Good Afternoon - Today is: Tuesday, 27 October 2026 13:48:50 NZDT
Current: 14.5°C, Max: 17.1°C, Min: 13.4°C. It feels like 13.3°C
FORECAST: Cloudy with a few showers. High near 15C. Winds W at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 30%. It feels like 13.3°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hr 14.5°C, 84%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 hPa/hr 1003.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (248°)   WSW  9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 18km/h
Air Quality :  17 AQI  4.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 10.1mm
Sun Light : 33.4klx, 0.7hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  264W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at 13:51:42. Updated in seconds

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NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
The NOAA Climate Report provides a day-by-day, monthly and yearly look at the weather since 2009 in Palmerston North. This offers detailed records for the rain, wind and temperatures as well as totals and summaries all recored at the Palmerston North location.

Report for 2015 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  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
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 1  18.6  25.5   13:14  14.3   05:54   1.3   1.6   0.3  13.0  30.6   08:37   WNW
 2  18.0  24.5   14:44  11.8   05:50   2.0   1.6   0.0  10.9  34.2   15:42   WSW
 3  19.3  25.7   15:08  14.2   06:00   1.2   2.2   0.0   7.1  25.6   17:59     E
 4  19.0  24.8   15:58  12.7   06:01   1.5   2.2   0.0   9.1  25.6   12:24   WSW
 5  19.4  24.4   14:51  14.6   06:28   1.0   2.1   0.0  12.3  29.5   11:44   WSW
 6  19.7  25.3   13:30  16.1   01:58   0.5   1.9   0.0  10.2  35.6   15:46     W
 7  19.4  24.8   15:26  16.4   23:06   0.4   1.5   5.4   9.9  30.6   23:27     W
 8  17.5  23.0   14:47  13.4   06:14   1.9   1.1   0.0  16.0  40.3   09:50     E
 9  19.4  28.0   14:31  11.3   06:21   2.2   3.3   0.0   7.5  22.0   15:01   WSW
10  19.8  25.8   15:10  14.6   02:50   1.0   2.5   0.0   9.0  30.6   13:51   WSW
11  19.6  24.5   13:54  14.8   05:44   0.8   2.1   0.0  15.2  40.3   14:05   WNW
12  19.9  24.9   15:05  16.2   23:58   0.1   1.7   0.3  10.4  30.6   14:48     W
13  20.1  29.1   13:21  13.2   06:14   1.2   3.0   0.0   7.9  31.7   16:37   WSW
14  21.1  28.0   14:54  15.7   05:16   0.5   3.3   0.0   6.5  29.5   15:50    SW
15  21.6  27.4   12:13  18.9   05:09   0.0   3.3  11.4   6.3  18.4   03:05   ENE
16  20.4  25.4   13:51  16.2   06:12   0.2   2.4   0.3   8.9  29.5   15:25   WSW
17  21.7  29.5   15:19  17.3   05:48   0.2   3.6   0.0  10.7  43.9   16:00     W
18  20.7  26.7   13:37  15.3   04:44   0.7   3.1   0.0  17.4  42.8   15:15     W
19  19.2  22.6   10:28  15.7   06:26   0.7   1.6   0.0  16.3  34.2   10:26   WNW
20  19.2  24.8   13:07  13.7   23:52   1.2   2.1   0.0  10.3  30.6   14:10     W
21  17.0  25.3   15:16  10.2   04:34   2.8   1.5   0.0   7.8  42.8   18:57   ESE
22  18.2  24.8   16:01  12.7   05:59   1.9   1.9   0.0  10.7  29.5   02:19     E
23  19.4  27.9   14:36  10.9   06:34   2.1   3.2   0.0   6.9  25.6   14:15    SW
24  19.8  28.0   15:07  10.5   06:10   2.1   3.6   0.0   6.9  24.5   15:20    SW
25  21.0  30.6   15:39  12.6   06:14   1.3   4.1   0.0  14.1  46.4   22:37     E
26  21.3  29.6   16:24  14.1   05:24   1.0   4.0   0.0  11.4  34.2   00:37     E
27  20.3  25.7   13:58  15.5   04:19   0.7   2.7   0.0  18.0  39.2   09:37     E
28  21.7  26.7   15:27  18.1   06:38   0.0   3.4   0.0  15.7  37.8   08:12     E
29  22.6  28.9   15:18  17.7   06:12   0.0   4.4   0.0  13.3  36.7   10:27     E
30  21.3  26.8   15:48  17.8   06:06   0.0   3.0   0.0  12.8  36.7   11:02     E
31  22.1  28.9   14:30  17.7   02:48   0.1   3.9   0.0  14.8  34.2   12:05     E
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    19.9  30.6    25    10.2    21    30.6  81.9  17.7  11.3  46.4    25       W

Max >=  27.0: 11
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 11.4 on day 15
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  2 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration