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Good Afternoon - Today is: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 15:10:09 NZDT
Current: 20.5°C, Max: 21.5°C, Min: 6.9°C. It feels like 19.5°C
FORECAST: Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 23C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 19.5°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Unsettled, rain later | Sunrise: 06:04 | Sunset: 20:49 | Dawn: 05:32 | Dusk: 21:21
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.1 °C/hr 20.5°C, 56%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1011.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SW (232°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 17km/h
Air Quality :  27 AQI  6.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 121.5kLux, 6.0hrs   Solar UV :  13.9UVI  960W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 at 15:10:08. 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 2011
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2011

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

                  Temperature (C), Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3
                          Dep.  Heat  Cool                       Max  Max  Min  Min
        Mean  Mean        From  Deg   Deg                        >=   <=   <=   <=
 YR MO  Max   Min   Mean  Norm  Days  Days  Hi  Date  Low  Date 27.0  0.0  0.0 -18.0
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 11  1  26.1  13.8  19.4   1.5    14    47  31.0  31 -19.1   12   14    0    1    1
 11  2  27.8  14.9  20.9   2.6     1    73  34.5  12 -24.4   26   13    0    1    1
 11  3  24.3  11.4  16.9   0.3    49     7  29.0  13   5.2    7    4    0    0    0
 11  4  20.0   8.6  13.6  -0.5   142     0  28.1  12   2.9   19    1    0    0    0
 11  5  20.0   9.4  13.9   2.5   137     0  28.6   3   3.9   29    1    0    0    0
 11  6  16.7   7.4  11.1   1.8   216     0  23.6   5   0.0   27    0    0    1    0
 11  7  14.9   4.2   8.8   0.2   295     0  20.2  20  -2.3   26    0    0    6    0
 11  8  15.2   4.1   9.0  -0.4   289     0  21.2  30  -2.8   16    0    0    4    0
 11  9  17.5   5.7  10.9  -0.2   215     1  23.2  30   0.7   21    0    0    0    0
 11 10  20.2   9.1  13.7   1.0   152     8  26.4  29   4.1    9    0    0    0    0
 11 11  21.5   9.3  14.8   0.4   117    10  29.0  25   0.8   24    2    0    0    0
 11 12  24.2  12.3  17.9   1.5    62    52  29.9   3   0.0   22   10    0    1    0
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        20.7   9.2  14.2   0.9  1695   201  34.5 Feb -24.4  Feb   45    0   14    2

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.          Over
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
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 11  1  77.1  12.1  17.7  12    14    8    0
 11  2 156.0  94.0  98.7   2     9    5    1
 11  3 152.7  78.7  47.4   5    12    7    3
 11  4 132.3  56.3  46.8  25    13   10    2
 11  5 105.6  11.6  20.4  15    19   12    1
 11  6 124.5  37.5  26.1  10    21   12    1
 11  7 142.8  48.8  24.3  11    18   11    4
 11  8  69.6 -12.4  21.9  14    17    6    1
 11  9  59.7 -23.3  32.1  19    11    4    1
 11 10 194.7 104.7  32.4   3    22   18    3
 11 11 211.2 133.2  44.1  24    18   14    4
 11 12 165.3  82.3  37.2  31    14    9    4
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      1591.5 623.5  98.7  Feb  188  116   25

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 11  1  10.4  58.7   24    NW
 11  2  11.2  57.6    2    NW
 11  3   8.6  49.0   21    NW
 11  4   8.2  57.6    7   ENE
 11  5   9.1  64.8   17    NW
 11  6   7.3  45.4   29    NE
 11  7  10.3  68.4   12   WNW
 11  8   7.8  55.1    6     W
 11  9  10.3  58.7   12   WNW
 11 10   7.2  43.9    5   WNW
 11 11   7.8  60.1   25   WNW
 11 12   8.9  51.5   17     E
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         8.9  68.4  Jul    NW