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Good Afternoon - Today was: Sunday, 8 February 2026 17:46:51 NZDT
Current: 20.9°C, Max: 24.9°C, Min: 17.8°C. It feels like 19.5°C
FORECAST: Mainly clear. Low 12C. ESE winds at 25 to 40 km/h, decreasing to 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 19.5°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:34 | Sunset: 20:29 | Dawn: 06:04 | Dusk: 20:58
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.9 °C/hr 20.9°C, 61%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1018.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ESE (121°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 30km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 45.4kLux, 6.8hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  359W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 08 February 2026 at 17:47:55. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 08 Feb 2026 5:06PM: Flames seen in school as smoke rises over Taupō (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 2:45PM: Car fire at Khyber Pass off-ramp jams SH1 in Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 9:42AM: Southern hospital IT outage caused by third-party hardware failure, Health NZ says (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 6:20AM: Government examines seismic risks at schools, starting in Wellington (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 3:23PM: Cook Islands reports first dengue death in current outbreak (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 07 Feb 2026 8:37PM: Removing sewage before it goes septic is main focus of Wellington water company (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 6:33AM: Famous surfer dog Bosco makes a splash at Waitangi (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 9:36AM: Wellington SH1 tunnel closures begin (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 7:12AM: Historic Manawatū bridge is no more, after decaying cables removed (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 08 Feb 2026 9:28AM: One dead in crash north of Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Mostly Clear
12°C
Mostly Clear		 Tomorrow
Cloudy
24°C
Cloudy
Mainly clear. Low 12C. ESE winds at 25 to 40 km/h, decreasing to 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 7%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
23:12
Moonset
12:57
Visibility
63% 		Sunrise
06:34
Sunset
20:29
Day Length
13.55 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 25s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 17:47:55 8/02/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 23 days 21 hours
Prgm Up: 23 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 2013 Nov 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Nov 2013

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  14.7  19.1   14:05  10.6   23:52   3.6   0.0   3.9  16.4  37.8   13:09   WNW
 2  13.3  19.1   14:15   8.2   04:56   5.0   0.0   0.0  10.7  34.2   15:25   WNW
 3  15.6  21.3   16:34  11.4   00:49   3.1   0.5   0.0   8.2  20.9   14:01   WNW
 4  16.4  23.1   14:58  11.7   04:14   2.8   0.9   0.0   8.9  24.5   15:53     W
 5  17.6  25.5   14:00   9.9   06:16   2.4   1.7   0.0   5.1  20.9   18:34     E
 6  16.1  20.1   13:04  13.2   22:32   2.3   0.1  27.0  10.8  35.6   13:56     E
 7  16.4  21.0   13:00  13.1   00:16   2.3   0.4   2.1  12.6  37.8   13:34     E
 8  17.9  26.1   15:32  12.8   05:06   2.0   1.7   0.0   8.2  24.5   17:22   ESE
 9  17.6  21.5   15:21  14.0   06:24   1.5   0.8   0.0   4.3  15.8   14:18   SSE
10  15.8  20.5   15:08  13.1   01:20   2.7   0.2   0.0   8.1  25.6   14:45     W
11  16.3  22.2   11:20  12.4   23:39   2.5   0.5   0.0   9.1  46.4   18:20   ESE
12  13.2  17.2   14:09  11.0   23:37   5.1   0.0   0.0  11.0  45.4   07:41   ESE
13  12.3  16.2   15:09  10.4   05:29   6.0   0.0   0.0  10.1  33.1   14:50   ESE
14  13.5  18.0   15:21  10.4   03:37   4.8   0.0   0.0   9.8  29.5   18:22     E
15  16.4  23.9   12:20   8.8   06:07   3.3   1.4   0.0   9.7  31.7   17:56     W
16  15.9  21.8   15:48  12.4   06:09   2.7   0.3   0.0  12.2  37.8   16:07     W
17  17.6  21.1   13:19  15.2   23:50   1.3   0.6   0.0   7.4  20.9   13:32     W
18  18.3  25.1   12:20  13.2   06:05   1.6   1.6   0.0   7.1  20.9   14:42   WSW
19  18.5  24.4   14:56  14.7   06:10   1.3   1.5   0.0  15.2  36.7   15:52     E
20  19.5  27.3   12:02  14.8   03:18   1.2   2.4   0.0   8.0  29.5   02:01     E
21  19.2  25.6   14:36  13.4   05:54   1.5   2.3   0.0   8.2  29.5   10:46     W
22  18.8  24.7   13:57  13.4   06:12   1.4   1.9   0.0   8.7  30.6   13:13     E
23  20.8  28.1   14:39  15.3   05:26   0.8   3.4   0.0  10.8  23.4   08:25     E
24  20.0  28.9   12:25  13.3   05:50   1.4   3.1   0.0   8.4  27.0   16:45   WNW
25  18.7  23.1   15:47  15.9   06:05   0.9   1.2   0.0  10.3  30.6   13:55     W
26  16.5  19.9   15:32  14.4   06:50   1.9   0.1   8.4  10.3  34.2   15:41     E
27  16.9  20.1   13:46  15.3   23:54   1.5   0.1   0.0  19.4  45.4   16:08     E
28  16.5  20.2   13:22  15.1   04:03   2.0   0.2  27.9   9.9  41.8   01:50   ESE
29  17.2  22.1   12:46  13.2   06:09   1.9   0.8   2.7  17.7  49.0   16:00   WNW
30  17.1  25.0   11:38  14.0   23:11   2.0   0.8   4.2  19.1  51.5   11:48   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    16.8  28.9    24     8.2     2    72.8  28.5  76.2  10.7  51.5    30      NE

Max >=  27.0:  3
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 27.9 on day 28
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  2 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration