Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 11 December 2025 06:58:57 NZDT
Current: 15.4°C, Max: 16.1°C, Min: 12.7°C. It feels like 15.8°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High near 25C. ESE winds shifting to W at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 15.8°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showers likely | Sunrise: 05:41 | Sunset: 20:41 | Dawn: 05:08 | Dusk: 21:14
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.5 °C/hr 15.4°C, 88%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1013.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ENE (73°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 9km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 2kLux, 0.4hrs   Solar UV :  0.8UVI  16W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 07:03:49. 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 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 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  16.7  25.9   15:34  10.6   07:23   3.3   1.7   0.0   4.3  15.8   17:29   SSE
 2  17.2  25.4   15:33  12.7   05:35   2.5   1.4   0.0   3.7  17.3   13:46    SW
 3  17.2  25.7   13:52  10.1   07:51   2.9   1.9   0.0   8.3  29.5   18:32     E
 4  17.9  26.2   14:53  11.6   05:21   2.5   2.1   0.0   4.6  20.9   18:13     E
 5  16.9  24.5   14:32  10.8   07:43   2.7   1.3   0.0   7.3  24.5   11:37     E
 6  17.7  23.0   13:09  14.4   02:24   1.6   0.9   0.0   9.5  30.6   14:55     E
 7  19.4  23.8   12:08  16.6   00:35   0.5   1.6   0.0   7.9  28.1   16:48   ESE
 8  17.3  19.6   13:36  16.1   22:09   1.1   0.1   0.0   6.7  30.6   14:13    SE
 9  17.3  21.2   14:25  15.7   03:06   1.4   0.4   0.9   8.5  29.5   13:40   ESE
10  18.8  22.8   13:47  16.3   00:28   0.6   1.0   0.0   8.1  28.1   09:13   ESE
11  18.0  19.6   12:06  15.8   23:05   0.5   0.2   0.6   7.6  22.0   00:17     E
12  16.4  20.0   14:27  13.5   23:57   2.1   0.2   2.7  11.4  34.2   11:02   WNW
13  12.7  15.2   12:39  10.2   23:50   5.6   0.0   0.0  16.1  39.2   05:25     E
14  12.5  16.3   06:42   6.3   00:52   5.8   0.0   5.4  13.6  30.6   04:43     E
15  17.8  24.1   14:09  13.0   07:08   1.9   1.4   0.0   5.9  18.4   16:05     E
16  16.2  18.2   16:22  14.2   23:58   2.1   0.0  21.9   3.3  23.4   23:18   ESE
17  15.7  20.5   15:44  13.0   23:24   2.6   0.0  15.3  23.6  63.7   15:35     E
18  18.9  23.6   13:38  15.6   08:43   0.5   1.1   0.0  19.7  41.8   05:04     E
19  16.8  23.3   14:41  12.5   02:04   2.1   0.7   1.2   5.1  19.4   19:50     N
20  15.7  21.3   12:38  12.9   06:02   2.9   0.2   4.5  13.3  49.0   16:31   WNW
21  14.9  19.6   10:53  10.5   02:21   3.4   0.0   2.7  17.7  41.8   11:35   WNW
22  13.7  19.8   12:05   5.5   23:22   4.7   0.1  15.3   5.3  22.0   18:29     N
23  12.8  19.2   11:41   7.6   07:05   5.5   0.0   0.3   7.3  34.2   15:18   WNW
24  14.9  21.6   14:42  11.7   00:00   3.5   0.1   0.6   5.2  31.7   14:38   WNW
25  16.9  22.0   10:06  12.0   00:30   1.8   0.4   0.6  18.1  45.4   14:56   WNW
26  13.5  20.1   12:29   7.7   23:48   4.9   0.1   0.0   5.9  25.6   12:18   WNW
27  11.5  17.3   13:26   5.1   06:25   6.8   0.0   3.6   6.5  25.6   13:24    NW
28   9.0  10.0   19:48   7.9   23:59   1.6   0.0   9.0  13.7   8.6   19:59    NE
29   9.0  10.0   19:48   7.9   23:59   1.6   0.0   9.0   2.6   8.6   19:59    NE
30  11.7  18.0   11:42   7.8   00:02   6.6   0.0   0.0   4.2  22.0   14:38   WNW
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    15.5  26.2     4     5.1    27    85.6  16.9  93.6   9.3  63.7    17     ENE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 21.9 on day 16
Days of Rain: 16 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration