A late Good Evening! - Today was: Friday, 27 March 2026 23:55:06 NZDT
Current: 18.3°C, Max: 27.9°C, Min: 17.1°C. It feels like 19.8°C
FORECAST: Chance of a shower or two during the evening, followed by partly cloudy skies overnight. Low 14C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 30%. It feels like 19.8°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:27 | Sunset: 19:19 | Dawn: 07:00 | Dusk: 19:46
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hr 18.3°C, 88%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1016.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WSW (238°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 5km/h
Air Quality :  18 AQI  5.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.2mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 4.4hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 27 March 2026 at 23:58:31. 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 2014 Jul
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2014

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  10.7  14.7   11:32   7.6   23:32   7.6   0.0   3.3  11.3  30.6   11:55    NW
 2   7.2  11.1   14:03   2.5   23:17  11.1   0.0   3.6  12.8  36.7   13:53   WNW
 3   5.9  12.2   13:19   2.3   00:51  12.4   0.0   0.0   6.0  25.6   12:18    NW
 4   7.1  11.4   12:25   2.4   08:14  11.2   0.0   0.0   8.4  36.7   23:47   WNW
 5  11.7  15.2   10:50   8.4   23:58   6.6   0.0   0.3  20.6  55.1   06:54   WNW
 6   8.4  14.0   12:35   4.0   23:48   9.9   0.0   0.0   4.4  13.3   14:35   ENE
 7   7.4  12.6   13:58   2.2   05:54  10.9   0.0   0.0  11.0  30.6   14:23   ESE
 8   9.0  12.2   13:07   5.8   02:09   9.3   0.0   0.0  20.3  46.4   11:50     E
 9  10.9  12.3   12:31   9.3   07:55   7.4   0.0   0.0  22.4  46.4   15:16     E
10  12.0  15.1   13:29  10.5   23:50   6.3   0.0   0.0  21.4  43.9   06:24     E
11  11.4  16.3   13:47   7.0   04:14   6.9   0.0   0.0  11.6  25.6   14:42     E
12  11.8  14.1   14:00  10.4   03:35   6.6   0.0   0.9  10.9  27.0   10:30     E
13  12.2  17.4   12:55   8.8   06:46   6.1   0.0   2.7   5.6  22.0   12:39    NW
14  10.9  14.7   13:55   7.9   23:36   7.4   0.0   0.3   6.2  24.5   19:28    SE
15   7.7  12.1   13:06   3.6   23:51  10.6   0.0   0.0   4.0  14.8   09:58    SE
16   5.5  11.3   12:31   1.9   07:48  12.8   0.0   0.0   4.4  24.5   14:48    SE
17   4.4  10.1   14:00  -1.1   06:59  13.9   0.0   0.3   3.6  14.8   13:03   SSE
18   4.0  10.1   11:47  -1.0   06:40  14.3   0.0   0.0   2.2   9.7   12:01   ENE
19   6.2  12.2   14:16   0.1   00:58  12.1   0.0   0.0   7.9  29.5   14:35   ESE
20   9.5  11.3   12:40   7.6   23:55   8.8   0.0   0.6   6.3  27.0   04:29    SE
21   6.5  10.7   12:17   2.0   23:56  11.8   0.0   2.1   4.1  28.1   15:34   ESE
22   4.4   9.2   15:44  -0.9   05:47  13.9   0.0   0.0   8.5  34.2   13:58    SW
23   7.6  11.9   15:28   3.6   23:59  10.7   0.0   0.3   4.2  17.3   00:57   NNE
24   6.9  14.4   13:24   1.2   05:07  11.4   0.0   0.3   4.5  23.4   13:15    NW
25   8.2  14.8   13:17   3.2   06:22  10.1   0.0   0.0   3.7  19.4   12:52     S
26   5.4  11.5   15:24   0.2   06:04  12.9   0.0   0.0   3.7  14.8   11:42     E
27   5.9  12.0   14:18   0.8   07:21  12.4   0.0   0.0   2.8  11.2   15:39    NE
28   6.9  14.3   13:06   1.0   04:35  11.4   0.0   0.0   4.5  15.8   14:37    NW
29   9.8  14.9   14:06   5.5   07:40   8.5   0.0   0.0   6.3  28.1   13:51    NW
30  12.6  16.8   14:06   9.0   07:32   5.7   0.0   0.0  16.0  40.3   15:20   WNW
31  14.7  18.3   12:02  12.7   23:11   3.6   0.0   0.0  17.1  42.8   02:56   WNW
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     8.5  18.3    31    -1.1    17   304.6   0.0  14.7   8.9  55.1     5      NE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  3
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 3.6 on day 2
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  4 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration