Good Evening - Today was: Thursday, 20 November 2025 18:07:01 NZDT
Current: 20.8°C, Max: 21.4°C, Min: 16.0°C. It feels like 20.8°C
FORECAST: Clear early then increasing cloudiness after midnight. Low 11C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 20.8°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 05:48 | Sunset: 20:19 | Dawn: 05:17 | Dusk: 20:51
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 °C/hr 20.8°C, 67%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1019.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (258°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 17km/h
Air Quality :  3 AQI  0.8ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 33.7kLux, 2.9hrs   Solar UV :  2.7UVI  266W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 20 November 2025 at 18:10:12. 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 2012 Jul
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2012

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   6.3  10.7   14:20   1.9   02:07  12.0   0.0   0.0   8.6  24.5   14:28   ESE
 2   7.4  11.0   14:04   5.1   05:49  10.9   0.0   0.0  12.7  30.6   15:49     E
 3   8.4  11.0   14:36   6.3   04:18   9.9   0.0   0.6  16.9  37.8   14:38     E
 4  10.7  13.3   13:07   8.8   00:00   7.7   0.0   0.6  15.2  35.6   02:59     E
 5  10.5  12.3   13:08   9.2   05:31   7.8   0.0  17.7   6.6  20.9   17:40    SE
 6  10.4  13.2   12:38   7.3   23:58   7.9   0.0   0.9   7.7  23.4   01:47   ESE
 7   7.4  12.1   12:51   2.4   23:54  10.9   0.0   0.0   3.4  18.4   12:54   ESE
 8   6.2  10.9   11:34   0.9   07:03  12.1   0.0   0.0   2.6   9.7   12:18     S
 9   9.2  12.9   12:41   6.4   08:23   9.1   0.0   0.0   3.4  15.8   11:59    SE
10   8.1  13.6   12:17   2.6   07:59  10.2   0.0   0.0   3.7  13.3   13:55   NNW
11   9.6  16.1   13:53   5.5   22:31   8.7   0.0   0.0   4.1  19.4   03:32   NNW
12   8.3  13.6   12:54   2.3   07:09  10.0   0.0   0.0   6.5  22.0   18:26   NNW
13  10.8  14.8   13:17   8.6   02:57   7.5   0.0   0.0  13.4  31.7   12:53    NW
14  10.3  14.9   12:14   6.4   03:53   8.0   0.0   0.3   3.2  22.0   12:48    NW
15  12.4  16.5   15:04   9.6   03:28   5.9   0.0  19.5   6.1  33.1   14:04   NNW
16  13.1  16.0   14:35  11.9   06:31   5.2   0.0  28.8   8.6  34.2   15:24   WNW
17  10.8  16.2   13:00   3.8   23:58   7.5   0.0   0.3   4.9  23.4   00:14   WNW
18   8.7  15.5   12:56   1.7   03:59   9.6   0.0   0.0   6.4  23.4   11:09     N
19   9.0  16.2   13:06   3.7   06:23   9.3   0.0   0.0   4.7  17.3   11:39    NW
20   7.6  16.1   14:00   1.1   07:39  10.7   0.0   0.0   3.1   9.7   16:08    SE
21   8.5  17.3   13:19   2.4   05:05   9.7   0.0   0.0   4.4  13.3   13:20     E
22  10.2  13.5   13:45   7.1   05:06   8.1   0.0   1.2  10.2  25.6   18:12   ESE
23   9.8  11.0   12:29   9.0   03:43   8.5   0.0  10.5  19.6  41.8   20:13   ESE
24  14.0  17.2   12:43  10.0   00:00   4.3   0.0   0.6  17.2  37.8   05:29   ESE
25  11.4  13.4   00:36   8.5   23:29   6.9   0.0   0.6  13.7  36.7   15:29    SE
26   7.8  10.8   12:53   4.8   23:23  10.5   0.0   0.0  10.7  28.1   11:13   ESE
27   7.7  12.5   14:50   2.2   06:13  10.6   0.0   0.0   9.7  24.5   14:14     E
28   7.7  15.5   13:50   1.1   07:03  10.6   0.0   0.0   5.2  13.3   11:00     E
29   8.2  14.4   13:17   1.9   06:43  10.0   0.0   0.0  14.5  31.7   23:27     E
30  12.3  14.9   14:10  10.6   00:44   6.0   0.0   9.0  24.5  46.4   13:46     E
31   9.3  10.9   14:20   8.3   23:49   9.0   0.0  18.9   4.7  20.9   12:34     E
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     9.4  17.3    21     0.9     8   275.1   0.0 109.5   8.9  46.4    30       E

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 28.8 on day 16
Days of Rain: 14 (> 0.2 mm)  6 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration