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A late Good Evening - Today was: Friday, 9 May 2025 22:16:12 NZST
Current: 12.6°C, Max: 18.0°C, Min: 12.1°C. It feels like 12.8°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 8C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 12.8°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Becoming fine | Sunrise: 07:11 | Sunset: 17:17 | Dawn: 06:42 | Dusk: 17:46
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 12.6°C, 96%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1014.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NNW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NNW (335°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 4km/h
Air Quality :  3 AQI  0.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 16.4mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.5hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 09 May 2025 at 22:16:09. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Clouds Early, Clearing Late
8°C
Clouds Early, Clearing Late		 Tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
16°C
Mostly Sunny
Cloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 8C. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 12%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
15:26
Moonset
03:32
Visability
91% 		Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
17:17
Day Length
10.06 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 2s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 22:16:09 9/05/2025
System Up: 5 days 5 hours
Prgm Up: 5 days 5 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.20V
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 2015 May 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  12.7  18.6   13:10   7.4   00:00   5.6   0.0   0.0   6.5  28.1   13:12   WNW
 2  13.8  19.1   12:41  10.7   04:22   4.5   0.0   0.0   5.1  22.0   13:22    NW
 3  13.3  17.4   13:32   7.5   23:49   5.0   0.0   0.0   5.0  17.3   10:48    NW
 4  11.0  17.3   12:41   4.4   06:09   7.3   0.0   0.0   5.2  23.4   11:41    NW
 5  14.7  19.9   13:54  11.1   03:27   3.7   0.1   0.0   7.1  23.4   12:38   WNW
 6  17.1  22.0   13:23  12.5   07:10   2.0   0.8   0.0  10.7  39.2   14:15   WNW
 7  17.6  20.0   12:21  15.9   21:58   0.8   0.2   8.7  10.5  37.8   08:29   WNW
 8  15.6  18.2   12:14  12.8   22:50   2.6   0.0   2.7   8.7  25.6   13:32     W
 9  14.0  17.2   13:20  11.0   05:50   4.3   0.0   0.0  15.0  34.2   11:20   WNW
10  15.0  18.4   12:15  12.7   00:15   3.3   0.0   0.3  12.4  29.5   14:45   WNW
11  14.7  19.8   14:16  10.3   07:45   3.7   0.1   2.1  10.0 190.0   20:39    NW
12  13.9  15.8   11:53  11.8   23:23   4.4   0.0  16.8   9.2  34.2   17:00   WNW
13  13.6  17.4   11:59  -0.5   00:00   4.7   0.0   0.0  14.9  50.0   12:07   WNW
14  11.5  19.6   18:35  10.8   00:37   6.7   0.0  19.2   1.8   8.6   21:05    SW
15  12.7  18.4   10:58   9.8   23:57   5.7   0.0  43.8   3.6  15.8   15:46   NNE
16  11.2  15.3   14:39   7.5   07:46   7.1   0.0   0.9   7.7  36.7   13:00   SSW
17  10.1  19.7   18:01  -0.5   22:57   8.1   0.0   0.0   3.8 197.0   22:57     E
18  11.8  17.4   13:07   6.7   06:53   6.4   0.0   0.0   9.2  37.8   15:35    NW
19  11.5  15.1   12:20   6.5   23:55   6.8   0.0   0.3   1.6  22.0   12:20     E
20  10.0  14.3   13:53   5.7   01:17   8.3   0.0   0.0   5.9  24.5   21:44   NNW
21  13.7  16.4   12:15  10.9   02:45   4.6   0.0   6.6  15.5  43.9   14:23   WNW
22  11.1  14.5   01:03   5.2   21:38   7.2   0.0   0.3   7.8  35.6   00:59     W
23   9.8  12.6   12:51   6.7   00:24   8.5   0.0   1.8   4.6  31.7   19:35     E
24  10.9  23.6   16:40   5.6   07:59   7.4   0.0   0.0   9.8  39.2   16:40     W
25   7.1  11.8   12:54   1.3   23:55  11.0   0.0   0.9   6.5  34.2   12:25   SSW
26   5.7  12.8   13:21   0.3   03:43  12.6   0.0   0.0   3.4  19.4   13:57   SSW
27   6.5  12.1   12:44   0.7   03:50  11.8   0.0   0.0   2.7  11.2   15:09   ENE
28   6.3  13.5   13:13   1.2   07:29  12.2   0.0   0.0   2.5   9.7   13:48   ENE
29   7.3  14.9   13:21   2.2   03:42  11.0   0.0   0.0   4.8  18.4   14:16   NNW
30   9.1  15.9   14:34   1.9   07:31   9.2   0.0   0.0   2.9  20.9   13:00    NW
31  10.8  17.3   13:31   7.2   07:07   7.4   0.0   0.0   2.6  15.8   13:53   WSW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11.7  23.6    24    -0.5    13   203.9   1.2 104.4   6.7 197.0    17     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  2
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 43.8 on day 15
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration