Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 5 December 2024 16:22:02 NZDT
Current: 19.5°C, Max: 20.6°C, Min: 17.3°C. It feels like 18.6°C
FORECAST: Mostly clear skies. Gusty winds during the evening. Low 12C. NW winds at 30 to 50 km/h, decreasing to 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 18.6°C. A windproof and 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 05:42 | Sunset: 20:36 | Dawn: 05:09 | Dusk: 21:08
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.0 °C/hr 19.5°C, 85%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1009.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from W (280°) 17km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 40km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 37.5kLux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  4.1UVI  296W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 05 December 2024 at 16:22:02. Updated in seconds

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NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
The NOAA Climate Report provides a day-by-day, monthly and yearly look at the weather since 2009 in Palmerston North. This offers detailed records for the rain, wind and temperatures as well as totals and summaries all recored at the Palmerston North location.

Report for 2011 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 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
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 1  16.0  24.1   13:13   9.9   05:23   3.4   1.1   0.0   7.3  23.4   17:40   ESE
 2  20.6  27.4   15:25  13.3   05:56   1.2   3.5   0.0   6.1  20.9   15:33     W
 3  20.0  29.9   13:02  12.1   05:25   1.7   3.4   1.5   5.0  33.1   16:51   WNW
 4  20.5  27.2   12:28  15.3   06:01   0.7   2.9   4.8   4.1  18.4   13:01     N
 5  18.9  26.3   09:26  15.0   03:44   1.0   1.5   3.6   6.1  29.5   14:42   WSW
 6  16.4  20.4   17:19  12.3   23:41   2.0   0.1  23.1  12.2  37.8   10:00     E
 7  14.3  21.1   13:25  10.4   04:52   4.1   0.2   0.6   5.2  23.4   17:33     E
 8  16.8  24.1   14:42   7.7   05:01   3.3   1.7   0.0   6.3  20.9   13:41   WSW
 9  17.5  24.6   14:28  12.6   05:44   2.1   1.4   0.0  12.2  30.6   18:48     E
10  17.1  21.4   11:52  13.6   01:32   1.9   0.7   0.0  19.8  42.8   16:07     E
11  17.5  21.8   13:44  13.9   06:23   1.7   0.9   0.0  17.2  39.2   14:40     E
12  17.4  21.0   14:01  14.2   05:03   1.3   0.4   9.9   4.8  13.3   13:10     E
13  21.6  29.4   14:58  15.9   03:36   0.6   3.9   6.9   4.0  15.8   14:25   NNW
14  21.5  28.0   15:52  17.2   05:07   0.2   3.3   0.3   5.8  23.4   16:05     E
15  17.7  20.4   13:09  15.6   05:38   0.9   0.3  35.4   5.7  14.8   09:55     E
16  18.5  25.7   14:35  13.4   23:44   1.5   1.7  18.3   9.6  36.7   23:23   WSW
17  13.4  17.5   13:58  11.1   22:28   4.9   0.0   0.6  14.7  51.5   16:11     E
18  14.0  20.4   12:53  10.4   05:33   4.3   0.1   0.0  10.3  34.2   10:25     E
19  14.7  21.5   13:05   9.4   03:00   4.0   0.5   0.0   8.4  30.6   14:56     E
20  14.1  21.2   15:48   8.2   02:02   4.4   0.2   0.0   9.2  31.7   18:17     E
21  16.5  22.5   15:37  10.9   02:10   2.6   0.8   0.0  13.1  30.6   09:53     E
22  17.6  24.9   15:01   0.0   00:03   2.6   1.8   0.0  10.9  24.5   15:40     E
23  17.2  22.7   15:27  10.9   06:03   2.2   1.1   0.0  12.6  28.1   21:30     E
24  18.5  25.3   13:07  11.0   05:55   2.0   2.3   0.0  10.9  28.1   20:42     E
25  19.8  27.1   16:28  11.0   05:57   1.7   3.2   0.0   6.8  22.0   17:34     E
26  20.3  28.8   14:09  12.6   06:03   1.3   3.4   0.0   7.5  20.9   16:43    SE
27  21.5  28.5   09:21  13.3   05:44   0.8   4.1   0.0   7.6  29.5   14:18   WSW
28  21.9  28.8   14:09  16.4   06:01   0.2   3.9   0.0   7.4  22.0   13:34     W
29  20.1  28.3   12:48  15.4   03:03   0.7   2.5   0.6   5.4  19.4   12:40    NE
30  18.6  23.7   11:22  15.5   20:52   0.8   1.2  22.5   8.9  35.6   20:00     E
31  15.5  17.3   13:33  14.0   22:09   2.8   0.0  37.2  10.5  37.8   10:02     E
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    17.9  29.9     3     0.0    22    62.9  52.1 165.3   8.9  51.5    17       E

Max >=  27.0: 10
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  1
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 37.2 on day 31
Days of Rain: 14 (> 0.2 mm)  9 (> 2.0 mm)  4 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration