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Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 9 February 2026 10:25:56 NZDT
Current: 19.7°C, Max: 19.9°C, Min: 12.1°C. It feels like 20.3°C
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 24C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 20.3°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:35 | Sunset: 20:28 | Dawn: 06:06 | Dusk: 20:57
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 2.3 °C/hr 19.7°C, 73%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1021.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WSW (242°) 5km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 10km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 58.5kLux, 3.1hrs   Solar UV :  4.0UVI  462W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 09 February 2026 at 10:27:04. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
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 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy
24°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
11°C
Partly Cloudy
Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 24C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 2%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
23:40
Moonset
14:00
Visibility
56% 		Sunrise
06:35
Sunset
20:28
Day Length
13.52 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 26s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 10:27:04 9/02/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 24 days 14 hours
Prgm Up: 24 days 14 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 2020 Dec 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2020

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01  13.7  17.4   17:08   9.3   23:56   4.6   0.0   0.2   9.0  51.9   10:26     S
02  13.8  21.2   16:06   5.6   03:38   4.7   0.2   0.0   6.5  57.0   14:42   WNW
03  16.0  22.0   15:08  10.9   23:36   2.7   0.4   1.0  11.1  60.6   10:48   WNW
04  14.8  20.2   08:00  10.8   00:23   3.6   0.0   0.0  10.0  51.2   08:40   WNW
05  14.3  20.9   13:34  10.6   04:45   4.1   0.1   0.6  12.0  77.1   16:47   WNW
06  16.1  23.1   07:32   9.8   05:49   2.8   0.6   0.2   6.5  52.6   12:38     W
07  17.3  23.3   12:59  12.0   01:27   1.9   1.0   1.8   9.4  56.2   13:16   WNW
08  17.8  20.1   15:24  16.0   22:50   0.7   0.2  14.4   9.8  54.8   01:51   WNW
09  18.5  23.7   10:16  15.7   02:54   0.8   1.1  10.6   4.5  33.9   13:32   WNW
10  18.8  26.8   10:54  13.2   23:32   0.9   1.4   8.4   7.1  51.2   11:56   WNW
11  15.8  21.3   12:15  12.1   23:02   2.6   0.2   0.0  13.4  61.3   16:05   WNW
12  15.2  21.5   14:30  10.8   23:40   3.3   0.2   0.0  13.4  75.7   08:56   WNW
13  15.0  21.7   07:35   9.7   04:53   3.6   0.3   0.0   5.3  42.5   17:46    NE
14  15.8  25.3   14:57   6.3   05:23   3.9   1.3   0.0   3.0  40.4   17:37   WNW
15  17.1  24.7   13:36   9.2   04:55   2.9   1.7   0.0   4.3  38.9   17:55     W
16  16.1  20.5   14:15  13.9   05:09   2.3   0.1   0.0   7.6  44.7   16:27     W
17  17.8  25.2   16:14  13.0   05:46   1.9   1.3   0.0   5.6  48.3   23:41     S
18  18.8  25.5   11:50  15.2   04:12   1.1   1.6   0.0   6.7  43.3   00:08     W
19  17.6  23.0   14:14  13.4   23:39   1.5   0.9   0.0   8.1  51.2   12:58     W
20  18.6  26.2   16:43  12.5   02:47   1.6   2.0   0.0   5.4  41.1   10:39     W
21  18.8  25.4   14:12  14.1   02:36   1.0   1.6   0.0   3.3  39.7   05:12     E
22  19.5  26.5   15:00  15.9   05:12   0.6   1.8   2.8   4.1  43.3   14:49   WNW
23  17.0  20.2   12:31  15.3   06:11   1.4   0.1   8.2   3.1  30.3   11:30   WSW
24  16.9  21.4   14:45  15.2   04:32   1.6   0.2  10.0   7.5  49.7   16:37   WNW
25  17.9  23.9   15:35  11.7   23:54   1.9   1.5   0.0   7.6  43.3   11:13   WNW
26  15.9  24.2   08:00  10.7   23:17   3.2   0.8   0.0   6.0  47.6   11:53   WNW
27  12.5  18.5   13:32   8.1   04:25   5.8   0.0   0.0   5.9  49.7   18:30     S
28  13.0  20.6   15:53   7.5   05:37   5.3   0.0   0.0   3.2  36.8   14:51    SW
29  13.9  20.3   11:18   7.9   06:02   4.4   0.0   0.0   2.4  23.1   14:14    NW
30  16.6  23.5   16:07   8.5   05:37   2.9   1.2   0.0   4.4  46.1   12:51    SE
31  17.3  23.7   15:27  10.8   05:21   2.3   1.3   0.0   5.9  54.1   13:33     E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    16.4  26.8    10     5.6     2    81.9  23.1  58.2   6.8  77.1     5       W

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 14.4 on day 8
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration