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A late Good Evening - Today was: Monday, 11 May 2026 21:15:50 NZST
Current: 7.2°C, Max: 13.9°C, Min: 7.2°C. It feels like 5.7°C
FORECAST: Mainly clear. Low 2C. Winds light and variable. Chance of frost or heavy dew. It feels like 5.7°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:13 | Sunset: 17:15 | Dawn: 06:43 | Dusk: 17:44
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 °C/hr 7.2°C, 80%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.4 hPa/hr 1022.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Calm (F0) from ESE (116°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 4km/h
Air Quality :  45 AQI  19.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 9.7hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 11 May 2026 at 21:18:10. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 11 May 2026 8:45PM: 'The job eats away at you': Hillmorton Hospital staff facing burnout, anxiety over working conditions (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 7:29PM: 'It will be very disruptive': Grant Robertson on scrapping of fees-free policy (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 6:23PM: Veteran wins appeal for brain-cancer to be treated as service-related in landmark case (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 6:01PM: Hayden Tasker trial: Fellow officer describes efforts to save Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 5:40PM: Secrecy surrounding 'traitor' soldier who thought he was spying on NZ to stay in place (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 5:33PM: PM Christopher Luxon 'very relaxed' about Winston Peters' fees-free Budget 'leak' (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 5:31PM: 13 people arrested for gang, gun-related violence in Wairoa (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 5:30PM: Te Wānanga o Aotearoa formalises partnership with Oxford University (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 5:16PM: Measles likely circulating in Wellington community (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 11 May 2026 4:45PM: First-ever stone skimming national championship to take place this month (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION CAUTION
Chance of FROST or heavy DEW
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Mostly Clear
2°C
Mostly Clear		 Tomorrow
Partly Cloudy
15°C
Partly Cloudy
Mainly clear. Low 2C. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 8%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
00:16
Moonset
14:02
Visibility
35% 		Sunrise
07:13
Sunset
17:15
Day Length
10.02 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 1min 59s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 21:18:10 11/05/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 116 days 2 hours
Prgm Up: 116 days 2 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 May 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 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  12.3  20.7   14:47   6.6   05:53   6.3   0.3   0.0   2.7  41.0   13:05     W
02  14.6  20.9   13:53   9.3   02:58   4.0   0.3   0.0   2.6  27.0   14:09   WSW
03  15.8  21.3   13:34  12.8   23:16   2.8   0.3   0.0   1.6  21.0   14:41   WSW
04  14.9  21.0   13:52  11.4   23:57   3.6   0.2   0.0   2.7  27.0   18:00   ENE
05  15.0  22.4   14:52  11.0   00:27   3.8   0.5   0.0   2.2  25.0   14:58    NW
06  15.5  20.1   16:06  12.8   06:04   3.0   0.2   0.0   1.8  17.0   14:52     W
07  14.0  20.9   13:55   8.4   07:08   4.5   0.2   0.0   2.6  24.0   15:01     W
08  15.0  20.0   14:36  11.5   07:18   3.5   0.2   0.0   5.6  35.0   13:23   WNW
09  15.3  20.1   14:13  12.5   01:38   3.2   0.2   1.2   4.0  32.0   10:41    NW
10  13.6  17.4   13:21   9.4   23:54   4.7   0.0   5.6   5.7  43.0   10:34   SSE
11  11.2  15.4   14:56   7.0   23:40   7.1   0.0   0.0   3.1  32.0   10:06   SSE
12   9.0  16.3   14:49   2.7   07:25   9.3   0.0   0.0   3.2  31.0   17:05   ESE
13   9.4  16.2   14:50   2.2   07:17   8.9   0.0   0.0   2.6  25.0   14:30    NW
14  13.9  16.4   14:34  12.4   06:36   4.4   0.0   7.0   7.2  40.0   03:03    NW
15  15.7  18.7   12:53  13.7   00:00   2.6   0.0  19.0   2.6  29.0   03:07   NNW
16  16.3  21.0   14:37  14.6   00:00   2.1   0.2   9.0   5.0  40.0   15:05   WNW
17  16.4  19.9   11:15  14.1   06:39   2.0   0.1   8.2   5.8  32.0   11:27     W
18  15.8  20.1   14:27  12.1   07:05   2.7   0.2   1.0   3.5  39.0   11:14   WNW
19  15.0  20.2   14:35  12.3   05:03   3.6   0.2   4.2   5.3  54.0   18:06   WNW
20  12.0  14.6   12:32   9.0   23:57   6.3   0.0   6.0  10.3  78.0   10:11   WNW
21  11.4  16.2   15:24   5.3   04:57   6.9   0.0   0.4  10.8  68.0   14:17   WNW
22  12.8  16.8   11:48   8.9   06:11   5.5   0.0   0.0   9.5  56.0   17:52   WNW
23  11.7  16.8   13:55   7.5   22:25   6.6   0.0   0.0   4.0  40.0   14:55    NW
24  12.3  17.0   13:20   8.0   23:52   6.0   0.0   0.0   4.4  35.0   14:22     N
25  11.2  16.9   13:29   6.0   05:37   7.1   0.0   0.2   4.0  35.0   13:10   WSW
26  10.4  13.7   12:43   6.6   23:58   7.9   0.0   0.0   4.8  33.0   18:20    SE
27   7.5  13.5   14:51   2.7   05:24  10.8   0.0   0.0   1.2  12.0   14:53     S
28   7.8  16.3   14:55   2.8   07:08  10.5   0.0   0.2   1.5  21.0   13:23   NNW
29   8.8  16.7   15:01   2.8   05:33   9.5   0.0   0.2   3.3  30.0   20:32   ESE
30  13.3  14.8   10:31  11.3   00:00   5.0   0.0  24.4   5.0  43.0   09:44    SE
31  14.7  19.8   14:35  11.8   21:01   3.8   0.1   0.2   4.6  34.0   12:51    NW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    13.0  22.4     5     2.2    13   168.0   3.2  86.8   4.3  78.0    20     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 24.4 on day 30
Days of Rain: 15 (>= 0.2 mm)  8 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration