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Midday - Today is: Monday, 9 September 2024 12:54:20 NZST
Current: 15.5°C, Max: 15.7°C, Min: 8.9°C. It feels like 11.6°C
FORECAST: Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 14C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 11.6°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 06:29 | Sunset: 18:02 | Dawn: 06:02 | Dusk: 18:29
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.6 °C/hr 15.5°C, 60%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1012.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (286°) 17km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 40km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.8mm
Sun Light : 89.2kLux, 1.6hrs   Solar UV :  7.4UVI  705W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 09 September 2024 at 12:54:18. 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 2015 Mar
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2015

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  20.0  25.4   15:45  15.4   01:21   0.8   2.5   0.0   9.2  28.1   14:08     W
 2  20.3  27.2   14:13  14.6   06:00   0.7   2.8   0.0  ----  30.6   16:03   WSW
 3  20.8  27.6   15:57  16.3   05:10   0.5   3.0   0.0  ----  19.4   15:18   WSW
 4  20.3  25.5   11:42  16.2   06:49   0.4   2.4   0.0  ----  24.5   14:45   WSW
 5  20.8  27.9   15:46  13.3   07:08   1.2   3.7   0.0  ----  22.0   13:32    SW
 6  18.6  23.9   13:16  15.1   06:44   0.9   1.2   8.4  ----  43.9   17:02   WNW
 7  17.6  27.0   14:20  13.6   23:08   2.1   1.4   9.9  ----  58.7   15:01    NW
 8  17.8  22.4   15:28  14.0   00:07   1.5   1.0  10.5  ----  49.0   14:22     W
 9  18.4  24.5   15:13  15.6   06:44   1.2   1.3   0.0   6.3  29.5   16:11   WNW
10  18.8  25.3   13:52  14.3   05:41   1.3   1.8   0.0   6.0  27.0   15:47     W
11  18.5  23.4   15:58  13.7   06:23   1.2   1.4   0.0   6.9  35.6   16:23     E
12  18.3  25.1   15:19  15.0   23:54   1.2   1.1   7.2   8.9  27.0   01:31     E
13  18.3  25.5   14:48  11.6   07:14   1.9   2.0   0.0   5.7  22.0   16:02   WSW
14  19.6  24.8   14:11  15.9   05:55   0.6   1.9   0.0   6.8  27.0   18:12     E
15  19.5  24.6   14:01  15.2   06:10   0.6   1.8   0.0  16.4  45.4   16:50   ENE
16  18.2  20.9   15:14  16.0   23:58   0.5   0.4   2.1   7.5  31.7   16:33     E
17  14.7  16.6   10:23  10.4   23:39   3.6   0.0   0.0   5.2  27.0   20:15    SE
18  14.5  20.0   13:03  10.4   06:49   4.0   0.2   0.0   5.2  25.6   16:59     E
19  14.0  19.4   15:11  11.0   23:42   4.3   0.0   0.0   5.7  39.2   15:08    SE
20  12.9  19.2   14:57   5.8   07:36   5.4   0.0   0.0   6.5  25.6   13:49     E
21  15.8  23.0   16:22   7.3   07:19   3.7   1.2   0.0   7.3  35.6   14:22    SW
22  17.0  22.5   13:20  12.6   04:42   2.2   0.9   0.0   3.0  19.4   22:59     E
23  18.6  25.0   14:29  15.1   05:29   1.4   1.7   0.0  12.9  23.4   18:29   ENE
24  18.0  23.4   13:30  14.0   02:30   1.7   1.3   0.0   6.0  20.9   16:00    SW
25  18.5  24.5   13:30  12.8   07:30   1.6   1.8   0.0   3.2  22.0   15:00     W
26  17.9  23.1   11:58  13.7   06:45   1.4   1.0   0.0   3.5  18.4   11:02   WSW
27  19.3  24.8   14:41  16.1   08:02   0.7   1.7   0.0   8.5  25.6   10:42     E
28  19.1  25.0   15:59  15.9   01:29   0.8   1.6   2.4   5.3  18.4   16:59   WSW
29  17.8  21.9   15:59  15.1   22:30   1.1   0.7  16.8  11.8  36.7   15:59     W
30  17.0  21.2   16:30  14.2   04:00   2.0   0.7   7.2  10.7  22.0   13:30   WNW
31  17.2  22.9   13:08  12.8   23:53   2.0   1.0   0.0   9.9  31.7   15:35   WNW
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    18.0  27.9     5     5.8    20    52.5  43.5  64.5   7.1  58.7     7       E

Max >=  27.0:  4
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 16.8 on day 29
Days of Rain: 8 (>= 0.2 mm)  8 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration