cloudy and windy at times with occasional rain...mainly this evening. Low 12C. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Chance of rain 100%.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: New Moon       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
05:51
Moonset
19:31
Visibility
0% 		Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
19:44
Day Length
13.23 Hrs
Moon Phase: New Moon
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 33s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 17:46:47 21/10/2025
System Up: 5 days 22 hours
Prgm Up: 5 days 22 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.96V
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 2019 Apr 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 0 ft  Lat: S 00° 00' 00"   Lon: W 000° 00' 00"

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (m/s)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  17.9  26.8   12:22  14.8   23:57   1.4   0.9   6.6  ----  42.5   11:53    NW
 2  14.6  20.5   12:11  10.5   07:42   3.8   0.1   0.0  ----  46.1   18:52    SE
 3  13.2  18.8   14:19   9.2   06:29   5.1   0.0   0.0  ----  36.0   15:51    SE
 4  13.0  22.0   15:16   6.1   07:55   5.6   0.4   0.0  ----  26.7   10:15     N
 5  12.9  19.7   13:58   8.2   01:51   5.4   0.0   0.0  ----  43.3   20:15   SSE
 6  11.9  16.5   12:02   6.6   23:23   6.4   0.0   0.2  ----  35.3   01:31     S
 7  10.5  17.9   15:28   4.3   04:42   8.1   0.0   0.0  ----  28.8   19:03   ESE
 8  12.9  19.2   14:02   8.7   23:57   5.4   0.0   0.0  ----  31.0   11:11     S
 9  13.3  21.3   14:12   6.4   06:35   5.3   0.3   0.0  ----  38.2   13:56   WNW
10  17.2  23.2   13:05  13.4   03:39   1.9   0.9   0.0  ----  49.7   13:23   WNW
11  14.6  19.8   11:41  10.5   04:43   3.0   0.1  18.4  ----  10.8   09:57    NW
12  13.1  19.3   12:19   6.0   23:22   3.3   0.0   7.0  ----  40.4   18:32   SSE
13   9.5  18.8   15:53   3.2   06:45   8.8   0.0   0.0  ----  18.7   11:07   NNW
14  11.7  19.0   15:25   4.9   06:35   6.6   0.0   0.0  ----  14.4   21:07   WNW
15  11.6  18.5   12:33   6.6   23:29   6.7   0.0   0.0  ----  19.5   11:45   SSE
16  10.5  19.3   13:46   4.9   02:10   7.8   0.0   0.0  ----  30.3   18:04   ESE
17  12.2  18.1   13:51   6.3   04:44   4.9   0.0   0.0  ----  26.0   14:43     E
18  11.8  18.6   14:30   5.5   06:10   6.5   0.0   0.0  ----  17.3   14:10   ESE
19  10.6  18.9   13:20   2.5   06:50   7.7   0.0   0.0  ----  14.4   14:45   WSW
20  13.8  21.2   13:18   8.9   06:29   4.7   0.2   0.0  ----  44.7   15:56   WNW
21  13.0  20.4   12:04   7.7   02:49   5.4   0.1   0.0  ----  23.8   13:43   SSW
22  11.4  11.9   08:01  11.0   05:44   2.5   0.0   0.0  ----  13.7   05:40    NE
23  16.2  22.4   13:09  12.2   20:19   1.7   0.3   0.0  ----  23.8   11:53   ENE
24  15.0  22.2   14:15   9.6   03:08   3.7   0.4   0.0  ----  18.7   14:42   ESE
25  15.2  21.4   13:38  10.3   06:47   3.4   0.3   0.0  ----  33.2   15:30     W
26  15.6  21.6   11:58  12.3   23:32   3.0   0.3   0.0  ----  32.4   12:20    NW
27  16.0  23.0   14:19  11.0   02:45   3.0   0.7   0.2  ----  38.2   15:29   WNW
28  14.4  19.3   13:36  10.0   21:54   3.9   0.0   2.4  ----  40.4   11:10   WNW
29  11.6  16.8   13:18   8.7   23:52   6.7   0.0  14.4  ----  40.4   13:17   WNW
30  10.5  15.1   13:54   6.0   06:17   7.8   0.0   0.0  ----  46.9   08:22     S
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    13.2  26.8     1     2.5    19   149.5   5.0  49.2  ----  49.7    10     ---

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 18.4 on day 11
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration