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Good Afternoon - Today was: Monday, 12 January 2026 17:50:55 NZDT
Current: 20.8°C, Max: 22.3°C, Min: 16.8°C. It feels like 18.9°C
FORECAST: Mainly clear. Low 9C. WNW winds shifting to E at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 18.9°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:02 | Sunset: 20:50 | Dawn: 05:30 | Dusk: 21:22
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 20.8°C, 53%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.4 hPa/hr 1016.0hPa
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 (254°) 11km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 23km/h
Air Quality :  14 AQI  3.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 5.8mm
Sun Light : 51.9kLux, 5.2hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  410W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 12 January 2026 at 17:51:51. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 12 Jan 2026 5:19PM: 'Avoid the area': Police at scene of serious incident in Palmerston North's Highbury (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 3:58PM: Second health provider, Canopy Health, hit in major cyber attack (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 5:21PM: Government expecting Open Electricity savings by 2027 (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 5:23PM: Queenstown's historic Skippers Bridge closed due to safety risk (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 5:48PM: Urgent care in Napier closed overnight due to staffing issues (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 3:13PM: Bluebridge's ferry Connemara to resume sailing Monday night following door woes (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 3:58PM: Pukehina deaths: Investigation into 'suspicious' death of woman and 'unexplained' death of man ongoing (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 3:09PM: Hundreds in lower North Island remain without power following strong winds (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 1:44PM: Farewell Spit stranding: 11 euthanised, 42 returned to sea (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 12 Jan 2026 1:32PM: Hundreds gather in Northland to remember the Battle of Ruapekapeka Pā (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Mostly Clear
9°C
Mostly Clear		 Tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
24°C
Mostly Sunny
Mainly clear. Low 9C. WNW winds shifting to E at 15 to 25 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 8%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
00:47
Moonset
15:11
Visibility
36% 		Sunrise
06:02
Sunset
20:50
Day Length
14.48 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 23s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 17:51:51 12/01/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT) System Up: 11 days 20 hours
Prgm Up: 11 days 20 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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