A new day, a new dawn - Today is: Friday, 9 January 2026 06:36:32 NZDT
Current: 18.2°C, Max: 18.2°C, Min: 16.4°C. It feels like 17.0°C
FORECAST: Cloudy this morning. A few showers developing during the afternoon. High 22C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 30%. It feels like 17.0°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 05:58 | Sunset: 20:50 | Dawn: 05:26 | Dusk: 21:23
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.4 °C/hr 18.2°C, 82%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1012.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from W (274°) 15km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 28km/h
Air Quality :  14 AQI  4.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 3.5kLux, 0.8hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  28W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 09 January 2026 at 06:37:16. 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 2016 Feb
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2016

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 14 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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01  22.0  29.7   14:32  16.6   00:00   0.6   4.3   0.0   7.5  29.6   16:22   SSE
02  23.0  28.1   15:56  20.0   04:28   0.0   4.7   0.3   6.0  31.0   17:37   WSW
03  25.1  32.9   15:14  19.9   06:32   0.0   6.8   0.0   4.8  30.3   16:43   ENE
04  22.7  28.4   13:24  19.2   04:48   0.0   4.4   0.0   4.7  33.2   17:00    SW
05  22.6  28.0   13:21  17.3   03:55   0.2   4.5   0.0   2.8  23.8   09:30   WSW
06  22.9  29.4   14:25  18.9   23:17   0.0   4.6   0.0   7.1  48.3   19:50     E
07  21.6  26.2   14:28  18.2   07:41   0.0   2.8   0.0  10.6  46.1   13:54     E
08  22.5  26.4   13:23  18.6   22:50   0.0   2.6   0.0  11.5  40.4   14:21     E
09  21.2  22.1   19:57  20.2   23:54   0.0   0.5   2.7   2.6  16.6   20:11   WSW
10  22.3  27.8   16:19  18.4   08:11   0.0   4.0   0.0   4.9  31.7   15:36     E
11  22.3  28.6   16:06  18.7   23:56   0.0   4.0   0.0   5.5  31.0   14:47   WSW
12  21.9  27.0   15:22  18.7   00:00   0.0   3.6   0.0   5.5  28.8   17:12   WSW
13  23.0  30.0   15:20  16.6   08:07   0.0   4.7   0.0   2.8  25.2   17:25    SW
14  23.2  30.6   13:49  19.5   02:13   0.0   4.9   0.0   3.7  31.0   16:13    SW
15  22.7  29.5   13:20  18.6   01:30   0.0   4.4   0.0   4.0  28.8   16:18   WSW
16  23.3  29.1   13:30  18.9   02:23   0.0   5.0   0.0   3.5  26.7   17:39    SW
17  21.6  24.4   16:14  20.5   01:27   0.0   3.3   2.4   2.4  20.9   14:53    NE
18  22.8  26.9   15:14  21.2   21:11   0.0   4.2   9.3   6.7  38.9   16:29     W
19  19.8  24.2   15:10  16.6   04:30   0.3   1.8   9.2   5.8  60.6   16:54   WNW
20  20.3  27.3   16:15  16.1   05:51   0.6   2.5   0.0   1.1  11.2   13:08   WNW
21  21.7  31.4   15:21  16.1   05:26   0.5   3.9   0.0   0.4  13.3   23:07   NNE
22  21.9  29.8   15:38  16.3   06:22   0.4   4.0   0.0   1.7  18.4   12:59     N
23  20.6  27.5   12:25  16.2   03:53   0.3   2.6   0.0   0.6   9.7   14:26   ENE
24  20.6  26.5   16:23  17.1   03:46   0.2   2.5   0.0   0.8  11.2   12:41     S
25  19.8  24.8   14:32  16.1   02:49   0.4   1.9   0.0   0.8  12.2   13:34   SSW
26  21.6  31.6   15:51  10.7   21:12   0.9   4.2   0.0   0.8   9.7   14:48     S
27  20.7  26.9   12:02  17.7   06:58   0.0   2.4   0.3   1.2  12.2   13:10   SSW
28  22.7  30.5   14:24  17.1   05:02   0.1   4.5   5.1   0.6   9.7   14:07   ESE
29  20.8  30.9   16:08  13.9   23:59   0.7   3.2   0.0   1.8  17.3   19:39     N
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    22.0  32.9     3    10.7    26     5.2 106.8  29.3   3.8  60.6    19       S

Max >=  27.0 20
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 9.3 on day 18
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration