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A very early Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 7 August 2026 05:26:29 NZST
Current: 0.2°C, Max: 2.6°C, Min: -0.7°C. It feels like -2.4°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. Cold. High 12C. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Frost or heavy dew may be present. It feels like -2.4°C. 5 or more clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:18 | Sunset: 17:31 | Dawn: 06:49 | Dusk: 17:59
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 0.2°C, 94%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1034.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SSE (168°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 6km/h
Air Quality :  44 AQI  19ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0lx, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 07 August 2026 at 05:31:11. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 07 Aug 2026 4:43AM: Cold snap almost over - but not quite (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 07 Aug 2026 4:43AM: China tensions and new defence treaty on the agenda for Pacific foreign ministers' meeting (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 07 Aug 2026 4:39AM: Autism diagnoses more than tripled in 15 years - study (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 06 Aug 2026 8:45PM: Timeline to implement new school subjects 'unrealistic', teachers' union warns (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 06 Aug 2026 8:07PM: Wellington City councillors vote yes on super-merger proposal (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 06 Aug 2026 7:05PM: Man accused of violent Auckland attacks in hospital, court appearance postponed (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 06 Aug 2026 6:46PM: Nelson businesses offered rates deferral amid ongoing city centre roadworks (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 06 Aug 2026 6:20PM: Primary school students sway Wellington City Council on road safety measures (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 06 Aug 2026 5:57PM: New season New Zealand wool market cools, but still booming for growers (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 06 Aug 2026 5:45PM: Nine new secondary school subjects announced by government (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
Low temperatures have been detected
Warning WEATHER STATION CAUTION
FROST or heavy DEW warning conditions have been met
 Weather Forecast
Today
Cloudy
12°C
Cloudy		 Tonight
Cloudy
6°C
Cloudy
Cloudy skies. Cold. High 12C. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 4%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
01:46
Moonset
11:13
Visibility
43% 		Sunrise
07:18
Sunset
17:31
Day Length
10.13 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 7s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 05:31:11 7/08/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 23 days 12 hours
Prgm Up: 1 days 13 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