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A late Good Evening - Today was: Friday, 9 May 2025 22:25:28 NZST
Current: 12.5°C, Max: 18.0°C, Min: 12.1°C. It feels like 12.7°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 8C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 12.7°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 -0.2 °C/hr 12.5°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 (332°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 6km/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 22:25:29. Updated in seconds

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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.

Report for 2016 Sep
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Sep 2016

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
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01   9.4  14.5   13:28   2.8   05:12   8.9   0.0   0.0   4.5  29.6   23:08     W
02  13.8  19.4   14:35  10.6   04:36   4.5   0.0   0.0   9.4  38.9   15:01   WNW
03  13.3  16.9   13:28   9.0   23:58   5.0   0.0   0.0  10.2  55.5   11:17     W
04  12.5  18.0   13:20   7.7   01:51   5.8   0.0   8.4   2.8  39.7   23:38   NNW
05  12.4  14.1   11:12  11.7   05:39   5.9   0.0   3.3  13.0  72.8   11:08     W
06  10.3  15.4   12:43   6.2   22:36   7.9   0.0   3.9   1.5  23.1   13:15     E
07  10.9  16.2   12:54   7.8   00:00   7.3   0.0  11.7  12.3  68.5   13:33     W
08   6.9  10.1   10:39   5.3   20:44  11.4   0.0   4.2   5.0  42.5   16:50   SSW
09   7.9  11.6   14:45   5.2   02:19  10.4   0.0   0.3   6.3  35.3   14:27    SE
10   9.4  13.4   11:49   7.4   06:20   8.9   0.0   0.0   5.4  38.9   12:09   ESE
11  10.5  16.3   14:21   5.8   06:47   7.7   0.0   0.0   3.0  21.6   16:11   WSW
12  10.4  13.7   14:59   5.9   02:08   7.8   0.0   0.0   6.5  29.6   14:59     W
13  12.7  16.6   15:11  10.3   03:40   5.6   0.0   2.7   7.4  35.3   12:21     W
14  12.2  15.0   12:15  10.6   23:13   6.1   0.0   3.6   4.6  22.4   13:05     W
15  14.2  19.7   15:35   9.5   06:32   4.2   0.1   0.0   1.1  11.5   15:15     W
16  15.3  19.6   14:04  12.7   04:47   3.0   0.0  10.5   3.9  34.6   22:14     W
17  15.7  18.5   13:18  14.5   06:54   2.6   0.0   6.3   3.8  27.4   09:52     W
18  14.6  18.9   13:40  11.6   23:52   3.7   0.0  13.2   1.6  15.9   14:20     W
19  12.2  16.7   14:16   9.1   23:59   6.1   0.0   0.4   2.6  20.9   23:37     W
20  10.7  15.1   14:46   7.6   06:17   7.6   0.0   0.0   5.5  35.3   19:53     W
21   9.7  13.5   16:01   7.7   06:20   8.6   0.0   0.0   6.1  27.4   02:44     W
22  11.9  16.9   15:00   7.3   06:09   6.4   0.0   0.0   6.5  27.4   15:12     W
23  12.4  17.6   15:03   9.1   03:03   5.9   0.0   0.0   6.0  35.3   12:44     W
24  12.3  17.2   13:18   8.2   05:52   6.0   0.0   0.0   8.8  52.6   20:45     W
25  12.1  14.8   13:32  10.2   01:40   5.5   0.0   1.1  12.4  72.8   10:46     W
26  12.9  15.7   16:03  11.3   07:12   5.0   0.0   0.0  12.9  44.7   22:26     W
27  13.8  18.2   14:00  11.9   00:00   4.5   0.0   0.0  13.8  46.9   15:45     W
28  14.5  19.1   13:40  12.4   04:44   3.8   0.0   0.0  11.0  35.3   13:48     W
29  14.5  19.1   14:35  12.5   23:57   3.7   0.0   1.1  11.1  39.7   11:57     W
30  15.4  21.3   14:40  11.1   07:09   3.2   0.4   0.0   5.6  21.6   01:01     W
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    12.2  21.3    30     2.8     1   183.0   0.5  70.7   6.9  72.8     5       W

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 13.2 on day 18
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration