Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 5 November 2025 09:14:50 NZDT
Current: 14.9°C, Max: 15.0°C, Min: 8.2°C. It feels like 14.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High around 20C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 14.5°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showers likely | Sunrise: 06:02 | Sunset: 20:02 | Dawn: 05:32 | Dusk: 20:31
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 2.2 °C/hr 14.9°C, 75%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1018.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NNE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NNE (33°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 9km/h
Air Quality :  2 AQI  0.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 36.8kLux, 1.8hrs   Solar UV :  3.7UVI  291W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 05 November 2025 at 09:16:42. 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 2011 Mar
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2011

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  20.9  27.6   15:18  13.6   04:48   0.0   2.6   0.0   8.1  29.5   11:48   WNW
 2  19.8  25.9   09:48  15.8   23:48   0.0   1.5   1.2  13.1  33.1   17:48   WNW
 3  18.1  26.5   15:18  11.1   05:48   0.2   0.0   0.0   6.5  18.4   18:18     W
 4  18.2  24.1   13:48  12.0   04:48   0.1   0.0   3.0  10.0  28.1   10:48   WNW
 5  18.6  21.8   16:14  17.0   07:24   0.0   0.3  47.4   5.8  24.5   16:24   WNW
 6  13.2  17.9   00:00   9.6   23:00   5.1   0.0  37.5   5.5  31.7   04:59   ESE
 7  13.7  24.8   14:49   5.2   06:01   4.6   0.0   0.0   5.2  30.6   18:07   ESE
 8  14.3  24.4   13:53   5.6   05:17   4.0   0.0   0.0   4.2  17.3   16:59    SW
 9  15.7  24.0   10:53   8.7   06:40   2.6   0.0   0.0   6.0  24.5   14:25     E
10  16.6  26.2   15:32   7.2   06:53   1.7   0.0   0.0   5.3  23.4   15:39     W
11  17.5  24.0   13:37  13.3   00:35   0.8   0.0   0.0  10.0  34.2   15:05   WNW
12  17.7  25.6   14:36  12.2   05:40   0.6   0.0   0.0   7.9  27.0   14:13     E
13  19.6  29.0   14:07  11.9   07:03   0.0   1.3   0.0   6.4  22.0   00:38     W
14  18.8  26.2   14:26  11.8   07:17   0.0   0.5   0.0  11.9  36.7   13:01     W
15  18.6  24.4   15:59  15.2   06:10   0.0   0.3   0.0  13.4  37.8   12:59     W
16  19.0  26.5   14:36  12.6   07:09   0.0   0.7   0.0   6.4  27.0   14:59     W
17  18.6  26.7   11:25  13.2   02:37   0.0   0.3   0.0   6.4  33.1   12:21     W
18  16.6  22.1   15:50  13.2   23:37   1.7   0.0   0.3  11.0  39.2   17:25     W
19  16.0  22.7   16:16  12.5   06:23   2.3   0.0   0.0  11.3  33.1   10:25     W
20  18.1  27.7   15:37  12.7   04:26   0.2   0.0   0.3   4.7  19.4   15:44   WSW
21  15.4  21.8   13:13   9.0   05:42   2.9   0.0   4.5  15.1  49.0   14:00     E
22  15.6  18.9   14:38  13.6   00:18   2.7   0.0  29.4   6.7  36.7   11:01   ESE
23  15.2  21.6   14:58  11.2   23:50   3.1   0.0   0.3   9.4  37.8   14:35     E
24  14.4  19.7   16:06  10.2   06:42   3.9   0.0   0.0  17.6  36.7   16:19     E
25  16.3  23.8   14:23  10.2   06:49   2.0   0.0   0.0  11.6  27.0   10:57     E
26  17.5  26.8   15:57  13.7   05:57   0.8   0.0  19.8   4.2  14.8   23:50     E
27  18.4  24.0   11:16  15.6   23:58   0.0   0.1   8.7  11.0  42.8   22:47     W
28  16.1  24.0   14:44   9.2   06:13   2.2   0.0   0.3   7.0  36.7   02:14   NNW
29  15.8  27.7   16:23   6.2   07:43   2.5   0.0   0.0   4.9  19.4   20:33     E
30  15.2  22.6   15:01  10.3   23:04   3.1   0.0   0.0  10.9  35.6   14:13     E
31  15.5  24.5   14:49   9.1   06:38   2.8   0.0   0.0   9.4  28.1   03:43   ENE
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    16.9  29.0    13     5.2     7    49.9   7.6 152.7   8.6  49.0    21      NW

Max >=  27.0:  4
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 47.4 on day 5
Days of Rain: 12 (> 0.2 mm)  7 (> 2.0 mm)  3 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration