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Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 27 July 2026 09:21:08 NZST
Current: 3.5°C, Max: 3.6°C, Min: -1.3°C. It feels like 0.8°C
FORECAST: Mostly sunny skies this morning will give way to mostly cloudy skies during the afternoon. High near 10C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 0.8°C. 5 or more clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:29 | Sunset: 17:20 | Dawn: 06:59 | Dusk: 17:50
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.3 °C/hr 3.5°C, 81%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1019.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ENE (76°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 8km/h
Air Quality :  23 AQI  6.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 0.1mm
Sun Light : 13.4klx, 1.7hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  106W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 27 July 2026 at 09:25:03. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 27 Jul 2026 9:11AM: High-profile sports person bitten by police dog, faces series of charges (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 9:08AM: Weather: Freezing start the day, temperatures plummet to -7C in the south (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 9:06AM: South Island weekend crashes turn fatal (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 8:48AM: Homeowners holding on: Why aren't there more mortgagee sales? (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 8:48AM: Green faithful voice support for taxing wealth (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 8:48AM: 'Saturated, mobile and fluid': Warning after three fresh slips on Mount Maunganui (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 7:47AM: Searching for clues to the appeal of China's scripted murder-mystery games (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 7:36AM: Data centres in NZ: Jobs creators or destroyers? (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 7:33AM: 'There isn't anything' - Students facing tough job market (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 27 Jul 2026 7:28AM: Patient fell trying to kill cockroaches at Auckland Hospital, fleas hit wards (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
Low temperatures have been detected
New RecordNew Station Record
All time lowest "feels like" temperature has been recorded
 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy
10°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
-1°C
Partly Cloudy
Mostly sunny skies this morning will give way to mostly cloudy skies during the afternoon. High near 10C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
14:42
Moonset
05:56
Visibility
93% 		Sunrise
07:29
Sunset
17:20
Day Length
9.51 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 48s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
A new record has been made
Updated: 09:25:03 27/07/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 12 days 16 hours
Prgm Up: 12 days 16 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 Dec 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 ft  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  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  20.8  29.3   13:51  15.6   23:59   0.5   3.0   0.0   5.8  46.1   12:22   WNW
02  18.9  23.4   17:59  14.8   05:13   0.9   1.4   0.0   3.1  26.7   13:51   WSW
03  19.2  26.7   11:26  15.2   15:52   0.6   1.6   6.4   8.7  68.5   14:55    NW
04  18.6  24.1   14:17  13.5   05:05   1.4   1.8   0.0  10.5  57.7   18:34   WNW
05  18.2  24.2   11:28  14.0   23:54   1.4   1.3   0.0  10.8  54.1   11:35     W
06  18.5  24.1   08:02  11.7   05:21   1.9   2.1   0.0   7.7  58.4   18:01     W
07  19.5  27.2   13:49  11.4   04:16   1.8   3.0   0.0   5.5  46.9   13:18   WNW
08  17.2  22.7   13:28  14.4   22:33   1.6   0.5  25.4   4.2  49.0   17:18    NW
09  16.4  22.3   15:43  12.3   23:34   2.6   0.7   0.0   7.0  38.2   14:27     W
10  16.3  23.1   15:31   8.7   05:36   3.0   1.0   0.0   5.9  49.0   18:00   ENE
11  18.2  26.7   17:25  11.0   04:47   2.2   2.1   0.0   6.4  58.4   09:23     E
12  19.3  25.5   17:31  13.8   04:05   1.3   2.3   0.0   6.6  38.9   14:35   ESE
13  18.8  24.8   14:40  13.3   04:03   1.3   1.8   0.0   6.2  38.9   11:22     W
14  17.9  21.9   11:24  14.3   06:10   1.2   0.9   0.0   9.6  49.0   15:13     W
15  17.7  23.1   16:06  11.9   03:59   1.8   1.2   0.0   7.6  49.7   15:45     W
16  19.1  27.9   13:10  15.0   04:49   0.8   1.6  12.0   2.8  31.0   13:40   WSW
17  20.0  26.4   15:02  16.4   23:54   0.3   2.1   1.4   3.7  33.2   17:37   ENE
18  14.1  18.0   16:24  11.3   08:35   4.2   0.0  14.4   5.2  38.2   14:08   NNE
19  15.3  20.3   13:32  11.8   02:55   3.1   0.1   0.0  10.3  44.7   13:10   WNW
20  15.6  20.9   13:37  10.8   23:51   3.0   0.2   7.0  10.0  49.0   14:42   WNW
21  15.1  20.9   15:20   9.0   05:45   3.4   0.2   1.6   4.9  36.0   11:12    SE
22  16.7  26.4   14:04   6.8   05:24   3.5   1.8   0.0   3.8  31.0   16:39    NW
23  17.7  25.5   08:26  11.1   04:54   2.1   1.5   0.0   5.2  37.5   18:37   ESE
24  18.0  22.3   13:26  14.4   23:52   1.2   1.0   0.0   5.9  36.8   12:33    SE
25  16.9  23.1   14:14  13.1   05:52   2.3   0.9   0.0   6.8  37.5   18:53     E
26  17.3  24.2   15:09  13.2   02:32   2.0   1.1   0.0   5.0  46.9   18:00     E
27  17.1  21.6   12:09  13.3   03:59   1.9   0.6   0.0   8.4  46.1   15:00     W
28  17.3  22.1   15:38  12.5   23:20   1.9   0.9   0.0   9.3  44.7   07:43     W
29  16.9  23.6   08:20  11.2   05:15   2.3   1.0   0.0   9.3  53.4   19:14   WNW
30  17.2  22.3   17:29  13.7   05:42   1.7   0.6   4.2   6.7  38.9   14:53   WNW
31  18.8  26.3   15:11  12.5   05:56   1.6   2.2   0.0   5.0  38.9   18:38     S
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    17.7  29.3     1     6.8    22    58.8  40.5  72.4   6.7  68.5     3     WNW

Max >=  27.0  3
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 25.4 on day 8
Days of Rain: 8 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration