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Good Afternoon - Today is: Wednesday, 14 October 2026 13:24:46 NZDT
Current: 20.1°C, Max: 20.4°C, Min: 14.4°C. It feels like 18.3°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. High near 20C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 18.3°C. A windproof and 1 clothing layer recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 °C/hr 20.1°C, 71%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 hPa/hr 1012.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (299°)   WNW  17km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 33km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 50.8klx, 0.4hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  401W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 13:26:31. Updated in seconds

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⛅ 14 Oct 2026 1:01PM: PNG police seize high-powered weapons cache linked to an international syndicate (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 12:54PM: Hawke's Bay student missing after high school tramping trip (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 12:49PM: Poorest could face highest power bill shock in overhaul, Consumer NZ warns (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 12:11PM: More than 2 million train trips taken in first month of City Rail Link (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 12:04PM: The Kiwis avoiding the big supermarkets (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 11:41AM: Papua priest says Indonesia does not need to fear UN visit to West Papua (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 11:38AM: 'Psychological nightmare': Why New Zealand won't let a stranded woman pass through (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 11:32AM: US learned 'absolutely nothing' from post-9/11 wars - Peter Bergen (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 11:26AM: Affordability of hospitals' upgrade a 'major concern' documents show (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 14 Oct 2026 11:25AM: Kāinga Ora urged to halt pre-election sale of empty Wellington state houses (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Forecast
Today
Cloudy
20°C
Cloudy		 Tonight
Rain Late
12°C
Rain Late
Cloudy. High near 20C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 20%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
07:50
Moonset
23:31
Visibility
11% 		Sunrise
06:32
Sunset
19:37
Day Length
13.04 hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 38s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 13:26:31 14/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 63 days 16 hours
Prgm Up: 12 days 18 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 2021 Feb 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 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
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01  18.3  28.1   15:18   9.6   05:23   2.6   2.7   0.0   5.2  27.4   00:46    NE
02  18.4  26.0   15:25  13.2   06:37   1.8   1.9   0.0   6.3  46.9   13:48     E
03  18.8  29.1   15:46  10.6   06:34   2.2   2.7   0.0   4.4  31.7   02:32    SE
04  17.0  23.3   15:41  11.8   23:55   2.3   1.0   0.0   6.8  49.0   21:42    SE
05  14.7  20.4   16:13   8.5   06:32   3.7   0.1   0.0   5.1  41.8   01:26    SE
06  16.1  22.4   16:04  11.8   03:44   2.8   0.6   0.0   5.8  38.2   19:09   ESE
07  18.7  28.6   15:35  12.4   06:31   2.0   2.5   0.0   5.4  31.7   12:47   ESE
08  19.2  26.1   14:13  13.8   03:05   1.4   2.3   0.0   4.8  45.4   13:09     W
09  20.6  28.8   12:32  14.3   06:05   0.9   3.2   0.0   4.0  39.7   13:33    NW
10  18.0  22.1   09:04  13.2   23:55   0.8   0.5   0.8   5.6  36.8   10:30   WNW
11  15.8  22.3   16:42   9.6   06:24   3.4   0.9   0.0   6.9  57.0   14:31   WNW
12  17.6  28.2   15:05  11.5   06:49   2.4   1.7   0.0   4.1  31.0   12:22    NW
13  18.4  27.0   14:36  10.2   05:29   1.8   1.9   0.0   4.3  36.0   15:52     W
14  18.0  25.3   15:26  11.9   05:41   2.3   2.0   0.0   3.2  33.2   15:07   WSW
15  17.1  22.6   11:32  12.7   06:26   2.1   0.9   6.4   3.6  46.1   17:10     E
16  15.4  17.9   16:27  12.4   23:39   2.9   0.0   5.6  10.9  57.7   14:27   SSE
17  14.3  20.3   15:45  10.3   23:58   4.1   0.1   0.0   6.8  42.5   00:17    SE
18  14.8  24.4   16:09   7.1   05:56   4.5   0.9   0.0   3.9  32.4   16:31   SSE
19  15.8  25.2   15:24   7.5   05:58   4.1   1.7   0.0   3.1  28.8   13:21     W
20  17.2  25.2   15:26   9.7   07:03   2.7   1.6   0.0   4.2  33.9   18:58     W
21  17.7  25.0   14:05  11.5   02:50   2.3   1.7   0.0   4.1  26.7   15:45     W
22  18.0  27.3   13:36   9.8   05:34   2.7   2.5   0.0   3.5  36.0   16:59   WSW
23  18.7  27.7   16:33  11.2   06:09   2.1   2.5   0.0   3.5  37.5   14:24   WSW
24  19.6  28.3   13:24  12.8   07:08   1.5   2.8   0.0   4.2  37.5   15:36     W
25  20.2  27.8   16:18  14.9   06:41   0.9   2.9   0.0   4.0  34.6   16:30   WSW
26  21.2  28.6   14:35  16.3   05:31   0.3   3.2   0.0   5.4  42.5   16:47     E
27  19.4  27.8   14:55  12.2   06:56   1.6   2.7   0.0   3.3  35.3   16:03   WSW
28  20.3  29.6   14:40  13.8   06:40   0.9   2.9   0.0   3.5  33.2   21:23     E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    17.8  29.6    28     7.1    18    63.1  50.4  12.8   4.9  57.7    16       S

Max >=  27.0 13
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 6.4 on day 15
Days of Rain: 3 (>= 0.2 mm)  2 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration