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A very early Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 29 December 2025 03:45:45 NZDT
Current: 14.8°C, Max: 15.7°C, Min: 14.8°C. It feels like 14.0°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and windy with periods of rain this afternoon. High 18C. Winds ESE at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Locally heavier rainfall possible. It feels like 14.0°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine, possible showers | Sunrise: 05:49 | Sunset: 20:50 | Dawn: 05:16 | Dusk: 21:24
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 14.8°C, 76%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1012.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  E  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from E (100°) 5km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 16km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 29 December 2025 at 03:52:03. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
Warning METSERVICE ORANGE WEATHER WARNING
Strong Wind Warning
Period: 17hrs from 4pm Mon 29 Dec to 9am Tue 30 Dec
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
PM Rain, Wind
18°C
PM Rain, Wind		 Tonight
Showers, Wind
13°C
Showers, Wind
Cloudy and windy with periods of rain this afternoon. High 18C. Winds ESE at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Locally heavier rainfall possible.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
14:54
Moonset
01:12
Visibility
59% 		Sunrise
05:49
Sunset
20:50
Day Length
15.01 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 0min 33s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 03:52:03 29/12/2025
System Up: 30 days 5 hours
Prgm Up: 30 days 4 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.22V
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)


NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
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Report for 2012 Dec 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 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  14.3  20.4   13:40   8.8   06:00   4.1   0.2   0.0  13.7  40.3   17:18     W
 2  16.0  20.2   12:48  13.9   01:12   2.3   0.1   4.2  26.2  57.6   13:35   WNW
 3  17.2  22.4   13:46  11.9   23:54   1.9   0.8   0.0  20.4  49.0   03:50   WNW
 4  15.0  21.0   14:35   8.4   04:24   3.7   0.4   0.6   9.9  29.5   14:26     W
 5  19.3  27.6   13:10  14.6   00:10   1.2   2.1   8.7  11.3  45.4   12:44   WNW
 6  19.1  27.9   13:22  14.4   23:55   1.6   2.3  16.5  10.9  41.8   14:23   WNW
 7  13.7  17.6   14:03   9.6   23:36   4.6   0.0  11.4  18.3  58.7   11:07   WNW
 8  14.4  20.8   13:45   7.8   05:28   4.4   0.4   0.0   7.8  25.6   13:33     W
 9  16.4  22.0   13:57  10.9   03:05   2.8   0.9   0.0   9.9  29.5   12:02     W
10  16.4  20.0   15:10  14.1   04:20   2.0   0.1   0.0  11.9  34.2   18:03     W
11  17.2  23.5   13:03  13.2   23:55   2.0   0.9   0.0   9.8  35.6   18:39     E
12  16.8  23.1   14:47  12.7   04:10   2.5   1.0   0.0  17.0  31.7   00:19     E
13  18.8  26.1   14:04  11.5   05:52   2.1   2.6   0.0   8.4  29.5   17:50     W
14  17.0  21.8   13:13  13.4   05:11   1.9   0.6   0.0  13.8  36.7   14:06     W
15  17.8  23.1   15:16  14.0   23:58   1.5   1.0   0.0   9.2  23.4   13:11     W
16  18.5  27.2   13:05  10.0   05:33   2.5   2.6   0.0   7.5  28.1   15:02     W
17  20.2  25.3   17:04  16.0   01:41   0.6   2.4   0.0  11.0  31.7   13:57     W
18  20.5  24.8   13:23  18.0   06:32   0.0   2.2  24.0   7.8  25.6   14:46     W
19  19.3  23.5   12:33  15.9   23:22   0.4   1.3   1.8  14.4  42.8   10:17   WNW
20  21.4  30.0   15:41  13.6   05:42   0.9   4.0   0.0  11.3  24.5   01:51     E
21  21.7  28.3   14:25  17.1   05:52   0.1   3.5   0.0   9.6  30.6   13:59   WSW
22  21.4  25.9   13:06  17.8   23:40   0.0   3.1   0.0   8.0  31.7   15:24     W
23  21.6  27.8   15:22  16.9   01:25   0.3   3.5   0.0  15.4  34.2   12:26     E
24  22.5  27.0   16:10  18.8   04:58   0.0   4.2   0.0  19.2  39.2   17:40     E
25  24.8  30.8   13:42  19.8   04:40   0.0   6.5   1.2  14.8  31.7   12:17     E
26  22.8  32.2   14:07  17.1   23:58   0.0   4.6   9.6   4.9  34.2   15:22    SE
27  17.0  19.5   14:52  15.6   21:42   1.4   0.1   0.6  13.5  40.3   19:14   ESE
28  18.4  23.7   17:10  15.9   00:02   0.8   0.9   6.9  11.0  29.5   00:02     E
29  20.0  25.0   15:01  17.1   05:44   0.2   1.9   3.3   8.8  29.5   15:07   WSW
30  19.3  24.6   11:32  16.6   23:47   0.2   1.2  43.2   8.8  36.7   15:29     W
31  17.4  21.3   14:36  13.9   05:37   1.5   0.6   1.2  23.0  47.9   12:51   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    18.6  32.2    26     7.8     8    47.5  56.0 133.2  12.5  58.7     7       W

Max >=  27.0:  9
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 43.2 on day 30
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  2 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration