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Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 2 July 2025 10:58:36 NZST
Current: 7.7°C, Max: 7.9°C, Min: 1.3°C. It feels like 6.2°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. High 13C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 6.2°C. 4 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 1.8 °C/hr 7.7°C, 80%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1028.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NNE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NNE (18°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 4km/h
Air Quality :  51 AQI  12.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 29.4kLux, 1.1hrs   Solar UV :  2.2UVI  232W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 02 July 2025 at 10:58:37. 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 2012
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2012

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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 12  1  24.3  13.1  18.1   0.2    53    48  30.8  10   5.2   28    5    0    0    0
 12  2  24.3  13.3  18.0  -0.2    52    42  29.4  17   6.9   29    4    0    0    0
 12  3  23.4  11.9  16.7   0.1    84    33  29.8  11   5.9    5    8    0    0    0
 12  4  23.9   9.8  15.4   1.3   112    26  28.0  27   4.5   20    2    0    0    0
 12  5  19.1   5.1  10.9  -0.5   233     3  24.9   8  -1.2   30    0    0    2    0
 12  6  15.8   4.5   9.1  -0.2   276     0  22.5   4  -3.2   17    0    0    6    0
 12  7  13.8   5.5   9.4   0.8   275     0  17.3  21   0.9    8    0    0    0    0
 12  8  15.5   7.0  10.7   1.3   235     0  18.0  15   2.8   11    0    0    0    0
 12  9  16.7   7.0  11.5   0.4   205     1  22.5  26   0.6   13    0    0    0    0
 12 10  18.1   8.6  13.1   0.4   165     3  26.3  30   2.1   24    0    0    0    0
 12 11  20.2   9.5  14.2  -0.2   135    12  27.2  22   2.3    7    1    0    0    0
 12 12  24.3  14.2  18.6   2.2    47    56  32.2  26   7.8    8    9    0    0    0
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        20.0   9.1  13.8   0.5  1878   227  32.2 Dec  -3.2  Jun   29    0    8    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
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 12  1 149.1  84.1  42.6   8    15   11    3
 12  2 126.9  64.9  47.7  14    13    9    1
 12  3  80.4   6.4  28.2   3    13    8    1
 12  4  56.4 -19.6  21.0  30     8    5    1
 12  5  64.5 -29.5  16.2  14    13    8    0
 12  6  82.8  -4.2  17.1   6    18    9    0
 12  7 109.5  15.5  28.8  16    14    6    1
 12  8  99.3  17.3  22.8  12    14   12    1
 12  9  79.2  -3.8  26.7   9    12    8    1
 12 10  75.0 -15.0  29.1  13    13    8    1
 12 11  28.2 -49.8  11.7  18     9    6    0
 12 12 133.2  50.2  43.2  30    14    9    2
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      1084.5 116.5  47.7  Feb  156   99   12

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 12  1  13.1  56.2   14     W
 12  2  11.4  51.5   23   ENE
 12  3  10.4  54.0   22     E
 12  4   7.3  52.6   30   NNW
 12  5   6.5  47.9   15   NNW
 12  6   8.6  51.5    9    NW
 12  7   8.9  46.4   30     E
 12  8   8.0  46.4   27     E
 12  9  12.1  56.2    6   WNW
 12 10  14.6  69.8   13   WNW
 12 11  11.0  47.9   18   WNW
 12 12  12.5  58.7    7   WNW
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        10.4  69.8  Oct    NW