Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 16 October 2025 08:21:35 NZDT
Current: 13.0°C, Max: 13.1°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 10.9°C
FORECAST: A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. High 16C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. It feels like 10.9°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:28 | Sunset: 19:39 | Dawn: 06:01 | Dusk: 20:07
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.4 °C/hr 13.0°C, 89%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1013.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (291°) 13km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 27km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.2mm
Sun Light : 21.4kLux, 0.9hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  169W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 16 October 2025 at 08:21:56. 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 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