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Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 19 May 2025 10:00:38 NZST
Current: 10.8°C, Max: 13.2°C, Min: 9.8°C. It feels like 10.4°C
FORECAST: Cloudy with showers. High 13C. Winds SSE at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 60%. It feels like 10.4°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, improving | Sunrise: 07:21 | Sunset: 17:08 | Dawn: 06:51 | Dusk: 17:38
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.3 °C/hr 10.8°C, 92%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 hPa/hr 1017.4hPa
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 (37°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 8km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 4.4mm
Sun Light : 12.9kLux, 1.2hrs   Solar UV :  1.5UVI  102W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 19 May 2025 at 10:00:36. 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 2020 Sep
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Sep 2020

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  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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01  12.1  18.2   11:22   8.5   21:01   6.2   0.0   0.4   8.2  51.9   09:31    NW
02   8.3  10.0   13:19   4.9   23:57  10.0   0.0   5.4   4.1  32.4   19:36    SE
03   7.8  13.8   15:42   2.9   05:45  10.5   0.0   0.0   4.8  44.0   10:12   SSE
04   8.2  14.3   14:05   0.3   06:27  10.1   0.0   0.0   5.3  33.2   16:33   WNW
05  11.2  14.1   11:07   8.0   05:54   7.1   0.0   0.2   7.7  39.7   08:15    NW
06  13.6  17.9   12:27  11.0   02:10   4.7   0.0   3.8   9.2  46.9   11:58   WNW
07  10.6  15.2   14:35   6.1   23:58   7.7   0.0   3.8   8.2  38.9   03:13   SSE
08   8.0  15.5   15:12   0.9   06:27  10.3   0.0   0.0   2.9  38.2   15:42     W
09  10.2  13.6   13:16   5.8   00:00   8.1   0.0   0.0   9.1  39.7   12:27   WNW
10  10.7  16.1   13:58   7.0   23:08   7.6   0.0   7.0   8.0  38.9   21:12   WNW
11   7.5  12.5   11:47   4.2   06:16  10.7   0.0   0.8   4.9  36.8   11:47   SSE
12   7.7  14.5   13:49   0.9   06:08  10.6   0.0   0.0   3.7  28.1   15:42     W
13  10.7  14.1   14:55   8.5   01:03   7.6   0.0   0.0   8.6  40.4   10:51   WNW
14  12.3  17.1   12:59   9.3   00:06   6.0   0.0   1.6  11.6  49.7   13:04   WNW
15  12.7  16.6   12:40  10.1   16:28   5.6   0.0   2.8  17.0  57.7   10:09   WNW
16  11.4  15.1   14:16   8.0   06:17   6.9   0.0   0.0  13.9  62.0   13:55     W
17  12.6  17.1   13:50   9.5   05:52   5.7   0.0   1.2  14.8  97.3   12:10   WNW
18   9.1  12.4   04:32   4.7   22:41   9.2   0.0  22.6   5.1  37.5   07:39   NNW
19  10.5  17.6   10:03   4.8   01:25   7.8   0.0   3.6   4.5  36.8   09:02   NNE
20  10.4  19.9   15:01   3.7   06:21   8.0   0.0   0.0   2.6  16.6   11:58     E
21  10.6  18.4   12:55   3.8   03:16   7.7   0.0   0.0   4.5  38.9   14:32     W
22  11.6  17.2   13:46   5.9   05:25   6.7   0.0   0.0   8.1  40.4   15:41   WNW
23  13.5  19.2   10:57   9.7   05:31   4.8   0.0   1.8   9.2  46.9   11:53    NW
24  13.5  15.7   11:12  11.4   22:08   4.8   0.0   2.2   5.4  37.5   10:37     W
25  13.5  19.2   12:05  10.8   06:12   4.8   0.0   0.0  12.1  56.2   11:47   WNW
26  13.9  22.2   14:04   8.0   06:33   4.5   0.2   2.4   5.5  38.2   12:19   WNW
27  14.4  19.3   13:15  10.2   23:29   3.7   0.0  11.6  11.3  55.5   07:34   WNW
28  10.9  15.3   15:24   7.7   07:07   7.4   0.0   9.8  16.4 103.1   15:06   WNW
29   9.2  12.8   13:55   6.1   05:52   9.1   0.0   1.6  16.1  92.3   10:20     W
30   9.3  16.9   15:31   3.2   05:39   9.0   0.0   0.0   4.1  35.3   21:10     W
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    10.9  22.2    26     0.3     4   222.9   0.2  82.6   8.2 103.1    28     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 22.6 on day 18
Days of Rain: 18 (>= 0.2 mm)  11 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration