Good Afternoon - Today is: Wednesday, 12 November 2025 16:44:49 NZDT
Current: 17.1°C, Max: 19.5°C, Min: 11.7°C. It feels like 15.9°C
FORECAST: Windy with rain likely. Low 14C. Winds ESE at 40 to 55 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near 12mm. Winds could occasionally gust over 80 km/h. It feels like 15.9°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain at times, very unsettled | Sunrise: 05:54 | Sunset: 20:10 | Dawn: 05:24 | Dusk: 20:40
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.6 °C/hr 17.1°C, 72%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.9 hPa/hr 1007.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  E  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from E (89°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 23km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 16.2kLux, 2.9hrs   Solar UV :  1.7UVI  128W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 12 November 2025 at 16:47:21. 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 2014 Feb
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2014

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  18.1  24.5   14:56  13.7   23:58   1.6   1.4   0.0   8.1  34.2   12:19   ESE
 2  17.3  23.0   16:04  12.4   03:24   2.1   1.1   0.0   9.7  33.1   16:50     E
 3  19.6  28.7   15:53  12.0   06:57   1.9   3.1   0.0   8.5  22.0   02:03     E
 4  18.3  24.8   14:14  11.6   06:42   2.0   1.9   0.0  10.5  33.1   17:03     W
 5  19.8  25.0   18:22  16.0   07:14   0.7   2.2   0.0  15.9  41.8   10:14     W
 6  17.2  22.4   14:05  13.7   06:07   1.8   0.8   0.0  17.6  47.9   16:09     E
 7  18.3  23.6   13:21  14.4   05:53   1.3   1.2   0.0  21.3  40.3   13:04     E
 8  20.0  24.7   14:30  17.2   07:39   0.1   1.8  20.7   8.8  29.5   20:58   ESE
 9  19.8  23.9   12:56  17.4   23:29   0.1   1.7   0.0   7.3  25.6   13:21   SSE
10  17.6  20.2   13:37  16.0   23:28   0.9   0.3   0.3   5.7  27.0   12:27   SSE
11  17.6  20.3   11:11  15.0   06:59   1.3   0.5   0.0   7.7  22.0   14:47     W
12  17.9  23.1   13:40  14.6   06:23   1.3   0.9   0.0  14.0  40.3   15:11   WNW
13  17.5  21.6   13:52  14.4   05:23   1.6   0.7   0.3  22.9  54.0   12:22   WNW
14  17.2  21.6   15:40  14.7   05:19   1.6   0.5   1.2  19.5  41.8   16:10   WNW
15  18.8  24.5   14:42  14.8   23:58   1.2   1.7   0.0   9.9  29.5   16:07   WNW
16  20.0  29.1   13:58  11.2   07:01   2.1   3.8   0.0   8.5  34.2   16:10   ENE
17  21.5  30.8   14:17  14.7   06:13   0.9   4.1   0.0   6.4  24.5   15:12   SSW
18  20.7  28.7   14:31  13.9   06:55   1.1   3.6   0.0   8.6  31.7   14:04     W
19  23.7  33.6   15:07  16.1   06:20   0.4   5.8   0.0   6.1  29.5   13:35     E
20  22.8  30.8   14:59  16.4   06:47   0.2   4.8   0.0   8.9  35.6   16:51     E
21  22.0  28.6   15:04  17.2   06:52   0.1   3.8   0.0   8.5  27.0   16:36     W
22  21.4  27.9   13:15  18.0   19:46   0.0   3.1   0.0  15.9  40.3   12:46     W
23  18.2  22.4   13:16  12.7   23:54   1.0   0.9   0.0  22.6  54.0   12:25   WNW
24  16.7  26.2   13:34  10.7   06:47   3.1   1.5   0.0  10.0  31.7   19:12   WNW
25  18.5  25.6   14:44  14.1   04:16   1.8   2.0   0.0  10.4  37.8   18:15   ENE
26  18.5  23.5   14:29  15.0   03:05   1.2   1.4   0.0  17.6  35.6   15:08     E
27  19.3  28.7   13:26  12.6   07:09   1.7   2.7   0.0   9.1  25.6   17:06     W
28  17.9  23.8   14:27  14.2   23:58   1.3   0.9   0.0  18.4  51.5   17:06   WNW
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    19.2  33.6    19    10.7    24    34.4  58.2  22.5  12.1  54.0    13     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  9
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 20.7 on day 8
Days of Rain: 4 (>= 0.2 mm)  1 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration