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Good Evening - Today was: Friday, 30 January 2026 18:02:55 NZDT
Current: 22.4°C, Max: 23.9°C, Min: 15.1°C. It feels like 21.3°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy this evening with more clouds for overnight. Low 14C. ESE winds shifting to NNW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 21.3°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 06:23 | Sunset: 20:38 | Dawn: 05:52 | Dusk: 21:09
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.3 °C/hr 22.4°C, 59%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 hPa/hr 1013.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ENE (78°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 27km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.8ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 44.8kLux, 8.0hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  354W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 30 January 2026 at 18:03:17. Updated in seconds

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⛅ 30 Jan 2026 5:00PM: Convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston denied parole after 18 years in prison (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 5:33PM: Monster slip in Northland still moving (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 2:37PM: Cybersecurity group identifies person behind Manage My Health hack (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 5:01PM: Mt Maunganui landslide: Lisa Maclennan, who helped save the lives of others, formally identified (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 5:33PM: New 60-bed mental health unit opens at Auckland's Mason Clinic (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 4:35PM: Wellington developer buys Loafers Lodge building where five died in fire (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 2:59PM: Twin protests set to cause traffic woes for Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 5:03PM: Multiple-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 north of Wellington (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 3:59PM: Storm-hit community clears up low-priority slips (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 30 Jan 2026 1:32PM: Photographer caught breaching Mount Maunganui landslide cordon (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
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 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
14°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
22°C
Mostly Sunny
Partly cloudy this evening with more clouds for overnight. Low 14C. ESE winds shifting to NNW at 15 to 25 km/h.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
18:47
Moonset
02:28
Visibility
90% 		Sunrise
06:23
Sunset
20:38
Day Length
14.15 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 10s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 18:03:17 30/01/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 14 days 21 hours
Prgm Up: 14 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 2015 Aug 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Mawatu
Elevation: 25 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01  11.0  15.0   15:10   7.5   00:01   7.3   0.0   0.0   0.3  17.3   01:11    NW
02  12.0  15.8   13:15  10.3   22:11   6.3   0.0  69.3   0.0  24.5   13:01     W
03  13.0  17.3   15:19   8.5   02:38   5.3   0.0   0.0   0.1  23.4   13:11    NW
04  12.8  18.0   11:27   9.3   23:42   5.5   0.0  22.5   2.9  30.6   13:09   WNW
05  10.0  15.3   12:39   6.6   07:45   8.3   0.0   0.0   0.4  17.3   00:13   WNW
06  10.7  14.6   10:26   8.6   23:50   7.6   0.0  72.3   0.0  27.0   11:37   WNW
07   8.3  12.1   12:03   5.0   23:27  10.0   0.0   0.9   4.1  31.7   10:01    NW
08   5.3   7.7   09:42   2.6   22:56  13.0   0.0   0.0   0.0  13.3   09:53    NW
09   5.7  11.3   14:06   2.6   00:16  12.6   0.0   0.0   0.0   8.6   12:56    SE
10   5.3  11.8   14:14   0.7   23:57  13.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   7.2   13:54     N
11   4.2  12.0   16:26  -1.1   02:41  14.1   0.0   0.3   0.0   3.6   14:17     N
12   5.6  14.1   15:42  -1.6   06:51  12.6   0.0   0.0   0.0   9.7   14:21    SW
13   6.9  18.1   15:54  -0.8   06:56  11.4   0.0   0.0   0.0  11.2   13:51     N
14   9.2  12.8   12:14   4.7   00:28   9.1   0.0 418.5   0.1  33.1   17:06     E
15  11.2  16.4   12:57   8.3   07:26   7.1   0.0   0.3   0.0   6.1   19:58    SE
16  10.4  15.4   14:40   7.6   20:26   7.9   0.0  20.1   0.0  28.1   11:49     E
17  10.6  20.4   16:10   4.9   06:45   7.7   0.0   0.0   0.0   9.7   11:09     E
18  11.0  16.8   13:08   5.0   03:38   7.3   0.0   0.0   0.0  24.5   13:04    NW
19  10.3  14.3   10:26   6.9   02:52   8.0   0.0  32.7   1.1  35.6   15:41    NW
20   9.1  14.1   13:35   2.4   23:56   9.2   0.0   0.0   0.0  30.6   11:38    SE
21   7.2  15.1   15:19   0.3   06:57  11.1   0.0   0.0   0.0  19.4   12:50   ESE
22   8.4  16.0   14:26   2.1   02:55   9.9   0.0   0.0   0.0  18.4   15:15   WNW
23   9.9  14.8   10:20   5.5   00:50   8.4   0.0   0.0   0.2  14.8   11:11   WNW
24  11.8  17.1   12:04   8.5   06:39   6.5   0.0   0.0   0.6  28.1   12:16   WNW
25  10.4  12.3   13:57   8.3   23:37   7.9   0.0   0.3   0.7  17.3   02:52    NW
26  10.7  18.5   15:25   6.0   07:24   7.6   0.0 216.3   0.3  27.0   16:34   WNW
27   8.4  18.5   14:52   1.6   06:55   9.9   0.0   0.0   0.0   6.1   00:31     E
28   9.4  17.7   13:37   1.2   03:22   8.9   0.0   0.0   0.0  18.4   12:07     W
29  10.8  16.4   12:24   5.8   07:00   7.5   0.0   0.3   0.0  15.8   12:15    NW
30  12.7  16.4   11:22  10.3   00:00   5.6   0.0  42.3   1.8  25.6   02:15    NW
31  10.0  12.9   10:20   8.6   21:23   8.3   0.0 252.6   1.2  31.7   20:52     E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9.4  20.4    17    -1.6    12   274.9   0.01148.7   0.5  35.6    19      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  3
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 418.5 on day 14
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  9 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration