Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 3 October 2025 10:14:19 NZDT
Current: 14.3°C, Max: 14.4°C, Min: 9.9°C. It feels like 14.0°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies with periods of light rain this afternoon. High around 20C. Winds ENE at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 60%. It feels like 14.0°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain at times, very unsettled | Sunrise: 06:49 | Sunset: 19:25 | Dawn: 06:22 | Dusk: 19:53
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.5 °C/hr 14.3°C, 82%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1009.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ESE (108°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 8km/h
Air Quality :  51 AQI  12.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 58.4kLux, 3.7hrs   Solar UV :  4.8UVI  461W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 03 October 2025 at 10:15:30. 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 2022 Feb
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2022

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 32"   Lon: E 175° 34' 22"

                  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  22.5  27.5   15:51  19.6   05:56   0.0   4.2   0.0   4.1  25.0   15:31     S
02  22.1  27.4   15:33  18.3   05:53   0.0   3.8   0.0   3.7  32.0   11:13     W
03  23.2  28.8   18:01  20.2   07:21   0.0   4.9   0.0   6.0  37.0   11:33     W
04  23.7  30.0   17:09  19.5   06:35   0.0   5.4   0.0   4.9  38.0   17:22   WSW
05  19.8  23.3   00:00  17.1   23:48   0.2   1.7  41.0   5.6  40.0   09:44    SE
06  16.5  17.4   02:56  15.1   21:28   1.8   0.0  42.4   7.7  51.0   13:29    SE
07  17.5  19.7   18:45  15.3   00:17   1.1   0.3   0.0   9.8  56.0   12:38    SE
08  21.0  23.9   15:30  18.6   00:00   0.0   2.7   0.0   8.5  51.0   11:46    SE
09  23.6  29.6   16:08  20.2   05:13   0.0   5.3   0.4   4.4  35.0   00:22    SE
10  24.0  29.4   15:49  21.5   07:07   0.0   5.7   0.0   5.1  48.0   17:42   WSW
11  22.6  25.1   12:53  21.0   22:01   0.0   4.3   6.6   3.7  34.0   16:17   SSW
12  19.8  21.1   00:00  18.3   20:40   0.0   1.5  20.6   6.9  53.0   22:13    SE
13  17.5  18.6   01:23  15.3   13:41   0.8   0.0   0.2  10.0  68.0   09:45   SSE
14  17.0  20.6   17:04  15.3   09:48   1.5   0.2   0.4   3.1  30.0   18:20   SSW
15  17.7  23.1   16:55  14.2   07:18   1.3   0.7   0.0   3.1  22.0   13:11   SSW
16  18.8  22.1   16:53  16.1   03:26   0.5   1.0   0.0   5.7  44.0   13:33     W
17  20.1  25.9   17:09  16.9   06:12   0.3   2.0   0.0   3.8  32.0   18:32     E
18  20.6  25.1   15:59  17.2   06:40   0.1   2.4   0.0   4.0  46.0   18:27   WSW
19  20.6  24.2   14:31  18.1   04:47   0.0   2.3   0.0   5.2  54.0   13:33     W
20  19.8  22.7   17:03  18.0   23:58   0.0   1.5   2.4   3.8  40.0   16:34    SE
21  20.1  23.1   16:51  17.4   06:48   0.2   1.9   0.0   6.6  43.0   17:19     E
22  20.5  24.1   15:44  17.5   06:12   0.0   2.2   0.0   4.5  50.0   13:10   WSW
23  19.7  21.6   14:10  17.8   23:34   0.0   1.4   0.0   5.1  49.0   12:15   ESE
24  18.2  20.5   15:46  16.1   06:17   0.6   0.5   0.0   5.8  46.0   17:03   ESE
25  18.7  22.7   16:45  15.3   02:23   0.8   1.1   0.0   5.3  37.0   10:12     E
26  19.4  23.8   16:43  16.0   07:02   0.3   1.4   0.0   3.8  25.0   12:35   SSW
27  17.4  19.9   14:17  15.2   03:38   1.2   0.2   0.2   6.8  49.0   09:58   SSE
28  17.2  20.0   17:58  13.9   07:22   1.3   0.2   0.0   4.5  39.0   13:32    SE
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    20.0  30.0     4    13.9    28    12.0  58.8 114.2   5.4  68.0    13     SSE

Max >=  27.0  6
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 42.4 on day 6
Days of Rain: 9 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  3 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration