Midday - Today is: Monday, 6 July 2026 12:09:19 NZST
Current: 13.6°C, Max: 13.6°C, Min: 7.5°C. It feels like 11.1°C
FORECAST: Cloudy with occasional rain showers. High 13C. Winds ESE at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 50%. It feels like 11.1°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 07:41 | Sunset: 17:04 | Dawn: 07:10 | Dusk: 17:35
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.5 °C/hr 13.6°C, 78%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.4 hPa/hr 1003.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from ESE (104°) 13km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 26km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 27.3kLux, 0.9hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  216W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 06 July 2026 at 12:11:33. 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 Nov
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Nov 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  13.8  19.6   17:17   5.9   05:52   4.5   0.0   0.0   5.6  13.3   15:22   WSW
 2  12.4  15.5   15:22  11.0   06:52   5.9   0.0   4.2  13.6  31.7   14:52     W
 3  12.6  20.7   16:22  12.5   00:22   5.7   0.0   2.1   8.1  14.8   10:52     W
 4  12.5  17.6   13:22  11.3   04:52   5.8   0.0   0.3  16.2  34.2   11:52     W
 5  12.9  19.4   15:52  11.7   21:52   5.4   0.0   1.8  11.5  30.6   17:22   WSW
 6  12.0  22.5   15:22   9.1   05:52   6.3   0.0   0.0   7.8  27.0   00:22    NW
 7   9.6  18.5   14:22   6.1   05:22   8.7   0.0   0.0  10.7  33.1   12:22   WNW
 8   9.8  22.3   13:52   7.5   02:22   8.5   0.0   0.0   6.6  14.8   12:52     S
 9  11.0  16.3   16:52   7.8   22:52   7.3   0.0   1.2  10.4  35.6   17:52     E
10   8.1  19.0   14:22   3.5   06:22  10.2   0.0   0.0  10.5  22.0   17:22   WSW
11  12.3  17.6   11:52   5.7   23:52   6.0   0.0   1.8  14.7  30.6   17:22   WSW
12   5.7  18.1   17:22   2.2   06:22  12.6   0.0   0.0   9.6  22.0   18:22   WSW
13  11.1  17.2   15:22   7.4   21:52   7.2   0.0   1.8  18.8  39.2   10:22     W
14   7.9  16.5   15:22   4.2   04:52  10.4   0.0   0.3  15.4  40.3   18:22     W
15  12.0  17.5   13:22  11.0   23:52   6.3   0.0   3.0  25.3  43.9   12:22   WNW
16  11.0  16.4   12:52  10.7   05:52   7.3   0.0   0.0  27.4  49.0   10:52     W
17  11.5  18.1   14:52  11.0   23:52   6.8   0.0   6.6  14.4  28.1   03:22     W
18  11.0  19.5   14:52  10.8   04:22   7.3   0.0  40.2  11.4  25.6   10:52    SE
19  10.9  20.5   15:52   8.3   05:22   7.4   0.0   0.0   7.3  20.9   10:22     W
20  12.2  16.6   14:52  12.2   00:22   6.1   0.0   0.0  15.5  35.6   13:52     W
21  13.9  20.9   14:22  13.1   01:52   4.4   0.0   4.8  19.1  39.2   12:22   WNW
22  16.0  19.7   16:52  10.0   08:52   2.3   0.0  12.6  11.7  23.4   00:52    SE
23  11.1  18.5   09:22  10.3   02:52   7.2   0.0   0.0   7.9  22.0   15:22     W
24  14.9  20.0   18:52  11.4   21:52   3.4   0.0   4.2   8.3  17.3   13:52   WSW
25  13.0  18.8   13:22   7.8   05:52   5.3   0.0   0.3  16.0  35.6   14:52   WNW
26  14.3  19.2   14:22  11.0   23:52   4.0   0.0   0.0  20.6  41.8   13:52   WNW
27  11.0  19.8   12:22  11.0   00:22   7.3   0.0   0.0  14.7  35.6   17:22     W
28  13.0  17.6   11:52  12.5   05:22   5.3   0.0  11.1  14.0  28.1   09:22    NW
29  16.0  20.4   14:52  12.1   06:22   2.3   0.0   1.8  12.0  25.6   08:52   WSW
30  12.8  17.2   16:22  11.5   05:22   5.5   0.0  21.0   3.7  19.4   23:22   SSE
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    11.9  22.5     6     2.2    12   192.7   0.0 119.1  13.0  49.0    16       W

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 40.2 on day 18
Days of Rain: 18 (> 0.2 mm)  10 (> 2.0 mm)  2 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration