Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 23 December 2025 10:46:38 NZDT
Current: 18.4°C, Max: 19.7°C, Min: 14.5°C. It feels like 18.9°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and windy with occasional light rain...mainly in the morning. High near 20C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 70%. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 18.9°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain, very unsettled | Sunrise: 05:45 | Sunset: 20:48 | Dawn: 05:12 | Dusk: 21:22
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 18.4°C, 93%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.4 hPa/hr 999.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from NW (304°) 10km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 25km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 4.8mm
Sun Light : 9.1kLux, 0.2hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  72W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 10:52:21. 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 2015 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2015

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  16.8  23.8   15:23  10.9   07:51   2.8   1.3   0.0   7.6  25.6   12:33     E
 2  16.5  21.8   14:36  12.0   07:43   2.3   0.5   0.0   9.1  37.8   13:49     W
 3  17.7  22.0   12:23  14.2   23:55   1.3   0.7   0.0   8.0  23.4   00:32   WNW
 4  18.0  23.7   14:05  12.5   01:35   1.6   1.3   0.6  17.4  47.9   13:40   WNW
 5  17.3  21.9   14:29  14.9   06:59   1.7   0.7   0.0   9.5  25.6   12:51     E
 6  19.0  25.7   13:43  14.4   04:39   1.2   2.0   0.0   6.3  25.6   17:11    SW
 7  18.8  22.7   11:25  14.7   06:38   1.0   1.5   0.0   4.1  24.5   13:59     W
 8  18.3  19.3   16:33  16.9   09:14   0.2   0.2  37.5   3.5  14.8   20:57    NW
 9  15.6  17.9   00:00  14.2   20:38   2.7   0.0  43.2  13.0  35.6   13:06     E
10  17.9  24.0   15:17  14.2   00:02   1.5   1.1   7.5   6.0  34.2   15:18   WNW
11  14.8  18.4   11:05  12.1   04:07   3.5   0.0   3.9   5.3  27.0   00:00   ESE
12  14.8  17.4   14:54  13.3   08:18   3.5   0.0   1.2  17.6  49.0   12:42   WNW
13  11.5  15.0   12:29   6.8   23:56   6.8   0.0  34.5  10.6  36.7   04:57    NW
14   8.1  13.5   13:59   4.5   22:43  10.2   0.0   0.3   5.4  25.6   14:39    SW
15   9.3  16.7   14:40   3.8   05:49   8.7   0.0   0.0   3.9  23.4   12:19   SSW
16   9.3  16.7   14:40   3.8   05:49   8.7   0.0   0.0   2.8  23.4   12:19   SSW
17  11.9  16.0   13:14   4.2   02:01   6.4   0.0   0.0   7.8  33.1   11:57   WNW
18  13.7  16.7   16:11  11.5   23:55   4.5   0.0  13.2   7.0  39.2   12:49     E
19  13.8  20.7   13:09   6.4   06:42   4.9   0.4   0.0   2.8  15.8   14:20     W
20  15.1  21.0   11:51  10.4   03:02   3.6   0.4   0.0   5.1  28.1   12:05   WSW
21  16.0  20.8   14:57  13.2   00:55   2.6   0.3   0.0   3.6  18.4   14:45     W
22  15.8  20.1   13:08  13.8   19:51   2.6   0.1   3.9   6.4  28.1   13:36     E
23  14.8  18.8   13:37  12.5   22:19   3.5   0.0   0.0  15.1  40.3   12:15     E
24  14.7  19.7   13:29  10.8   23:51   3.8   0.2   0.0  12.3  29.5   11:43     E
25  14.0  21.2   13:28   7.8   06:50   4.8   0.5   0.0   4.8  15.8   13:31   NNW
26  14.8  21.5   14:26   7.7   07:00   4.1   0.6   0.0   6.0  29.5   14:59   NNW
27  15.8  21.2   16:02  12.4   05:41   2.8   0.3   9.9   3.5  24.5   20:06     N
28  14.3  18.1   13:26  10.3   23:45   4.0   0.0  16.2  13.0  47.9   10:45     W
29  13.0  16.5   12:04   9.2   03:41   5.3   0.0   1.2  19.2  55.1   20:25   WNW
30  11.5  15.8   14:01   6.2   22:00   6.8   0.0   0.0   7.2  30.6   00:18    SW
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    14.8  25.7     6     3.8    15   117.4  12.1 173.1   8.2  55.1    29     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 43.2 on day 9
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  3 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration