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Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 19 August 2025 18:13:48 NZST
Current: 7.2°C, Max: 12.1°C, Min: 6.6°C. It feels like 3.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 1C. Winds S at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of frost or heavy dew. It feels like 3.5°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Becoming fine | Sunrise: 07:02 | Sunset: 17:42 | Dawn: 06:33 | Dusk: 18:10
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.2 °C/hr 7.2°C, 63%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising quickly, changing by 1.3 hPa/hr 1009.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SSE (154°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 21km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 4.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 19 August 2025 at 18:13:45. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION CAUTION
Chance of FROST or heavy DEW
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Clouds Early, Clearing Late
1°C
Clouds Early, Clearing Late		 Tomorrow
Cloudy
11°C
Cloudy
Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 1C. Winds S at 15 to 30 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 11%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
04:11
Moonset
12:52
Visibility
18% 		Sunrise
07:02
Sunset
17:42
Day Length
10.40 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 22s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 18:13:45 19/08/2025
System Up: 26 days 22 hours
Prgm Up: 26 days 22 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.32V
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 +12:00(NZST)


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Report for 2025 Aug 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 2025

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 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   6.9  11.0   13:00   2.9   23:58  11.4   0.0   0.0   3.8  39.7   18:34   SSE
02   4.7  10.5   15:04  -0.4   05:07  13.6   0.0   0.2   1.5  23.1   23:54    SE
03   7.5  11.5   13:27   4.7   04:23  10.8   0.0   0.0   5.5  41.8   12:02   ESE
04   8.2  11.2   13:05   6.0   02:47  10.1   0.0   0.0   5.2  42.5   14:06     E
05  10.1  13.3   12:36   7.8   00:00   8.2   0.0   0.0   9.0  46.9   20:25   ENE
06   8.8  14.6   13:46   3.7   07:53   9.5   0.0   0.0   4.7  33.9   02:36   ENE
07   8.9  16.8   15:06   3.0   03:55   9.4   0.0   0.0   2.7  22.4   13:07     N
08   8.7  13.8   14:44   4.6   01:09   9.6   0.0   2.6   4.0  42.5   15:36    NW
09   6.7  11.1   13:43   3.0   21:53  11.6   0.0   0.7   3.8  28.1   13:12   WSW
10   6.3  11.4   13:07   3.1   04:44  12.0   0.0   0.0   4.3  34.6   16:08    SE
11   5.9  11.2   13:33   0.7   05:37  12.4   0.0   0.0   2.8  37.5   17:17   SSW
12   7.2  11.7   14:55   3.7   07:48  11.1   0.0   0.0   3.3  31.7   16:50   ESE
13   7.3  14.2   14:14   2.0   06:10  11.0   0.0   0.0   2.8  31.7   11:33     E
14   6.4  13.5   13:59  -0.2   07:01  11.9   0.0   0.0   2.7  39.7   14:50   WNW
15   9.4  15.6   15:52   4.4   23:58   8.9   0.0   0.2   3.4  33.2   14:46    NW
16   7.3  14.8   14:34   0.9   07:04  11.0   0.0   0.0   1.7  35.3   13:54     W
17   9.0  13.7   15:56   5.8   00:22   9.3   0.0   0.0   1.7  14.4   12:19   ENE
18  10.0  15.5   13:50   5.1   03:13   8.3   0.0   0.5   5.9  46.1   13:19   WNW
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     7.7  16.8     7    -0.4     2   190.1   0.0   4.3   3.8  46.9     5       E

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  2
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 2.6 on day 8
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  1 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration