Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 12 August 2026 09:07:50 NZST
Current: 9.0°C, Max: 10.6°C, Min: 7.7°C. It feels like 7.2°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. High 14C. Winds E at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 7.2°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:11 | Sunset: 17:35 | Dawn: 06:43 | Dusk: 18:03
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.3 °C/hr 9.0°C, 82%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1019.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  E  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from E (89°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 8km/h
Air Quality :  16 AQI  4.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 13.3klx, 1.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  105W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 09:12:56. 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