Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 22 October 2026 09:50:52 NZDT
Current: 14.2°C, Max: 14.3°C, Min: 10.0°C. It feels like 12.3°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. High 19C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 12.3°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.9 °C/hr 14.2°C, 81%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1027.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (245°)   WSW  11km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 23km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 26.6klx, 0.6hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  210W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 09:53:20. 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 2016 Jun
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jun 2016

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 58   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   7.8  12.7   13:07   4.2   06:53  10.5   0.0   0.0   1.6  28.8   13:11   ESE
02   5.8  12.6   13:32   1.7   03:37  12.5   0.0   0.0   0.6  11.5   13:26   SSW
03   6.9  15.1   13:36   1.7   01:26  11.3   0.0   0.0   1.1  10.8   15:17   ENE
04   7.4  14.5   15:28   2.6   00:46  10.9   0.0   0.0   1.1   9.4   07:06   ENE
05   7.2  14.8   13:48   2.1   07:44  11.1   0.0   0.0   2.2  21.6   09:48   ENE
06   8.9  14.3   13:44   3.4   05:55   9.4   0.0   0.0   5.0  29.6   15:56     E
07   8.2  15.4   13:05   2.8   07:48  10.1   0.0   0.0   1.8  19.5   11:15    NE
08   7.3  15.3   14:09   1.4   06:35  11.0   0.0   0.0   1.6   9.4   05:17     E
09  10.2  16.0   14:45   4.3   05:00   8.1   0.0   1.5   2.0   8.7   05:50     E
10  14.1  16.3   10:50  11.9   00:00   4.2   0.0   5.1   5.2  36.0   11:40     W
11  13.7  17.0   12:19  11.2   23:57   4.6   0.0   1.2   7.0  54.8   19:13   WNW
12  12.1  16.8   12:39   7.8   23:50   6.2   0.0  14.1   5.8  33.2   20:26   WNW
13   7.8  12.9   13:26   3.0   23:49  10.4   0.0   1.2   2.1  15.9   13:51    NW
14   9.9  14.8   13:40   2.4   02:08   8.4   0.0   0.0   4.5  26.0   10:21   NNW
15  12.7  15.6   14:55  10.7   23:18   5.6   0.0   0.3   7.6  39.7   11:34   WNW
16  10.7  14.8   15:04   5.0   23:57   7.6   0.0   0.0   3.1  20.9   01:13   WNW
17   9.1  14.7   13:08   3.1   06:26   9.2   0.0   0.0   3.7  47.6   18:37    NW
18  11.2  14.3   13:42   9.5   03:12   7.1   0.0   0.6   5.2  26.0   10:00    NW
19  11.8  14.4   14:27  10.1   05:11   6.5   0.0   1.8   5.2  29.6   21:24   NNE
20   6.9  17.2   14:10  10.1   06:53   2.5   0.0   0.0   3.2  28.8   00:36     E
21  12.3  16.7   13:26   9.8   07:55   6.0   0.0   0.0   1.7  18.7   16:23    SW
22  13.9  18.1   12:16  10.7   00:00   4.4   0.0   0.6   1.8  22.4   00:55   ESE
23  14.0  16.9   11:23  12.5   03:29   4.3   0.0   4.8   7.8  45.4   18:36     W
24   3.2  15.8   12:04   8.9   12:27  15.1   0.0   1.5   5.0  47.6   01:25     W
25   1.3  11.5   00:31   8.1   15:45  19.0   0.0   0.0   0.0  15.9   01:05    NE
26  11.1  13.0   17:13   8.9   20:51   6.8   0.0   6.0   0.8  17.3   19:30   NNW
27  10.4  13.9   12:32   5.9   08:28   7.8   0.0   0.0   2.1  15.9   02:34    NW
28  11.6  13.9   20:11  10.9   00:00   6.7   0.0  13.5   4.9  41.8   14:49   WNW
29  11.8  13.9   12:36   9.9   07:37   6.5   0.0   8.4   4.0  28.8   23:13     E
30  10.5  11.9   07:41   7.9   21:25   7.8   0.0   0.6   5.7  36.0   05:26    SE
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     9.7  18.1    22     1.4     8   251.6   0.0  61.2   3.5  54.8    11      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 14.1 on day 12
Days of Rain: 15 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration