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A new day, a new dawn - Today is: Thursday, 20 November 2025 06:49:31 NZDT
Current: 16.3°C, Max: 17.3°C, Min: 16.0°C. It feels like 17.0°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High near 20C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 17.0°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 05:48 | Sunset: 20:19 | Dawn: 05:17 | Dusk: 20:51
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 16.3°C, 94%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 hPa/hr 1014.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from W (262°) 5km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 12km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 6.2kLux, 0.8hrs   Solar UV :  0.7UVI  49W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 20 November 2025 at 06:52:42. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
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 Weather Forecast
Today
AM Clouds, PM Sun
20°C
AM Clouds, PM Sun		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
11°C
Partly Cloudy
Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High near 20C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 16%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
05:08
Moonset
20:31
Visibility
0% 		Sunrise
05:48
Sunset
20:19
Day Length
14.31 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 50s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 06:52:42 20/11/2025
System Up: 1 days 10 hours
Prgm Up: 1 days 10 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.24V
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 2012 Aug 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 2012

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  11.1  14.4   15:32   8.3   00:00   7.2   0.0   9.3  14.8  34.2   16:47     E
 2  12.1  14.3   13:55  10.9   05:36   6.3   0.0   0.0  17.8  39.2   13:37     E
 3  12.1  14.0   13:08  11.3   00:03   6.2   0.0   0.0  16.8  37.8   10:35     E
 4  12.4  15.5   13:21  10.9   08:00   5.9   0.0   0.0  19.0  34.2   22:28     E
 5  11.0  14.8   15:22   6.1   23:57   7.3   0.0   0.0  10.3  27.0   01:05   ESE
 6   9.5  14.2   15:28   5.0   01:31   8.8   0.0   2.1   6.8  25.6   15:17   WNW
 7  10.1  13.2   12:47   6.4   06:34   8.2   0.0   5.7   4.3  13.3   01:17   NNE
 8  10.6  15.1   12:52   7.8   23:59   7.7   0.0   3.6   3.5  14.8   15:58   SSE
 9   8.7  13.6   10:56   3.4   05:04   9.6   0.0   0.9   3.3  12.2   18:32    SE
10   9.9  15.7   12:57   5.4   23:55   8.4   0.0   0.0   3.5  17.3   14:13   SSW
11  10.0  17.3   13:53   2.8   07:27   8.3   0.0   0.0   5.1  14.8   19:23     E
12  11.6  13.8   10:19  10.3   03:25   6.7   0.0  22.8  10.2  41.8   06:41     E
13  10.5  15.2   11:51   7.9   04:18   7.8   0.0  10.2   3.9  15.8   12:40   ESE
14  11.2  16.1   14:54   7.0   06:07   7.1   0.0   0.0   4.5  17.3   00:47    NW
15  11.8  18.0   14:54   7.2   07:41   6.5   0.0   1.2   5.6  22.0   20:30   ENE
16  10.5  14.0   11:56   8.7   23:54   7.8   0.0   7.5   6.0  31.7   12:18   WNW
17  10.6  14.8   11:12   8.1   22:38   7.7   0.0   3.3   7.5  33.1   13:43   WNW
18  10.9  16.4   12:21   7.2   06:39   7.4   0.0   0.0   4.2  23.4   12:29     W
19  11.4  15.1   12:14   9.8   00:00   6.9   0.0   6.6   3.1  12.2   22:13     E
20  11.2  15.5   11:39   7.8   07:21   7.1   0.0   4.8   5.8  23.4   04:32   NNW
21  10.9  14.7   12:57   7.9   23:59   7.4   0.0  11.1   3.7  14.8   10:14    SW
22  10.5  15.8   13:53   7.4   00:26   7.8   0.0   0.0   6.6  24.5   14:22   ESE
23  10.9  16.3   15:06   6.8   23:58   7.4   0.0   0.0   7.0  18.4   11:49   ESE
24   9.4  17.3   12:46   2.9   06:46   8.9   0.0   0.0   4.7  20.9   14:21   NNE
25  10.3  16.5   12:40   5.1   03:53   8.0   0.0   0.0  10.2  29.5   14:52   WNW
26  11.3  17.7   13:56   4.8   04:08   7.0   0.0   0.0  10.7  30.6   14:44   WNW
27  11.1  17.9   11:30   6.6   04:27   7.2   0.0   0.0  15.0  46.4   11:16    NW
28   9.3  14.0   14:53   5.0   23:42   9.1   0.0  10.2   4.5  14.8   02:18     N
29   9.8  16.9   14:41   3.4   05:37   8.5   0.0   0.0   7.6  24.5   20:04     E
30  10.7  15.3   13:15   7.5   03:57   7.6   0.0   0.0  13.7  33.1   11:28   ESE
31  10.4  15.7   12:37   6.5   03:52   7.9   0.0   0.0  12.4  28.1   12:51     E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10.7  18.0    15     2.8    11   235.7   0.0  99.3   8.0  46.4    27     ENE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 22.8 on day 12
Days of Rain: 14 (> 0.2 mm)  12 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration