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Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 16 July 2026 07:01:12 NZST
Current: 11.8°C, Max: 12.2°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 11.0°C
FORECAST: A steady rain early...then remaining cloudy with a few showers. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. It feels like 11.0°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:37 | Sunset: 17:11 | Dawn: 07:07 | Dusk: 17:41
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 11.8°C, 88%   Pressure : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1022.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NW (312°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 9km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 07:04:11. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Rain
15°C
Rain		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
8°C
Partly Cloudy
A steady rain early...then remaining cloudy with a few showers. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 80%.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
08:53
Moonset
19:16
Visibility
3% 		Sunrise
07:37
Sunset
17:11
Day Length
9.34 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 1min 22s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 07:04:11 16/07/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 1 days 13 hours
Prgm Up: 1 days 13 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 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2020

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 20  1  24.2  13.4  18.2   0.3    48    45  29.2  21   8.5   15    4    0    0    0
 20  2  26.1  14.0  19.1   0.9    39    62  31.4   4  10.4    9    9    0    0    0
 20  3  22.8  11.3  15.9  -0.7    98    25  28.8   3   5.0   12    4    0    0    0
 20  4  20.1   8.4  13.7  -0.4   145     6  24.5  12   3.4   15    0    0    0    0
 20  5  17.2   6.8  11.4   0.0   216     1  23.7   2  -1.1   21    0    0    1    0
 20  6  15.1   7.4  10.8   1.5   223     0  17.6  23   1.1   10    0    0    0    0
 20  7  13.8   4.7   8.8   0.2   295     0  17.8  20  -0.9    3    0    0    1    0
 20  8  15.6   5.0   9.7   0.3   269     0  18.8  23  -1.4   15    0    0    3    0
 20  9  16.1   6.5  10.9  -0.2   223     0  22.2  26   0.3    4    0    0    0    0
 20 10  19.7   8.9  13.7   1.0   151     8  24.3  31   2.0    1    0    0    0    0
 20 11  21.4  10.3  15.1   0.7   109    12  29.0   4   3.1   23    1    0    0    0
 20 12  22.6  11.5  16.4   0.0    82    23  26.8  10   5.6    2    0    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        19.5   9.0  13.6   0.3  1898   183  31.4 Feb  -1.4  Aug   18    0    5    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 20  1  12.2 -52.8   5.6  13     5    3    0
 20  2  23.0 -39.0  16.2  22     7    3    0
 20  3  29.4 -44.6  10.4  28     9    5    0
 20  4  36.8 -39.2  19.4  17    11    3    0
 20  5  47.4  -1.6  16.2  25     5    5    0
 20  6  36.8 -50.2  12.6  18    10    5    0
 20  7  31.0 -63.0   7.0   8    16    5    0
 20  8  28.8 -53.2   8.3  21    14    5    0
 20  9  82.6  -0.4  22.6  18    18   11    1
 20 10  31.8 -58.2  12.0  27     8    4    0
 20 11  59.6 -18.4  26.8  25    17    7    1
 20 12  58.2 -34.8  14.4   8    11    6    0
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       477.6-455.4  26.8  Nov  131   62    2

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 20  1   6.7  85.6    6     W
 20  2   6.1  80.0    2     W
 20  3   5.3  55.5   17    SW
 20  4   5.2  87.2   13   WNW
 20  5   4.0  52.6    7   NNE
 20  6   5.0  77.1    7   NNE
 20  7   5.3  57.7   23   NNE
 20  8   4.7  59.1    9    NW
 20  9   8.2 103.1   28   WNW
 20 10   6.5  61.3    6   WNW
 20 11   6.2  92.3   21   WNW
 20 12   6.8  77.1    5   WNW
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         5.8 103.1  Sep   WNW