Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 23 December 2025 08:46:09 NZDT
Current: 19.5°C, Max: 19.5°C, Min: 14.5°C. It feels like 19.1°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and windy with occasional light rain...mainly in the morning. High around 20C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 19.1°C. A windproof and 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 0.8 °C/hr 19.5°C, 80%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.0 hPa/hr 1000.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from NW (306°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 35km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 4.3mm
Sun Light : 11.9kLux, 0.2hrs   Solar UV :  1.4UVI  94W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 08:51:56. 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 2019 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 0 ft  Lat: S 00° 00' 00"   Lon: W 000° 00' 00"

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (m/s)

                                      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  17.9  26.8   12:22  14.8   23:57   1.4   0.9   6.6  ----  42.5   11:53    NW
 2  14.6  20.5   12:11  10.5   07:42   3.8   0.1   0.0  ----  46.1   18:52    SE
 3  13.2  18.8   14:19   9.2   06:29   5.1   0.0   0.0  ----  36.0   15:51    SE
 4  13.0  22.0   15:16   6.1   07:55   5.6   0.4   0.0  ----  26.7   10:15     N
 5  12.9  19.7   13:58   8.2   01:51   5.4   0.0   0.0  ----  43.3   20:15   SSE
 6  11.9  16.5   12:02   6.6   23:23   6.4   0.0   0.2  ----  35.3   01:31     S
 7  10.5  17.9   15:28   4.3   04:42   8.1   0.0   0.0  ----  28.8   19:03   ESE
 8  12.9  19.2   14:02   8.7   23:57   5.4   0.0   0.0  ----  31.0   11:11     S
 9  13.3  21.3   14:12   6.4   06:35   5.3   0.3   0.0  ----  38.2   13:56   WNW
10  17.2  23.2   13:05  13.4   03:39   1.9   0.9   0.0  ----  49.7   13:23   WNW
11  14.6  19.8   11:41  10.5   04:43   3.0   0.1  18.4  ----  10.8   09:57    NW
12  13.1  19.3   12:19   6.0   23:22   3.3   0.0   7.0  ----  40.4   18:32   SSE
13   9.5  18.8   15:53   3.2   06:45   8.8   0.0   0.0  ----  18.7   11:07   NNW
14  11.7  19.0   15:25   4.9   06:35   6.6   0.0   0.0  ----  14.4   21:07   WNW
15  11.6  18.5   12:33   6.6   23:29   6.7   0.0   0.0  ----  19.5   11:45   SSE
16  10.5  19.3   13:46   4.9   02:10   7.8   0.0   0.0  ----  30.3   18:04   ESE
17  12.2  18.1   13:51   6.3   04:44   4.9   0.0   0.0  ----  26.0   14:43     E
18  11.8  18.6   14:30   5.5   06:10   6.5   0.0   0.0  ----  17.3   14:10   ESE
19  10.6  18.9   13:20   2.5   06:50   7.7   0.0   0.0  ----  14.4   14:45   WSW
20  13.8  21.2   13:18   8.9   06:29   4.7   0.2   0.0  ----  44.7   15:56   WNW
21  13.0  20.4   12:04   7.7   02:49   5.4   0.1   0.0  ----  23.8   13:43   SSW
22  11.4  11.9   08:01  11.0   05:44   2.5   0.0   0.0  ----  13.7   05:40    NE
23  16.2  22.4   13:09  12.2   20:19   1.7   0.3   0.0  ----  23.8   11:53   ENE
24  15.0  22.2   14:15   9.6   03:08   3.7   0.4   0.0  ----  18.7   14:42   ESE
25  15.2  21.4   13:38  10.3   06:47   3.4   0.3   0.0  ----  33.2   15:30     W
26  15.6  21.6   11:58  12.3   23:32   3.0   0.3   0.0  ----  32.4   12:20    NW
27  16.0  23.0   14:19  11.0   02:45   3.0   0.7   0.2  ----  38.2   15:29   WNW
28  14.4  19.3   13:36  10.0   21:54   3.9   0.0   2.4  ----  40.4   11:10   WNW
29  11.6  16.8   13:18   8.7   23:52   6.7   0.0  14.4  ----  40.4   13:17   WNW
30  10.5  15.1   13:54   6.0   06:17   7.8   0.0   0.0  ----  46.9   08:22     S
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    13.2  26.8     1     2.5    19   149.5   5.0  49.2  ----  49.7    10     ---

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 18.4 on day 11
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration