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A very early Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 11 February 2026 03:07:51 NZDT
Current: 15.7°C, Max: 16.5°C, Min: 15.5°C. It feels like 16.4°C
FORECAST: Mainly cloudy. Low 13C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 16.4°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showery later | Sunrise: 06:38 | Sunset: 20:25 | Dawn: 06:08 | Dusk: 20:55
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 15.7°C, 92%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.6 hPa/hr 1018.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SSW (201°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 5km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 03:09:11. Updated in seconds

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 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Mostly Cloudy
13°C
Mostly Cloudy		 Tomorrow
Partly Cloudy
25°C
Partly Cloudy
Mainly cloudy. Low 13C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 3%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
00:13
Moonset
16:05
Visibility
40% 		Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
20:25
Day Length
13.47 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 28s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 03:09:11 11/02/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 26 days 6 hours
Prgm Up: 26 days 6 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 2018 Jan 
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2018

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01  21.0  30.5   14:45  13.9   06:13   1.0   3.7   0.0   3.1  30.3   15:52   ENE
02  21.1  28.5   12:48  17.5   23:48   0.0   2.8   9.2   2.6  31.0   18:33   WSW
03  20.8  30.9   14:21  16.9   06:10   0.3   2.9  11.2   2.8  42.5   16:34   ENE
04  21.3  28.3   13:35  17.7   03:52   0.1   3.1  13.0   4.6  48.3   22:01     E
05  18.9  23.1   09:47  16.1   23:25   0.4   1.0  22.2  12.6  88.0   04:28     E
06  17.0  22.7   11:54  13.0   22:52   1.9   0.6   0.0   8.4  62.0   01:10   SSW
07  16.6  23.0   14:28  11.2   06:15   2.4   0.9   0.0   5.9  45.4   14:44   WSW
08  19.6  27.9   14:15  14.2   06:01   1.2   2.5   0.0   5.1  88.0   23:10   WNW
09  19.0  25.0   13:12  14.6   03:45   0.9   1.6   0.0   6.7  57.0   12:47   WNW
10  19.8  22.5   15:19  18.1   23:42   0.0   1.5   0.2   8.3  48.3   16:09     W
11  20.2  25.3   15:33  17.1   04:51   0.3   2.2   0.8   4.9  41.8   15:14     W
12  20.2  26.1   14:11  17.2   07:18   0.2   2.0   0.0   7.1  50.5   22:38     E
13  21.0  28.6   14:24  17.8   02:58   0.1   2.7   7.2   3.6  43.3   17:41   ENE
14  22.2  30.9   15:38  15.5   05:50   0.5   4.4   0.2   2.8  28.8   19:42   WSW
15  22.5  29.9   15:49  17.6   03:41   0.1   4.2   0.0   7.0  39.7   18:04     E
16  23.0  29.7   16:29  18.8   06:16   0.0   4.7   0.0   5.2  39.7   19:21     E
17  22.4  30.6   15:01  15.9   06:29   0.2   4.3   0.4   3.4  43.3   16:43    NW
18  19.4  23.1   19:08  16.9   02:39   0.3   1.4  15.8   1.8  34.6   20:49   NNW
19  21.8  27.9   18:28  17.5   02:29   0.1   3.6   2.6   3.2  26.7   00:23   NNW
20  22.1  27.4   14:39  19.5   04:12   0.0   3.6   0.0   8.0  46.1   14:58     W
21  22.4  28.3   14:40  18.4   06:45   0.0   4.1   0.0   5.9  30.9   19:41     W
22  20.3  23.0   14:10  18.8   06:51   0.0   1.9   2.8   3.0  23.8   11:04     W
23  21.8  27.0   15:08  19.4   06:34   0.1   3.5   1.8   4.0  25.8   16:12     W
24  21.6  26.3   15:28  18.2   02:08   0.0   3.2   0.0   6.1  30.7   13:53   WNW
25  21.4  27.6   16:07  16.5   04:34   0.3   3.4   0.0   4.1  44.7   16:07     W
26  23.1  29.9   14:12  18.9   04:51   0.0   4.8   0.0   3.5  36.0   22:03     E
27  23.3  30.7   15:51  18.4   06:22   0.0   5.0   0.0   4.3  31.0   22:55   ESE
28  23.1  30.2   15:53  17.8   06:07   0.0   4.8   0.0   4.6  51.9   13:05     E
29  24.3  33.4   15:50  18.7   06:12   0.0   6.0   0.0   5.5  44.0   10:39     E
30  23.4  29.9   16:11  18.3   06:02   0.0   5.1   0.0   5.4  53.4   17:33     W
31  23.3  29.6   14:35  19.4   04:11   0.0   5.0   0.0   4.7  40.4   10:38   WSW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    21.2  33.4    29    11.2     7    10.4 100.5  87.4   5.1  88.0     5     WNW

Max >=  27.0 21
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 22.2 on day 5
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  8 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration