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Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 13 May 2026 11:13:56 NZST
Current: 12.9°C, Max: 13.3°C, Min: 4.1°C. It feels like 12.1°C
FORECAST: Sun and clouds mixed. High 14C. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 12.1°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:15 | Sunset: 17:13 | Dawn: 06:45 | Dusk: 17:43
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 2.5 °C/hr 12.9°C, 80%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1029.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WNW (289°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 8km/h
Air Quality :  15 AQI  4.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.1mm
Sun Light : 45.3kLux, 1.4hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  358W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 13 May 2026 at 11:16:27. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
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 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy
14°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
7°C
Partly Cloudy
Sun and clouds mixed. High 14C. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 4%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
02:31
Moonset
14:47
Visibility
20% 		Sunrise
07:15
Sunset
17:13
Day Length
9.58 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 56s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 11:16:27 13/05/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 117 days 16 hours
Prgm Up: 117 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 2016 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2016

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 16  1  25.6  15.6  20.0   2.1    21    75  32.1  17   9.7    5    8    0    0    0
 16  2  28.2  17.7  22.0   3.8     5   107  32.9   3  10.7   26   20    0    0    0
 16  3  24.5  14.0  18.4   1.8    51    53  33.7   7   8.6   13   10    0    0    0
 16  4  20.8  10.7  15.3   1.2   102    12  24.3   1   5.0   14    0    0    0    0
 16  5  17.9  10.7  13.9   2.5   126     3  22.3   4   4.9   23    0    0    0    0
 16  6  14.8   6.8   9.7   0.4   252     0  18.1  22   1.4    8    0    0    0    0
 16  7  14.2   5.6   9.7   1.1   266     0  19.6  23   1.0    1    0    0    0    0
 16  8  14.4   5.8   9.7   0.3   267     0  17.9  30  -1.0    8    0    0    1    0
 16  9  16.4   9.1  12.2   1.1   183     0  21.3  30   2.8    1    0    0    0    0
 16 10  19.1   9.6  13.7   1.0   146     3  22.6  24   4.3   30    0    0    0    0
 16 11  19.7  11.6  15.0   0.6   103     5  23.0  15   5.9    1    0    0    0    0
 16 12  22.7  12.5  17.1   0.7    72    66  28.5   9   6.8   13    2    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        19.9  10.8  14.7   1.4  1594   324  33.7 Mar  -1.0  Aug   40    0    1    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 16  1  59.1  -5.9  18.0  19    10    7    0
 16  2  29.3 -32.7   9.3  18     7    5    0
 16  3  63.9 -10.1  36.0  17     9    5    1
 16  4  36.6 -39.4  12.9   2     7    4    0
 16  5 194.1 145.1  53.4   5    21   16    1
 16  6  61.2 -25.8  14.1  12    15    6    0
 16  7  88.8  -5.2  17.4  14    17   10    0
 16  8  89.9   7.9  27.0  27    12    7    2
 16  9  70.7 -12.3  13.2  18    14   10    0
 16 10  88.6  -1.4  21.6   9    19   13    1
 16 11 128.8  50.8  45.3   7    19   13    1
 16 12  59.2 -33.8  28.8  15    12    7    1
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       970.2  37.2  53.4  May  162  103    7

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 16  1   6.1  61.3   15   WSW
 16  2   3.8  60.6   19     S
 16  3   4.1  55.5   10   ENE
 16  4   4.1  88.7    3    NW
 16  5   5.4  67.8    2     W
 16  6   3.5  54.8   11    NW
 16  7   6.6  94.4   24     W
 16  8   6.4  85.3    6   ESE
 16  9   6.9  72.8    5     W
 16 10   5.6  85.1    8     W
 16 11   7.4 116.1   27     W
 16 12   6.5  96.6   15     W
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         5.5 116.1  Nov     W