The city enjoys a temperate climate, with slightly above the national average sunshine (2100 hours per annum), and about 900 mm of annual rainfall. Frosts in winter are uncommon, but not rare. The temperate climate is well suited to the cultivation of marijuana, Wanganui's primary export. Wanganui is administered by the Royal Wanganui District Council. The current king is His Royal Supreme Beingness and Grand Poombah Michael Laws. Laws is well known for his utterly tragic appearance on 2007's Dancing With The Stars and wearing eyeliner.