Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 10 December 2025 10:29:32 NZDT
Current: 22.2°C, Max: 22.2°C, Min: 13.5°C. It feels like 22.7°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High near 25C. Winds W at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 22.7°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Unsettled, rain later | Sunrise: 05:41 | Sunset: 20:40 | Dawn: 05:08 | Dusk: 21:13
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.8 °C/hr 22.2°C, 67%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1016.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (257°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 14km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 97.1kLux, 1.5hrs   Solar UV :  9.2UVI  767W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 10 December 2025 at 10:34:20. 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 2018 May
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 2018

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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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01  14.1  18.8   11:56  11.6   07:14   4.2   0.0   1.0   2.9  23.8   22:08     S
02  11.8  15.8   13:45   7.4   21:30   6.5   0.0   0.0   8.3  54.8   13:38    SE
03  10.3  16.8   14:57   3.0   06:27   8.0   0.0   0.0   4.0  35.3   15:48   ESE
04  10.9  17.2   13:33   6.1   05:36   7.4   0.0   0.0   3.7  39.7   11:09     E
05  12.3  16.9   13:43   5.4   01:36   6.0   0.0   0.0   4.7  34.6   08:21   NNW
06  14.6  18.3   12:43  12.4   20:49   3.7   0.0   0.6   9.9  51.2   22:25    NW
07  13.4  17.1   13:14  10.2   07:08   4.9   0.0   0.0   9.7  59.8   14:30    NW
08  14.0  17.2   14:55  11.6   00:14   4.3   0.0   0.2  10.3  49.7   16:38    NW
09  14.3  20.6   12:09   8.0   23:40   4.0   0.1   0.0   6.2  43.3   13:49    NW
10  11.4  17.8   12:19   6.2   06:40   6.9   0.0   0.0   1.2  10.1   14:38   WSW
11  13.8  19.1   14:58   9.3   07:14   4.5   0.0   0.4   2.7  32.4   17:06   NNW
12  14.2  18.9   10:53  10.5   21:59   4.1   0.0   0.2  10.4  58.4   17:36    SE
13  14.1  20.8   13:18  10.4   04:07   4.4   0.2  15.2   7.6  51.2   02:53   ESE
14  13.7  17.1   12:14  11.4   03:53   4.6   0.0   0.0   6.6  45.4   21:59   ESE
15  15.0  18.3   14:56  13.4   23:57   3.3   0.0   0.2   4.0  26.7   01:50     E
16  15.0  21.5   12:58  11.7   07:24   3.7   0.4   7.0   7.8  44.0   23:28    NW
17  12.2  15.8   14:07   9.7   20:18   6.1   0.0   0.0  10.2  56.2   00:19   WNW
18  13.5  17.3   12:12   9.8   00:18   4.8   0.0   0.0  11.8  53.4   11:42   WNW
19  12.7  14.9   13:57  10.9   01:09   5.6   0.0   9.4  10.2  49.7   19:07    NW
20  12.0  15.1   14:50   9.8   04:27   6.3   0.0   8.8  10.3  85.8   15:36    NW
21  12.4  15.5   10:58   9.9   22:22   5.9   0.0   7.0  11.5  61.3   12:37    NW
22  10.1  14.1   22:26   9.9   00:00   8.2   0.0   9.2  10.3  69.2   22:54    NW
23   9.1  12.1   11:15   5.3   23:53   9.2   0.0   5.2   6.6  48.3   02:08   NNW
24   8.6  13.9   15:49   2.0   05:24   9.7   0.0   8.6   8.5  54.8   10:40    NW
25   8.4  12.2   14:37   5.3   22:39   9.9   0.0  13.6   6.8  57.7   00:49   NNW
26   7.2  11.9   14:41   1.9   04:10  11.1   0.0   0.0   4.7  34.6   15:22   WNW
27   9.2  11.9   05:42   4.0   22:52   9.1   0.0   3.4   4.9  40.4   03:35     W
28   5.2   9.4   15:18   1.7   07:31  13.1   0.0   0.2   2.2  27.4   15:41     W
29   6.5  11.2   13:22   2.2   00:18  11.8   0.0   0.0   2.2  16.6   17:31     N
30   6.6  11.6   13:09   2.9   05:22  11.7   0.0   0.0   1.1  18.7   12:08   WNW
31   7.3  12.5   14:11   2.6   04:37  11.0   0.0   0.0   1.6  17.3   15:33    SW
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    11.4  21.5    16     1.7    28   214.0   0.7  90.2   6.6  85.8    20      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 15.2 on day 13
Days of Rain: 17 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration