Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 10:34:01 NZDT
Current: 15.4°C, Max: 15.4°C, Min: 12.6°C. It feels like 13.6°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. High 18C. Winds ESE at 25 to 40 km/h. It feels like 13.6°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:09 | Sunset: 19:47 | Dawn: 06:42 | Dusk: 20:14
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.9 °C/hr 15.4°C, 67%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1022.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  E  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from E (93°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 25km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 43.4kLux, 0.9hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  343W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 at 10:36:04. 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 2015 Sep
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Sep 2015

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  10.3  13.3   16:05   7.6   00:00   8.0   0.0   4.7   0.1  30.0   02:53   ESE
 2  12.7  17.8   12:57   9.3   06:41   5.9   0.0   0.0   0.0  31.0   14:39   NNW
 3  10.6  12.1   15:50   9.4   19:30   8.3   0.0  15.0   0.2  17.0   10:52    NW
 4  10.7  13.5   11:08   8.8   02:10   8.5   0.0   0.5   0.0  41.0   11:37    NW
 5  10.5  13.9   10:38   7.6   04:42   7.8   0.0   0.5   0.0  37.0   15:00    NW
 6   9.8  13.6   13:13   6.4   23:58   8.5   0.0   2.1   0.0  39.0   13:22   WNW
 7   8.4  13.2   12:28   2.3   06:51  10.3   0.0   0.0  ----  35.0   13:37   WSW
 8  11.1  15.9   14:00   6.9   05:35   7.2   0.0   0.0  ----  28.0   16:16   WNW
 9  11.8  17.2   13:41   9.4   05:49   6.7   0.0   0.0 619.0  33.0   16:12    NW
10  12.3  17.5   11:19   8.9   06:40   6.0   0.0   8.3  ----  35.0   19:49   NNW
11  10.3  13.9   09:50   6.8   06:27   8.3   0.0   1.6  ----  36.0   11:47   WSW
12   8.8  13.5   14:10   3.8   06:24   9.5   0.0   0.0  ----  26.0   12:39   WSW
13  12.7  18.8   12:31   8.4   00:17   5.8   0.0   0.0  ----  30.0   20:29   ENE
14  10.9  15.3   14:39   6.4   06:30   7.4   0.0   0.0   0.3  21.0   00:38   SSE
15  11.9  16.7   15:14   8.8   03:12   6.6   0.0   0.0   5.4  23.0   08:37   NNW
16  12.8  16.3   12:54  10.5   23:55   5.7   0.0   0.0   3.0  41.0   12:38   WNW
17  13.9  18.9   12:25   9.9   02:24   4.4   0.0   1.0   9.3  34.0   09:50   NNW
18  14.1  18.6   11:56  10.9   23:11   4.3   0.0   1.6   9.8  40.0   19:46   WNW
19   9.5  11.9   13:03   6.9   23:54   8.8   0.0   7.8   6.4  30.0   14:07    SE
20   9.0  12.1   12:12   6.9   00:03   9.7   0.0   0.5   9.2  39.0   15:39    SE
21   8.4   9.4   10:28   7.3   03:26   9.9   0.0   1.0   7.7  42.0   10:23   SSE
22  11.3  16.3   14:52   7.6   06:47   7.2   0.0   4.2   4.4  27.0   16:33    SE
23  11.4  13.4   12:28  10.1   05:14   6.9   0.0   9.8   4.0  24.0   23:50    SE
24  11.4  13.9   13:51   9.6   05:20   7.2   0.0   1.5  10.1  36.0   10:10    SE
25  10.3  14.2   14:30   7.3   05:29   8.0   0.0   0.5   5.8  26.0   02:29    SE
26   8.8  13.0   13:33   5.8   23:19   9.9   0.0   0.0   2.5  35.0   10:40    SE
27   8.8  13.9   14:52   3.6   06:01   9.5   0.0   0.0   6.6  32.0   16:31    SE
28  10.5  16.8   14:28   4.4   06:46   7.8   0.0   0.5   3.3  30.0   12:12   WNW
29  11.2  16.5   14:50   6.1   07:10   7.4   0.0   0.0   4.0  28.0   18:13    SE
30  12.2  19.5   14:06   4.9   06:52   6.2   0.1   0.0   3.5  27.0   17:07     W
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    10.9  19.5    30     2.3     7   227.7   0.1  61.1   4.1  42.0    21      NW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 15.0 on day 3
Days of Rain: 17 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration