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Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 22 January 2026 09:16:31 NZDT
Current: 19.6°C, Max: 19.6°C, Min: 16.7°C. It feels like 19.6°C
FORECAST: A steady rain this morning. Showers continuing this afternoon. High 21C. WNW winds at 5 to 10 km/h, increasing to 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. It feels like 19.6°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Stormy, much rain | Sunrise: 06:13 | Sunset: 20:45 | Dawn: 05:42 | Dusk: 21:16
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.4 °C/hr 19.6°C, 82%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 hPa/hr 988.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ENE (68°) 11km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 28km/h
Air Quality :  2 AQI  0.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 3.7mm
Sun Light : 19.7kLux, 0.6hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  156W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 22 January 2026 at 09:18:18. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 22 Jan 2026 8:03AM: Weather live: Two people missing after slip, highways closed, thousands without power (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 8:56AM: Travellers in tailspin over new passport rules for travel to Britain (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 7:41AM: Warbirds Over Wānaka display of deadly jets sparks backlash (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 8:51AM: Search continues for driver swept away trying to cross Mahurangi River (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 6:24AM: Rain can't deter lawn bowlers descending on Taranaki for open fours (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 6:25AM: Elation as Winton's long security camera impasse sorted (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 5:32AM: Sand-mining company McCallum Bros probed for alleged wildlife breaches at Pākiri (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 8:03AM: Live: Seven people trapped on roof by floods rescued (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 22 Jan 2026 8:31AM: Morning Report live: Flood-hit town 'like a war zone', minister says amid search for two after slip (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 21 Jan 2026 9:44AM: Christopher Luxon throwing Chris Bishop under the bus on housing, says Chris Hipkins (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
Low pressure has been detected
 Weather Forecast
Today
Rain
21°C
Rain		 Tonight
Showers
16°C
Showers
A steady rain this morning. Showers continuing this afternoon. High 21C. WNW winds at 5 to 10 km/h, increasing to 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 80%.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
09:18
Moonset
22:32
Visibility
9% 		Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
20:45
Day Length
14.31 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 54s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 09:18:18 22/01/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 6 days 13 hours
Prgm Up: 6 days 13 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 2024 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2024

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 32"   Lon: E 175° 34' 22"

                  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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 24  1  25.0  15.7  19.7   1.8    25    67  30.5  19  10.0   26    7    0    0    0
 24  2  22.9  12.6  17.3  -0.9    61    30  26.9  22   5.5   12    0    0    0    0
 24  3  20.3  10.1  14.7  -1.9   121    10  23.9   4   3.8   20    0    0    0    0
 24  4  19.4   9.0  13.7  -0.4   145     6  25.8  10   2.6   27    0    0    0    0
 24  5  15.2   5.9  10.1  -1.3   253     0  18.2   5  -1.2   10    0    0    1    0
 24  6  14.9   6.3  10.3   1.0   238     0  17.2  10   1.4    6    0    0    0    0
 24  7  13.9   4.7   8.9   0.3   291     0  17.2  30   0.3    5    0    0    0    0
 24  8  14.7   5.9   9.9   0.5   262     0  20.5  31  -0.0    4    0    0    1    0
 24  9  15.8   6.8  11.0  -0.1   218     0  20.5  30   0.7   18    0    0    0    0
 24 10  18.5   9.2  13.2   0.5   160     3  23.3  26   3.9   11    0    0    0    0
 24 11  19.1  10.8  14.6   0.2   117     6  24.6  14   2.5    4    0    0    0    0
 24 12  22.4  13.2  17.3   0.9    53    25  26.9  25   7.6   28    0    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        18.5   9.2  13.4   0.0  1943   146  30.5 Jan  -1.2  May    7    0    2    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 24  1  17.6 -47.4   9.4  28     7    2    0
 24  2  44.8 -17.2  27.0   3     9    5    1
 24  3  33.4 -40.6  18.2   4    13    4    0
 24  4  23.6 -52.4  12.6  13     9    2    0
 24  5  37.2 -11.8   9.8   1    13    5    0
 24  6  25.6 -61.4   6.8  25    12    6    0
 24  7  38.0 -56.0  15.4  20    14    5    0
 24  8 114.8  32.8  38.2  18    16   10    2
 24  9  73.0 -10.0  15.4  20    18   10    0
 24 10  40.6 -49.4   6.8  27    12    7    0
 24 11  29.2 -48.8   7.8   2    17    5    0
 24 12  18.4 -74.6   4.6  26    14    3    0
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       496.2-436.8  38.2  Aug  154   64    3

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 24  1   6.0  63.0   16     W
 24  2   6.3  67.0    2     W
 24  3   6.5  75.0   26   WNW
 24  4   4.2  54.0   25    NW
 24  5   3.8  61.0   25   WNW
 24  6   4.3  53.0    1    NE
 24  7   3.6  58.0   15   NNE
 24  8   5.1  80.0   19   WNW
 24  9   7.2  80.0   24   WNW
 24 10   6.1  61.0   24   WNW
 24 11   6.4  61.0   11   WNW
 24 12   6.7  62.0    5     W
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         5.5  80.0  Aug   WNW