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Good Morning - Today is: Saturday, 16 August 2025 09:56:59 NZST
Current: 7.5°C, Max: 7.5°C, Min: 0.9°C. It feels like 5.8°C
FORECAST: More clouds than sun. High near 15C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 5.8°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:06 | Sunset: 17:39 | Dawn: 06:37 | Dusk: 18:07
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 2.1 °C/hr 7.5°C, 83%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1022.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NE (39°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 6km/h
Air Quality :  120 AQI  43.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 30.8kLux, 1.0hrs   Solar UV :  2.4UVI  243W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 16 August 2025 at 09:56:51. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Mostly Cloudy
15°C
Mostly Cloudy		 Tonight
Showers Late
5°C
Showers Late
More clouds than sun. High near 15C. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 5%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Last Quarter       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
00:33
Moonset
10:21
Visibility
54% 		Sunrise
07:06
Sunset
17:39
Day Length
10.33 Hrs
Moon Phase: Last Quarter
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 20s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 09:56:51 16/08/2025
System Up: 23 days 14 hours
Prgm Up: 23 days 14 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.65V
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 2012 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2012

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  Temperature (°C), Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3
                          Dep.  Heat  Cool                       Max  Max  Min  Min
        Mean  Mean        From  Deg   Deg                        >=   <=   <=   <=
 YR MO  Max   Min   Mean  Norm  Days  Days  Hi  Date  Low  Date 27.0  0.0  0.0 -18.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 12  1  24.3  13.1  18.1   0.2    53    48  30.8  10   5.2   28    5    0    0    0
 12  2  24.3  13.3  18.0  -0.2    52    42  29.4  17   6.9   29    4    0    0    0
 12  3  23.4  11.9  16.7   0.1    84    33  29.8  11   5.9    5    8    0    0    0
 12  4  23.9   9.8  15.4   1.3   112    26  28.0  27   4.5   20    2    0    0    0
 12  5  19.1   5.1  10.9  -0.5   233     3  24.9   8  -1.2   30    0    0    2    0
 12  6  15.8   4.5   9.1  -0.2   276     0  22.5   4  -3.2   17    0    0    6    0
 12  7  13.8   5.5   9.4   0.8   275     0  17.3  21   0.9    8    0    0    0    0
 12  8  15.5   7.0  10.7   1.3   235     0  18.0  15   2.8   11    0    0    0    0
 12  9  16.7   7.0  11.5   0.4   205     1  22.5  26   0.6   13    0    0    0    0
 12 10  18.1   8.6  13.1   0.4   165     3  26.3  30   2.1   24    0    0    0    0
 12 11  20.2   9.5  14.2  -0.2   135    12  27.2  22   2.3    7    1    0    0    0
 12 12  24.3  14.2  18.6   2.2    47    56  32.2  26   7.8    8    9    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        20.0   9.1  13.8   0.5  1878   227  32.2 Dec  -3.2  Jun   29    0    8    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 12  1 149.1  84.1  42.6   8    15   11    3
 12  2 126.9  64.9  47.7  14    13    9    1
 12  3  80.4   6.4  28.2   3    13    8    1
 12  4  56.4 -19.6  21.0  30     8    5    1
 12  5  64.5 -29.5  16.2  14    13    8    0
 12  6  82.8  -4.2  17.1   6    18    9    0
 12  7 109.5  15.5  28.8  16    14    6    1
 12  8  99.3  17.3  22.8  12    14   12    1
 12  9  79.2  -3.8  26.7   9    12    8    1
 12 10  75.0 -15.0  29.1  13    13    8    1
 12 11  28.2 -49.8  11.7  18     9    6    0
 12 12 133.2  50.2  43.2  30    14    9    2
---------------------------------------------
      1084.5 116.5  47.7  Feb  156   99   12

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 12  1  13.1  56.2   14     W
 12  2  11.4  51.5   23   ENE
 12  3  10.4  54.0   22     E
 12  4   7.3  52.6   30   NNW
 12  5   6.5  47.9   15   NNW
 12  6   8.6  51.5    9    NW
 12  7   8.9  46.4   30     E
 12  8   8.0  46.4   27     E
 12  9  12.1  56.2    6   WNW
 12 10  14.6  69.8   13   WNW
 12 11  11.0  47.9   18   WNW
 12 12  12.5  58.7    7   WNW
------------------------------
        10.4  69.8  Oct    NW