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Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 8 December 2025 11:43:15 NZDT
Current: 22.4°C, Max: 23.2°C, Min: 11.0°C. It feels like 21.8°C
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 23C. Winds W at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 21.8°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 05:41 | Sunset: 20:38 | Dawn: 05:08 | Dusk: 21:11
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.4 °C/hr 22.4°C, 64%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1016.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (255°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 30km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 112kLux, 2.2hrs   Solar UV :  14.2UVI  885W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 08 December 2025 at 11:47:53. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 08 Dec 2025 11:09AM: Who knew what and when in the Jevon McSkimming saga? (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 10:19AM: Coroner suppresses name of man stabbed to death in Auckland's Mt Wellington (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 10:42AM: Heat alert for Hastings as 34C day looms (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 11:11AM: What to consider before putting a bar tab on your credit card (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 7:02AM: Do you know what to do in these emergencies? (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 7:38AM: Riding electric bikes on great ride trail 'technically illegal' (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 6:30AM: Meet Auckland's 11-year-old beekeeper keeping the community sweet (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 8:40AM: A 60 percent cut to the Wellington maritime police means they will no longer be responding 24/7 (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 11:34AM: Gorse fire flare-up in North Canterbury contained (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 08 Dec 2025 6:38AM: Critically endangered wētā thriving as breeding programme numbers surge (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy
23°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tonight
Cloudy
14°C
Cloudy
Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 23C. Winds W at 15 to 30 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 2%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
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Moonset
08:32
Visibility
88% 		Sunrise
05:41
Sunset
20:38
Day Length
14.56 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 0min 54s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 11:47:53 8/12/2025
System Up: 9 days 13 hours
Prgm Up: 9 days 12 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.98V
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 +13:00(NZDT)


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Report for 2021 Dec 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2021

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01  17.3  21.7   13:40  14.4   23:03   1.5   0.6   1.6   6.4  53.0   19:28     E
02  18.4  24.0   17:05  13.4   04:37   1.4   1.4   0.0   7.9  45.0   09:33   ENE
03  16.9  22.2   12:57  14.8   05:22   1.6   0.2   3.8   3.2  27.0   15:22   ESE
04  18.8  25.0   14:12  15.7   03:11   0.9   1.4   0.6   2.3  22.0   12:35    SW
05  20.7  29.4   14:10  16.1   05:09   0.6   3.0   0.2   3.5  46.0   12:59   WNW
06  17.1  20.9   10:01  13.7   21:37   1.5   0.2   6.0   4.1  37.0   12:26   ESE
07  17.5  24.3   13:54  13.7   03:18   1.6   0.8  25.8   3.6  32.0   15:13   NNE
08  17.7  21.0   16:44  15.5   06:40   0.9   0.3  13.8   5.2  37.0   18:53     W
09  20.4  26.8   13:20  17.1   06:04   0.2   2.4   0.2   7.3  37.0   05:35     W
10  21.0  27.5   13:59  17.6   04:17   0.1   2.8   0.2   6.0  41.0   10:56     W
11  21.6  28.9   13:08  16.0   04:43   0.3   3.6   0.0   6.2  45.0   12:33     W
12  14.9  18.9   00:00  11.9   23:15   3.4   0.0  25.8   7.5  58.0   20:24     E
13  19.1  27.7   16:32  12.1   00:00   1.7   2.6  15.4   4.6  43.0   01:00     E
14  18.2  21.3   14:32  15.8   23:37   0.5   0.4  19.8   4.3  43.0   19:26     E
15  19.9  27.0   13:21  15.6   00:28   0.7   2.2  11.0   8.4  79.0   08:18   ENE
16  18.2  25.3   12:34  14.5   04:46   1.4   1.2   7.8   4.7  39.0   16:31     W
17  17.9  21.9   11:23  15.4   23:03   1.0   0.6   1.2  12.7  61.0   17:47   WNW
18  17.3  22.1   13:24  13.2   03:18   1.8   0.8   0.0  10.6  57.0   19:17     W
19  17.5  23.1   14:29  13.3   02:39   1.8   0.9   0.0   8.1  56.0   12:01   WNW
20  17.9  22.8   16:04  13.8   02:49   1.4   1.0   0.0  11.9  54.0   20:03     W
21  18.4  23.4   14:30  15.5   22:56   1.1   1.2   0.0  12.7  63.0   11:33   WNW
22  18.6  24.1   14:33  13.8   05:53   1.3   1.6   0.0  12.0  59.0   11:24   WNW
23  19.7  25.7   14:18  14.9   01:35   0.9   2.2   0.0   7.5  39.0   14:10     W
24  19.0  26.0   13:15  12.7   05:00   1.6   2.3   0.0   4.8  28.0   18:28   WNW
25  18.6  24.6   14:58  14.0   02:53   1.2   1.6   0.0   5.7  53.0   15:15   ESE
26  18.9  25.3   08:35  11.5   05:43   1.9   2.5   0.0   5.5  43.0   14:47     W
27  20.1  25.9   16:34  14.4   04:28   1.0   2.8   0.0   7.1  39.0   16:42     W
28  18.2  23.7   09:20  15.8   15:48   0.8   0.7  13.0   2.7  39.0   13:59     W
29  17.2  22.5   15:58  13.9   06:07   1.8   0.8  14.4   5.0  32.0   06:03     E
30  17.9  25.4   07:40  12.7   04:01   1.7   1.3   0.0   7.8  56.0   15:01   WNW
31  19.4  26.4   13:11  13.6   04:55   1.3   2.4   0.0   5.6  40.0   15:57   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    18.5  29.4     5    11.5    26    38.9  45.8 160.6   6.6  79.0    15     WNW

Max >=  27.0  5
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 25.8 on day 7
Days of Rain: 17 (>= 0.2 mm)  11 (>= 2.0 mm)  2 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration