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Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 12 December 2025 11:41:35 NZDT
Current: 19.8°C, Max: 20.4°C, Min: 12.8°C. It feels like 18.5°C
FORECAST: Partly to mostly cloudy. High 22C. Winds SSE at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 18.5°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 05:41 | Sunset: 20:41 | Dawn: 05:08 | Dusk: 21:15
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.2 °C/hr 19.8°C, 51%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1011.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  S  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from S (191°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 18km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 127.1kLux, 2.7hrs   Solar UV :  15.2UVI  1004W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 12 December 2025 at 11:46:27. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
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station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy
22°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tonight
Clear
8°C
Clear
Partly to mostly cloudy. High 22C. Winds SSE at 15 to 30 km/h.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Last Quarter       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
01:21
Moonset
13:13
Visibility
50% 		Sunrise
05:41
Sunset
20:41
Day Length
14.59 Hrs
Moon Phase: Last Quarter
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 0min 38s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 11:46:27 12/12/2025
System Up: 13 days 13 hours
Prgm Up: 13 days 12 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.98V
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 2016 Jul 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2016

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 58   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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01   7.0  11.9   11:48   1.0   21:59  11.3   0.0   0.0   2.4  21.6   03:25    SE
02   6.5  15.0   12:20   1.0   00:00  11.1   0.0   0.0   5.5  38.9   12:53   WNW
03  10.6  14.9   12:48   7.7   02:39   7.7   0.0   0.0   6.6  32.4   13:27   WNW
04  11.1  14.5   13:57   8.3   07:22   7.2   0.0   0.0   7.9  38.9   03:45   WNW
05  12.0  16.9   12:39   8.1   21:48   6.3   0.0   0.3   5.2  20.9   12:31   WNW
06  10.8  13.2   11:15   8.4   23:56   7.5   0.0   0.0   3.2  23.1   12:13    NW
07  10.6  14.6   12:59   7.3   02:31   7.7   0.0   0.0   8.4  49.0   23:47     E
08  10.8  12.2   13:01   8.6   23:32   7.5   0.0   9.0  10.4  59.8   18:16   ESE
09   9.0  11.7   14:38   7.2   23:21   9.3   0.0   0.0   8.3  61.3   01:22   ESE
10   9.6  13.7   12:10   7.2   00:17   8.7   0.0   0.0   5.7  32.4   13:13     E
11   8.7  13.6   12:01   4.1   08:00   9.6   0.0   0.0   5.3  33.9   13:17     E
12   6.6  15.0   12:39   1.1   07:39  11.7   0.0   0.0   2.0  11.5   13:24     E
13   7.5  12.9   12:05   1.4   02:18  10.8   0.0   0.6   3.1  26.0   12:18     N
14  11.0  13.8   12:56   9.0   21:44   7.3   0.0  17.4   9.8  57.7   14:46     W
15  10.5  13.7   13:01   7.4   23:57   7.8   0.0   1.8   9.2  75.0   09:25   WNW
16   8.2  14.2   13:43   4.4   22:47  10.1   0.0   0.0   2.5  41.8   14:38     W
17  10.5  14.4   13:42   6.2   21:36   7.8   0.0   0.3   7.7  57.0   05:35   WSW
18   6.3  11.8   14:40   2.2   23:09  12.0   0.0   0.0   3.2  44.7   13:55   SSW
19   7.8  12.7   20:15   1.7   01:50  10.5   0.0  11.4   6.8  62.0   22:31     W
20  10.7  15.0   14:28   4.8   07:32   7.6   0.0   1.5   7.0  44.0   00:01     W
21  10.7  15.6   13:15   4.8   22:17   7.6   0.0   1.5   5.2  58.4   03:48     W
22   8.0  13.1   11:30   4.3   03:57  10.3   0.0   0.0   2.7  25.2   12:58   WNW
23  12.6  19.6   15:13   6.1   00:00   5.7   0.1   3.9   5.6  65.6   16:46   WNW
24  12.4  15.7   03:27   9.4   15:19   5.9   0.0  14.5  16.8  94.4   21:56     W
25  10.9  14.4   12:41   7.8   22:34   7.4   0.0   4.2  11.5  70.7   02:37     W
26   8.7  14.6   12:23   4.4   21:04   9.6   0.0   0.6   2.7  18.7   22:58   WNW
27  10.4  15.4   13:09   6.3   01:36   7.9   0.0   0.0   7.6  48.3   12:52   WNW
28  11.4  16.3   13:18   9.0   20:53   6.9   0.0  10.5   8.1  67.1   21:44   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9.7  19.6    23     1.0     1   240.8   0.1  77.5   6.4  94.4    24     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 17.4 on day 14
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration