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Good Evening - Today was: Wednesday, 1 July 2026 20:19:29 NZST
Current: 5.3°C, Max: 13.6°C, Min: 1.9°C. It feels like 3.7°C
FORECAST: Mostly clear. Low near 0C. Winds light and variable. Chance of frost or heavy dew. It feels like 3.7°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:42 | Sunset: 17:02 | Dawn: 07:11 | Dusk: 17:33
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.4 °C/hr 5.3°C, 89%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1034.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Calm (F0) from ENE (58°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 4km/h
Air Quality :  75 AQI  39.8ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 7.6hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 01 July 2026 at 20:21:21. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION CAUTION
Chance of FROST or heavy DEW
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Mostly Clear
0°C
Mostly Clear		 Tomorrow
Partly Cloudy
12°C
Partly Cloudy
Mostly clear. Low near 0C. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 8%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
17:51
Moonset
08:40
Visibility
98% 		Sunrise
07:42
Sunset
17:02
Day Length
9.19 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 0min 36s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 20:21:21 1/07/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 9 days 3 hours
Prgm Up: 9 days 3 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 2026 
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2026

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 27 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
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 26  1  22.2  14.4  17.8  -0.1    44    29  26.5   8   9.0    5    0    0    0    0
 26  2  22.7  13.7  17.8  -0.4    44    30  29.7  13  10.6   24    2    0    0    0
 26  3  21.7  12.0  16.5  -0.1    80    23  28.9  13   6.2    5    2    0    0    0
 26  4  19.4  10.1  14.5   0.4   124    10  25.4   8   2.7   24    0    0    0    0
 26  5  17.2   6.9  11.8   0.4   202     2  22.2   7   1.5   12    0    0    0    0
 26  6  15.2   7.9  11.6   2.3   199     0  19.8   1   1.6   11    0    0    0    0
 26  7
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        19.7  10.8  15.0   0.4   692    94  29.7 Feb   1.5  May    4    0    0    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.           >=
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 26  1 104.6  39.6  45.2  15    13    9    1
 26  2  50.1 -11.9  22.8  15     9    5    1
 26  3  26.1 -47.9   8.7   2     9    5    0
 26  4 158.6  82.6  38.2  20    14    9    4
 26  5   9.0 -40.0   5.4   8     4    2    0
 26  6 112.9  25.9  31.2   6    17   11    2
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       461.3  48.3  45.2  Jan   66   41    8

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 26  1  10.0  59.0   23   WSW
 26  2   8.4  64.0   16   WSW
 26  3   7.2  58.0   26     S
 26  4   8.1  68.0   21     S
 26  5   4.9  49.0   10   WSW
 26  6   6.7  57.9   22   WSW
 26  7
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         7.5  68.0  Apr    SW