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Good Morning - Today is: Sunday, 1 February 2026 10:07:09 NZDT
Current: 17.1°C, Max: 17.1°C, Min: 13.6°C. It feels like 16.1°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 22C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 16.1°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine, possible showers | Sunrise: 06:25 | Sunset: 20:36 | Dawn: 05:55 | Dusk: 21:07
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.0 °C/hr 17.1°C, 68%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1013.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WNW (293°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 13km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 27.6kLux, 0.8hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  218W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 01 February 2026 at 10:07:44. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 01 Feb 2026 7:10AM: TAIC to send team of investigators to Akaroa following ferry grounding (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 01 Feb 2026 8:56AM: Crews from across Southland and Otago fight fire in Fiordland (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 01 Feb 2026 9:03AM: 'You feel like the All Blacks': Joel Shadbolt on playing with L.A.B. (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 01 Feb 2026 6:09AM: $150,000 road cone hotline an 'absurd' waste of public money - Labour (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 01 Feb 2026 8:20AM: 12-month prescriptions now available (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 01 Feb 2026 10:05AM: One killed in crash north of Gisborne (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 01 Feb 2026 6:53AM: Wellington City Mission launches free dental service (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 01 Feb 2026 6:09AM: More than 40 rescued before tourist boat capsized at Akaroa (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 7:24PM: Sixth, final victim of Mount Maunganui landslide confirmed as Jacqualine Wheeler (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 31 Jan 2026 10:31PM: Controlled explosion rocks residents north of Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
AM Clouds, PM Sun
22°C
AM Clouds, PM Sun		 Tonight
Mostly Clear
11°C
Mostly Clear
Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 22C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 1%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
20:21
Moonset
04:52
Visibility
99% 		Sunrise
06:25
Sunset
20:36
Day Length
14.11 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 14s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 10:07:44 1/02/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 16 days 13 hours
Prgm Up: 16 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 2019 Oct 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 ft  Lat: S 40 20 57   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   9.6  13.8   14:31   4.8   23:56   8.7   0.0   2.6   5.3  37.5   10:36     W
02   7.8  15.3   14:33   2.5   02:44  10.5   0.0   1.2   8.3  56.2   16:26     W
03   7.8  15.3   13:22   1.2   06:35  10.5   0.0   0.0   4.0  43.3   12:17   WSW
04   9.1  16.4   15:03   1.2   05:31   9.2   0.0   0.0   5.2  44.7   15:35   WNW
05  11.4  18.3   14:27   6.9   22:46   6.9   0.0  15.2   9.6  51.2   14:46   WNW
06  10.2  16.5   14:53   5.8   03:37   8.1   0.0   0.0   7.4  42.5   17:36     E
07  12.7  20.2   12:59   6.2   01:21   5.7   0.1   0.0   4.4  46.1   14:41   WNW
08  12.9  18.0   12:39   9.4   23:02   5.3   0.0   0.0   6.7  49.7   13:12     W
09  14.4  21.4   14:47   9.2   04:38   4.3   0.4   0.0   5.9  44.7   14:57     W
10  14.3  21.3   11:33   7.1   06:26   4.3   0.2   0.6   2.7  36.0   18:46     N
11  14.1  18.2   15:00  10.5   23:27   4.2   0.0   8.4   4.0  23.1   05:21   WNW
12  13.3  20.3   14:56   6.3   06:00   5.1   0.1   0.2   4.0  26.0   12:42    SW
13  13.4  22.0   13:32   6.1   06:33   5.1   0.1   0.0   4.3  31.7   21:09   SSW
14  12.6  16.8   14:02   9.9   05:10   5.7   0.0   0.0   8.3  60.6   10:45   ENE
15  12.3  13.9   14:37  10.9   00:00   6.0   0.0   0.4  10.6  51.2   17:09     E
16  14.3  20.1   13:41  11.2   21:44   4.0   0.1   2.2   4.9  41.8   01:25   SSW
17  14.0  19.2   15:28  10.6   03:45   4.3   0.0   0.0   7.4  44.7   13:56   WNW
18  14.5  17.1   12:04  12.6   06:23   3.8   0.0   1.0   3.0  36.0   10:57   WNW
19  13.8  17.2   10:48  12.2   08:30   2.0   0.0   5.0   6.1  49.0   10:44    NW
20  14.5  19.2   14:39  11.8   23:39   3.7   0.0   0.0   7.2  46.1   17:48   WNW
21  13.7  18.8   11:31  10.0   06:21   4.6   0.0   0.6   9.4  57.0   13:58   WNW
22  12.8  17.2   12:54  10.0   23:57   5.5   0.0   4.0  12.1  53.4   22:51   WNW
23  10.1  15.7   17:11   4.6   23:42   8.2   0.0   8.4   6.5  40.4   10:28    SW
24  11.1  17.6   14:37   3.7   02:37   7.1   0.0   0.4  10.8  75.0   16:04   WNW
25  12.5  19.6   16:33   7.4   04:08   5.8   0.0   0.0   6.1  48.3   14:13     W
26  13.9  19.9   13:40   8.6   05:43   4.5   0.0   0.0   6.0  44.0   17:56   WNW
27  15.8  20.6   13:39  12.5   01:54   2.8   0.3   0.0   7.2  42.5   17:13     W
28  15.1  19.5   13:31  12.6   23:22   3.2   0.0   4.6   8.6  47.6   07:46   WNW
29  13.6  18.9   14:51   9.3   23:56   4.7   0.0   0.0  10.0  52.6   11:21   WNW
30  12.6  17.0   19:58   7.8   17:26   5.8   0.0   0.0   8.0  48.3   12:14   WNW
31  13.9  20.7   12:23  10.0   04:26   4.6   0.2   0.2   7.4  47.6   00:07   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12.6  22.0    13     1.2     3   174.2   1.5  55.0   6.8  75.0    24     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 15.2 on day 5
Days of Rain: 16 (>= 0.2 mm)  8 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration