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Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 19 September 2024 14:44:48 NZST
Current: 12.9°C, Max: 14.8°C, Min: 9.2°C. It feels like 9.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and windy with periods of rain. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near 6mm. It feels like 9.5°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain at times, very unsettled | Sunrise: 06:12 | Sunset: 18:11 | Dawn: 05:45 | Dusk: 18:38
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hr 12.9°C, 84%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.6 hPa/hr 998.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (284°) 18km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 41km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 4.6mm
Sun Light : 11.1kLux, 1.8hrs   Solar UV :  1.2UVI  88W/m2
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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 2015 Oct
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 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
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 1  13.4  18.9   11:59   8.6   01:36   5.1   0.0   1.5   7.1  42.0   11:33   NNW
 2  14.2  19.4   13:30  11.4   06:11   4.1   0.1   6.2  10.3  36.0   13:44    NW
 3  13.2  18.4   14:51  10.3   23:16   5.3   0.0   3.6   3.9  30.0   10:40   SSW
 4  14.1  18.6   15:41  10.6   00:00   4.2   0.0   0.0  12.0  46.0   13:24    NW
 5  14.4  20.2   10:11   9.9   23:59   4.2   0.1   0.0   7.9  51.0   03:04    NW
 6  13.3  18.6   14:33   8.6   23:51   5.2   0.0   0.0   7.0  37.0   10:46    NW
 7  14.1  21.8   13:53   5.9   06:42   5.0   0.8   0.0   4.9  31.0   23:32     W
 8  11.6  15.4   09:19   8.1   23:39   7.0   0.0   7.8   7.1  48.0   08:37   NNW
 9  11.5  17.9   11:49   3.8   06:30   6.8   0.0   0.0   3.8  29.0   16:17   WNW
10  11.8  17.9   15:25   7.4   00:39   6.8   0.0   0.0   6.1  32.0   13:48    NW
11  13.4  21.6   14:16   5.2   06:06   5.3   0.5   0.0   6.0  35.0   18:03    NW
12  14.5  18.7   14:13  12.8   06:33   3.8   0.0   1.0  14.9  46.0   11:26    NW
13  13.9  19.5   12:27   9.9   23:48   4.7   0.1   8.3  14.2  51.0   12:27    NW
14  12.8  18.3   15:03   9.3   05:57   5.5   0.0   0.0   6.0  27.0   18:07    SW
15  14.4  22.0   14:50   6.1   05:49   4.8   0.7   0.0   3.8  26.0   15:30     W
16  13.9  18.1   14:36  11.3   06:35   4.4   0.0   0.0  12.4  53.0   16:45    NW
17  14.2  19.1   14:21  11.0   04:23   4.3   0.0   3.6  11.6  55.0   13:58    NW
18  13.7  16.2   17:26  11.0   23:59   4.6   0.0   6.7  10.3  39.0   18:27    NW
19  13.3  18.1   13:58   9.5   23:58   5.0   0.0   0.0  13.5  48.0   09:24    NW
20  13.3  19.3   13:58   8.5   04:56   5.2   0.1   0.5   8.3  36.0   11:46    NW
21  14.4  19.0   14:50  11.1   02:14   3.9   0.0   0.0  12.7  52.0   13:10    NW
22  14.8  16.5   17:42  13.6   00:00   3.6   0.0  21.2  14.3  46.0   07:07    NW
23  15.5  21.6   13:25  11.7   07:57   3.2   0.4  12.4   9.0  40.0   17:10   WNW
24  14.3  18.1   15:08  11.3   07:26   4.2   0.0  15.0  12.9  29.0   08:38    SE
25  15.7  21.4   14:12  10.1   06:23   3.3   0.7   0.0   4.9  31.0   08:46     W
26  14.4  21.3   13:27   6.9   05:54   4.8   0.6   0.0   7.6  34.0   17:04     W
27  14.2  20.9   14:11  10.7   23:46   4.3   0.2   0.0   8.3  38.0   10:17   WNW
28  14.6  19.6   14:26   9.6   05:47   4.0   0.1   0.5   4.5  23.0   12:34    NW
29  13.7  16.4   16:59   9.2   23:39   4.6   0.0  10.4   3.9  28.0   23:34     S
30  11.1  14.4   14:05   7.6   06:17   7.5   0.0   0.0   5.7  31.0   09:31    SE
31  13.5  20.3   11:11   5.3   02:21   5.1   0.4   0.0   5.1  35.0   13:45   WNW
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    13.7  22.0    15     3.8     9   149.8   4.8  98.7   8.4  55.0    17     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 21.2 on day 22
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration