HOME     MENUMENU
Day ThemeAuto ThemeNight Theme
Good Evening - Today was: Wednesday, 17 December 2025 18:32:49 NZDT
Current: 16.6°C, Max: 17.7°C, Min: 9.5°C. It feels like 13.7°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Low 8C. WNW winds at 15 to 30 km/h, decreasing to 5 to 10 km/h. It feels like 13.7°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 05:43 | Sunset: 20:45 | Dawn: 05:09 | Dusk: 21:18
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 °C/hr 16.6°C, 53%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1011.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (251°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 30km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 2.9mm
Sun Light : 21.9kLux, 3.4hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  173W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 17 December 2025 at 18:38:10. Updated in seconds

 The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom
  News  

⛅ 17 Dec 2025 5:30PM: Family complains to Jetstar after elderly man injured during layover (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 5:54PM: The cost of a Christmas meal: 'Just turning the barbecue on gets expensive' (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 5:48PM: Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 5:10PM: TV advertising company caught lying to consumers (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 5:23PM: Man carrying samurai sword in central Auckland arrested (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 5:17PM: Fire and Emergency takes union to court for alleged intimidation of volunteers (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 3:54PM: What do new bank rules mean for home loans (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 2:35PM: Privacy Commissioner names supermarket where photo of former MP was leaked (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 6:35PM: Residents near site of Rotorua homicide inquiry asked to check properties (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 17 Dec 2025 6:05PM: New case of measles in Queenstown (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
Lightning 44 LIGHTNING STRIKES DETECTED TODAY
Last record: 12:35:07pm 17/12/2025 at 6.0km away.
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
8°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tomorrow
AM Showers
19°C
AM Showers
Partly cloudy skies. Low 8C. WNW winds at 15 to 30 km/h, decreasing to 5 to 10 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 13%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
03:11
Moonset
18:23
Visibility
7% 		Sunrise
05:43
Sunset
20:45
Day Length
15.02 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 0min 17s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 18:38:10 17/12/2025
System Up: 18 days 19 hours
Prgm Up: 18 days 19 hours
Hardware:WeatherDuino Pro2+
TX Power: Solar/Battery 13.96V
System Rollover: Midnight
Station Environment: Urban
Elevation: 23m (75ft)
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)


Contact Us

Please feel free to use the following form to inform us about site errors or outages. Remember to click "Send Your Email" once you have finished. Alternatively you can send us your email to palmyweather@gmail.com.
Please be as descriptive as possible so that we can solve the problem in a timely manner.

It looks like you have accessed this page directly without completing a security check.

Before proceeding to the contact form, please complete the following puzzle.
Click on one (1) of the nine (9) coloured boxes which matches the single sample coloured box below:


  SAMPLE