A late Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 9 December 2025 21:56:30 NZDT
Current: 18.8°C, Max: 27.9°C, Min: 14.2°C. It feels like 20.1°C
FORECAST: Mostly clear this evening then becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. Low 14C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 20.1°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 05:41 | Sunset: 20:39 | Dawn: 05:08 | Dusk: 21:12
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.9 °C/hr 18.8°C, 78%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1017.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from W (262°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 4km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 11.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 09 December 2025 at 22:01:12. 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 2009 Jul
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2009

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   7.6  10.6   11:49   5.8   22:19  10.7   0.0   0.3   6.4  15.8   11:19    SE
 2   6.2  12.7   13:19   2.3   07:19  12.1   0.0   2.1   6.4  17.3   12:19     E
 3   7.1  15.6   14:19   6.7   01:49  11.2   0.0   1.8   8.9  18.4   15:19    NW
 4   9.2  17.7   13:49   5.1   06:19   9.1   0.0   0.0   7.3  19.4   16:49   ENE
 5  10.1  11.8   11:19   7.9   19:49   8.2   0.0   5.4   9.3  23.4   16:19   ESE
 6   8.1  11.9   15:49   4.3   23:19  10.2   0.0   1.8   9.7  22.0   11:49    SE
 7   4.4  13.7   13:19   4.3   00:49  13.9   0.0  10.8   7.2  20.9   12:49   WNW
 8   7.3  11.5   15:49   4.0   23:49  11.0   0.0   3.9  10.4  23.4   11:49    SE
 9   4.0  10.4   13:19   2.5   02:19  14.3   0.0   0.3   2.4   7.2   02:49   ESE
10   2.6  13.8   13:49   1.1   07:19  15.7   0.0   0.0   3.2  14.8   21:49    SE
11   5.6  12.7   12:19   5.6   00:19  12.7   0.0   0.0  12.2  27.0   21:19    SE
12   6.9   9.5   11:19   4.5   23:19  11.4   0.0   1.2  13.5  27.0   11:49    SE
13   4.8  10.0   15:19   1.2   23:49  13.5   0.0   0.6   6.7  14.8   02:49   SSE
14   1.2   9.9   14:19   0.2   03:49  17.1   0.0   5.4   3.5  13.3   11:49    SW
15   7.6  12.3   09:49   5.9   23:19  10.7   0.0   4.5   8.0  25.6   10:19   NNW
16   6.0  16.2   14:19   5.7   00:49  12.3   0.0   0.0   3.6  11.2   14:19     S
17   9.1  18.1   14:19   6.7   07:19   9.2   0.0   0.3   4.3  11.2   00:49     E
18   8.0  13.8   14:19   7.1   05:19  10.3   0.0   0.3   6.4  25.6   23:49   WSW
19  10.9  14.7   11:49  10.0   20:49   7.4   0.0   0.0  28.1  50.0   05:49     W
20  10.4  15.6   12:19   6.4   07:49   7.9   0.0   0.0   7.7  23.4   00:49   WNW
21   7.2  13.5   15:49   7.1   00:19  11.1   0.0   0.0  18.1  34.2   14:19    NW
22  12.6  14.6   12:49  10.6   07:19   5.7   0.0   0.9  21.1  33.1   08:49   WNW
23  10.9  15.3   11:19   8.6   05:49   7.4   0.0  19.8  18.7  34.2   21:49    NW
24  12.9  12.9   11:44   2.8   23:49   5.4   0.0   0.6  11.1  33.1   00:19    SW
25   2.8  13.5   12:19   1.0   03:49  15.5   0.0   0.0   3.3   9.7   13:49    SE
26   4.6  16.2   15:19   2.2   04:19  13.7   0.0   0.0   4.4  11.2   06:49   ENE
27   2.7  15.4   14:49   1.4   06:19  15.6   0.0   0.0   6.1  12.2   11:19    NE
28   4.2  13.0   12:49   3.2   05:49  14.1   0.0   0.0   6.7  19.4   11:49   NNE
29   7.4  14.3   12:49   6.9   02:49  10.9   0.0   0.0   5.2  15.8   22:49     N
30   9.4  15.4   15:19   7.3   22:19   8.9   0.0   0.0  14.7  36.7   12:49    NW
31   7.7  14.9   14:19   7.7   00:19  10.6   0.0   1.8  21.6  41.8   15:49    NW
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     7.1  18.1    17     0.2    14   347.8   0.0  61.8   9.6  50.0    19     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 19.8 on day 23
Days of Rain: 18 (> 0.2 mm)  7 (> 2.0 mm)  0 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration