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Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 19 May 2025 11:27:56 NZST
Current: 12.0°C, Max: 13.2°C, Min: 9.8°C. It feels like 11.3°C
FORECAST: Rain showers early becoming a steady light rain for the afternoon. High 13C. Winds SSE at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 70%. It feels like 11.3°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:21 | Sunset: 17:08 | Dawn: 06:51 | Dusk: 17:38
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 °C/hr 12.0°C, 87%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1017.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WSW (258°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 6km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 4.4mm
Sun Light : 20.4kLux, 1.2hrs   Solar UV :  2.2UVI  161W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 19 May 2025 at 11:27:56. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
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 Weather Forecast
Today
Showers
13°C
Showers		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
3°C
Partly Cloudy
Rain showers early becoming a steady light rain for the afternoon. High 13C. Winds SSE at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 70%.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
22:35
Moonset
12:41
Visability
66% 		Sunrise
07:21
Sunset
17:08
Day Length
09.47 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 42s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 11:27:56 19/05/2025
System Up: 0 days 18 hours
Prgm Up: 0 days 13 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.45V
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 +12:00(NZST)


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Report for 2011 Oct 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 2011

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  13.5  22.1   15:29   6.0   04:36   5.2   0.4   0.0  ----  15.8   14:28   ENE
 2  14.9  21.3   11:51  10.4   03:50   3.8   0.4   3.9  ----  27.0   13:48   WNW
 3  15.0  19.2   10:58  11.8   22:57   3.3   0.0  32.4  ----  31.7   21:15     E
 4  13.8  22.4   13:54   9.5   23:53   4.9   0.3  12.0  ----  31.7   16:14     E
 5  13.0  20.2   14:41   9.0   02:53   5.4   0.1   0.6  ----  43.9   16:05     E
 7  13.4  21.2   15:00   7.8   23:54   9.1   0.2   0.0   4.4  28.1   15:51     E
 8   9.8  16.7   14:25   6.6   05:24   8.3   0.0   2.7   7.2  22.0   22:06   SSE
 9  10.5  17.8   15:25   4.1   05:21   7.8   0.0   0.0  11.8  29.5   18:11     E
10  12.7  18.4   11:06   6.0   05:57   5.6   0.0   7.5  10.7  33.1   18:09     E
11  16.5  26.3   15:19  11.6   00:26   2.8   1.0   2.4  10.2  31.7   01:52     E
12  15.5  18.9   14:56  13.8   04:26   2.8   0.0  21.0   3.7  24.5   16:13   ENE
13  14.7  22.4   10:23  10.4   23:37   3.8   0.2  14.1   7.9  27.0   16:24     W
14  12.3  17.6   14:46   9.4   23:27   6.1   0.0  15.3  14.1  39.2   12:37     W
15  12.3  19.5   15:11   7.8   05:00   5.9   0.0   9.3   9.7  25.6   11:58     W
16  12.0  18.6   15:16   8.2   23:50   6.4   0.0   9.6   9.8  31.7   12:16   WNW
17  13.3  22.3   15:04   7.1   06:08   5.3   0.2   4.2   7.0  23.4   11:52   WNW
18  12.9  18.7   12:34   7.5   23:49   5.5   0.0   4.2  11.2  31.7   12:16     W
19  12.2  24.1   15:26   5.7   02:46   6.5   0.4   2.1   5.9  36.7   18:42     E
20  12.2  20.3   10:35   7.5   04:44   6.1   0.0   2.7   4.9  20.9   15:06     W
21  13.6  16.9   12:32   9.2   00:00   4.8   0.0   0.0  11.3  34.2   10:01   WNW
22  12.4  17.7   16:22   7.8   23:49   5.9   0.0   1.5   9.4  28.1   11:15     E
23  12.8  18.4   12:00   7.4   00:27   5.5   0.0   0.0   4.3  19.4   13:26   WSW
24  13.4  18.6   16:04  11.2   06:02   4.9   0.0   0.0   3.8  24.5   09:49   WNW
25  15.4  22.1   15:59  10.8   02:10   3.6   0.7   0.0   3.1  35.6   10:40     W
26  15.3  21.5   15:29   9.6   23:47   3.4   0.4  17.7   4.1  33.1   16:49     W
27  10.7  14.0   14:33   7.7   04:39   7.6   0.0   4.8   8.2  40.3   09:16     E
28  12.8  15.5   13:46   9.9   00:00   5.5   0.0  24.6   6.1  28.1   01:38     E
29  17.8  26.4   13:15  11.8   06:07   2.6   2.1   0.3   5.0  20.9   15:54   WSW
30  17.1  23.8   16:05  13.5   06:21   2.2   1.0   1.8   1.7  15.8   16:56     W
31  17.8  24.1   14:57  12.6   23:55   2.0   1.5   0.0   2.1  23.4   15:43   WSW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    13.7  26.4    29     4.1     9   152.6   8.9 194.7   7.2  43.9     5       W

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 32.4 on day 3
Days of Rain: 22 (> 0.2 mm)  18 (> 2.0 mm)  3 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration