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A very early Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 19 March 2026 05:32:50 NZDT
Current: 16.3°C, Max: 16.7°C, Min: 15.1°C. It feels like 15.4°C
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy skies. High 22C. Winds SE at 25 to 40 km/h. It feels like 15.4°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showery later | Sunrise: 07:19 | Sunset: 19:32 | Dawn: 06:52 | Dusk: 19:59
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 16.3°C, 74%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1020.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SE (129°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 17km/h
Air Quality :  21 AQI  6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 19 March 2026 at 05:35:32. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Mostly Cloudy
22°C
Mostly Cloudy		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
13°C
Partly Cloudy
Mostly cloudy skies. High 22C. Winds SE at 25 to 40 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 17%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: New Moon       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
07:05
Moonset
19:24
Visibility
0% 		Sunrise
07:19
Sunset
19:32
Day Length
12.12 Hrs
Moon Phase: New Moon
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 42s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 05:35:32 19/03/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 62 days 9 hours
Prgm Up: 62 days 9 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 2019 May 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 ft  Lat: S 40° 20' 57"   Lon: E 175° 36' 55"

                  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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  10.2  16.9   14:53   5.0   04:25   8.0   0.0   0.0  ----  26.7   12:19    SE
 2  10.3  19.2   15:09   3.6   07:08   8.0   0.0   0.0  ----  20.2   11:18   NNW
 3  11.5  20.0   13:52   5.7   03:02   6.9   0.1   0.0  ----  20.9   14:58   ENE
 4  11.6  18.7   13:08   4.6   05:29   6.7   0.0   0.0  ----  21.6   14:03   WNW
 5  12.3  19.9   13:18   6.9   05:34   6.1   0.0   0.0  ----  30.3   13:48   WSW
 6  12.1  17.3   15:30   7.0   06:38   6.2   0.0   0.0  ----  19.5   15:21   ENE
 7  11.9  19.2   14:06   5.2   06:00   6.4   0.0   0.0  ----  34.6   14:06   ENE
 8  13.2  20.6   12:58   8.4   03:04   5.2   0.1   0.0  ----  13.0   12:51   ESE
 9  13.3  22.3   14:43   6.1   06:10   5.6   0.6   0.0  ----  33.9   14:48   WNW
10  14.9  20.0   12:14  12.2   01:21   3.5   0.1   1.8  ----  44.0   13:03   WNW
11  14.6  19.2   13:45  10.2   23:47   3.7   0.0   0.0  ----  38.2   14:32   WNW
12  14.3  21.2   13:20   7.8   04:02   4.3   0.3   4.4  ----  33.9   20:04   NNW
13  12.6  17.7   14:56   8.0   19:23   5.7   0.0   9.0  ----  37.5   05:56    NW
14  11.1  16.9   12:15   5.9   04:28   7.2   0.0   0.0  ----  41.1   13:01   WNW
15  13.8  17.3   12:10  10.8   03:49   4.5   0.0   6.0  ----  51.2   15:13     W
16  13.5  16.4   13:02   8.2   23:01   4.8   0.0   0.2  ----  77.1   14:42     W
17   8.9  15.9   13:22   5.9   21:37   9.2   0.0   0.0  ----  17.3   11:21     N
18  11.5  15.6   13:43   6.9   00:00   6.8   0.0   0.4  ----  52.6   15:43   WNW
19  13.2  18.0   14:50   6.6   22:55   5.1   0.0   0.0  ----  49.0   02:55     W
20  11.9  18.1   12:55   7.8   06:20   6.4   0.0   0.0  ----  28.1   10:52   NNW
21  10.9  15.8   13:06   5.8   04:42   7.4   0.0   0.0  ----  20.2   10:39     N
22  12.2  15.0   12:14  10.2   08:45   6.1   0.0   0.4  ----  33.2   18:59    NW
23  13.3  20.4   13:49  10.3   23:38   5.1   0.1   0.4  ----  16.6   15:38     N
24  11.2  17.5   11:41   7.0   04:39   7.1   0.0   0.0  ----  38.9   14:16   WNW
25  10.4  17.4   14:32   5.0   07:06   7.9   0.0   0.0  ----  33.9   13:50   WNW
26  12.3  16.6   14:39   8.4   05:13   6.0   0.0   0.0  ----  48.3   12:04    NW
27  12.9  18.4   13:48   8.7   02:56   5.4   0.0   2.8  ----  20.9   13:42    NW
28  12.6  16.7   18:43   7.8   06:43   5.7   0.0   0.2  ----  30.3   21:41   NNE
29  13.6  17.2   12:33   9.1   21:26   4.7   0.0   3.0  ----  87.2   04:09   WNW
30  13.6  20.0   12:43  10.1   04:42   4.7   0.0   4.2  ----  50.5   12:24    NW
31  11.6  15.0   15:09   9.4   23:54   6.7   0.0  15.4  ----  39.7   01:31   NNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12.3  22.3     9     3.6     2   187.1   1.3  48.2  ----  87.2    29     ---

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 15.4 on day 31
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration