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A late Good Afternoon - Today was: Saturday, 17 October 2026 17:00:45 NZDT
Current: 15.0°C, Max: 15.2°C, Min: 5.7°C. It feels like 13.1°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Low 2C. SSW winds shifting to NE at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 13.1°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 °C/hr 15.0°C, 56%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 hPa/hr 1027.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from W (260°)   W  6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 10km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  1.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 51klx, 2.9hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  403W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 17 October 2026 at 17:02:47. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 17 Oct 2026 3:51PM: Kāpiti Coast pizza store owner gets 10 months' home detention for tax evasion (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 3:38PM: St John introduces female-form manikins to address cardiac arrest survival gender gap (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 3:11PM: Can my stepkids sell my house? - Ask Susan (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 1:37PM: Transport delays expected for Auckland's 'super Saturday of sports and sounds' (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 12:41PM: Champi threatens Marianas as Guam braces for destructive winds (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 12:27PM: Country Life: The evolution of the country pub (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 12:17PM: Tenants 'distressed' by landlord's 'baseless threats of eviction' win tribunal dispute (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 12:06PM: 'The power is in our hands': Young people aim for biggest youth voter turnout yet (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 11:40AM: Car crashes, hundreds without water, after water main bursts (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 17 Oct 2026 11:28AM: Conditions looking good as last South Island skifield shuts for the season (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
2°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tomorrow
Partly Cloudy
17°C
Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy skies. Low 2C. SSW winds shifting to NE at 15 to 25 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 7%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
10:09
Moonset
01:22
Visibility
36% 		Sunrise
06:27
Sunset
19:40
Day Length
13.12 hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 35s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 17:02:47 17/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 66 days 20 hours
Prgm Up: 15 days 21 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 2010 Jul 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2010

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40 21' 15"   Lon: E 175 37' 34"

                  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   7.4  15.8   14:50   2.1   07:04  10.9   0.0   0.0   2.1   8.6   10:50   ENE
 2  10.4  17.6   12:44   5.1   05:24   7.9   0.0   0.0   4.4  22.0   13:46   NNW
 3   9.9  16.0   14:53   4.2   03:21   8.4   0.0   0.0   9.9  33.1   13:56    NW
 4  11.8  20.8   13:28   6.6   07:53   6.5   0.0   0.0   7.3  29.5   17:51     E
 5  11.0  14.2   11:13   8.4   00:00   7.3   0.0   0.0  11.1  29.5   11:28   ESE
 6  11.5  16.5   11:07  10.1   18:54   6.8   0.0   1.5   9.9  42.8   14:18    SE
 7  11.2  14.3   12:36   9.0   23:26   7.1   0.0   0.3   3.9  14.8   08:11     S
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10.5  20.8     4     2.1     1    54.9   0.0   1.8   6.6  42.8     6     ESE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 1.5 on day 6
Days of Rain: 2 (> 0.2 mm)  0 (> 2.0 mm)  0 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration