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Midday - Today is: Wednesday, 2 July 2025 12:43:31 NZST
Current: 11.7°C, Max: 12.0°C, Min: 1.3°C. It feels like 10.2°C
FORECAST: Generally cloudy. High 12C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 10.2°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:42 | Sunset: 17:02 | Dawn: 07:11 | Dusk: 17:33
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 2.3 °C/hr 11.7°C, 69%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.6 hPa/hr 1027.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from W (270°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 10km/h
Air Quality :  51 AQI  12.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 44.8kLux, 2.3hrs   Solar UV :  2.9UVI  354W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 02 July 2025 at 12:43:27. Updated in seconds

 New Zealand Newsroom
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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Cloudy
12°C
Cloudy		 Tonight
Mostly Cloudy
5°C
Mostly Cloudy
Generally cloudy. High 12C. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 2%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
11:35
Moonset
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Visibility
42% 		Sunrise
07:42
Sunset
17:02
Day Length
09.20 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 0min 40s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 12:43:27 2/07/2025
System Up: 25 days 15 hours
Prgm Up: 25 days 15 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.92V
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)


NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
The NOAA Climate Report provides a day-by-day, monthly and yearly look at the weather since 2009 in Palmerston North. This offers detailed records for the rain, wind and temperatures as well as totals and summaries all recored at the Palmerston North location.
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Report for 2018 Aug 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 2018

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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  10.5  15.9   13:37   6.0   01:19   7.8   0.0   0.0   4.5  43.3   14:09   WNW
02  10.0  16.0   13:21   4.0   07:03   8.3   0.0   0.6   2.5  42.5   10:51    NW
03  11.0  15.3   12:55   8.4   05:21   7.3   0.0   0.2   1.3  14.4   10:48   NNE
04  10.3  12.6   13:43   8.5   06:30   8.0   0.0   2.0   5.0  30.3   09:54    SE
05  11.8  14.2   12:14   9.2   07:30   6.5   0.0   0.4   8.6  44.0   12:00     E
06  13.3  17.0   11:04  10.8   22:25   5.0   0.0   0.8   7.7  49.7   05:06     E
07  11.7  18.0   13:05   7.5   07:31   6.6   0.0   0.0   1.0  20.9   16:25     W
08  11.1  17.2   13:24   7.2   02:28   7.2   0.0   3.6   1.5  16.6   09:11   ENE
09  11.6  16.1   14:21   8.5   03:36   6.7   0.0   0.4   6.5  42.5   16:35    NW
10  10.6  10.6   00:00  10.6   00:00   7.7   0.0   0.0   7.2  10.1   00:00   NNW
11  10.0  13.4   14:07   4.4   23:47   5.3   0.0   0.8   6.4  44.7   10:07    SE
12   7.7  14.8   13:50   1.8   06:44  10.6   0.0   0.0   1.4  13.0   13:41   WNW
13   7.4  14.0   12:16   1.0   06:41  10.9   0.0   0.0   2.1  31.7   16:08     W
14  10.7  14.9   14:03   8.2   05:35   7.6   0.0   5.0   5.0  41.1   13:33   ESE
15  10.4  13.9   14:40   5.9   23:52   7.8   0.0   1.4   3.2  32.4   14:06   WSW
16  11.6  16.2   14:09   5.8   00:14   6.7   0.0   1.8   8.8  54.8   11:30    NW
17  11.5  14.9   14:19   9.1   23:56   6.8   0.0  13.0   8.3  44.7   14:33    NW
18   8.4  12.9   11:45   4.1   23:40   9.9   0.0   2.0   1.7  28.8   12:48    SW
19   7.7  13.8   13:53   3.0   01:50  10.6   0.0   0.0   2.3  44.7   12:03     W
20   8.6  14.8   15:06   3.2   04:13   9.7   0.0   9.4   1.4  18.7   11:20     E
21  10.5  15.1   10:44   7.2   23:11   7.8   0.0   2.6   5.5  53.4   14:47    NW
22   9.7  13.8   12:25   6.4   23:17   8.6   0.0   5.2   9.2  46.9   11:49    NW
23   8.1  12.6   13:51   6.5   00:00  10.2   0.0  14.6   2.6  64.9   14:41   WSW
24   7.8  12.9   13:36   3.6   23:56  10.5   0.0   2.0   4.1  46.9   13:36   WSW
25   8.2  15.4   12:05   2.5   05:20  10.1   0.0   0.0   3.9  42.5   16:26     S
26   9.2  15.2   13:08   2.5   06:27   9.1   0.0   0.0   2.2  26.7   16:18   WNW
27  11.5  15.9   14:50   9.3   23:57   6.8   0.0   0.0   6.1  41.1   15:47    NW
28  11.0  15.2   15:18   6.3   06:58   7.3   0.0   0.0   2.5  22.4   10:22     W
29   9.9  12.1   22:15   9.8   00:00   8.4   0.0   0.6   0.2  22.4   23:20   WNW
30  12.2  17.0   13:03   7.6   07:05   6.1   0.0   0.0   2.9  34.6   15:00   ESE
31  11.1  14.3   11:53   8.4   22:30   7.2   0.0   1.2   4.7  46.1   16:02   WSW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10.2  18.0     7     1.0    13   249.1   0.0  67.6   4.2  64.9    23      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 14.6 on day 23
Days of Rain: 20 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration