Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 10 April 2026 13:55:40 NZST
Current: 23.2°C, Max: 23.5°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 22.4°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High 24C. Winds ESE at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 22.4°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showery later | Sunrise: 06:41 | Sunset: 17:56 | Dawn: 06:14 | Dusk: 18:23
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.3 °C/hr 23.2°C, 48%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 hPa/hr 1017.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ESE (106°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 19km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 65.1kLux, 5.5hrs   Solar UV :  4.0UVI  514W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 10 April 2026 at 14:00:13. 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 2017 Nov
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Nov 2017

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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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01  16.6  23.2   16:02  11.6   02:55   2.5   0.8   0.0   4.1  34.6   17:00   WSW
02  17.4  23.6   12:19  13.3   06:14   1.9   1.0   0.0   4.4  41.8   16:09     W
03  17.0  22.2   12:33  12.4   03:13   2.1   0.8   0.0   6.4  52.6   13:26   WNW
04  17.1  21.7   11:42  15.1   23:59   1.7   0.4   0.0  12.9  86.5   17:26     W
05  15.0  19.4   13:58  10.9   23:28   3.3   0.0   0.8  13.2  53.4   08:30   WNW
06  12.9  17.6   14:09   9.5   06:12   5.4   0.0   1.2  10.8  69.2   12:04     W
07  13.7  20.1   13:42   8.5   04:39   4.6   0.1   0.0   7.1  50.5   11:20    NW
08  14.7  18.1   05:01  11.4   21:30   3.6   0.0   6.2  15.3  82.9   11:53   WNW
09  13.4  18.7   12:52   8.8   06:09   4.9   0.0   0.0  10.1  66.3   16:31   WNW
10  13.5  18.3   14:13  11.2   02:43   4.8   0.0   0.4   8.1  52.6   17:52   ENE
11  12.4  17.1   15:50   7.8   06:06   5.9   0.0   0.0   5.9  49.7   09:39   ESE
12  12.0  17.3   15:02   8.5   05:04   6.1   0.0   0.0   3.1  26.7   13:30   SSE
13  12.8  18.7   14:50   9.4   02:16   5.4   0.0   0.0   4.2  42.5   12:23   ESE
14  13.7  20.9   13:58   8.0   05:41   4.8   0.2   0.0   4.3  30.3   14:20     E
15  14.7  22.1   13:39   8.2   06:10   4.0   0.4   0.0   3.9  37.5   15:35   WSW
16  14.6  22.0   14:17   7.5   05:54   4.2   0.5   0.0   5.4  47.6   18:45     W
17  15.6  21.9   15:40  10.8   04:59   3.3   0.6   0.0   6.9  37.5   11:44   WNW
18  13.8  18.7   14:51  11.0   23:45   4.4   0.0   0.0   7.1  58.4   17:56   ESE
19  13.2  17.3   10:43  10.5   03:51   5.1   0.0   0.0   5.7  47.6   09:00   ESE
20  14.8  21.9   15:30  10.6   03:02   4.0   0.5   0.0   5.9  41.1   12:42     E
21  15.4  23.2   13:47  10.5   04:44   3.2   0.3   0.0   3.4  22.4   17:11   ESE
22  16.6  24.1   17:01  10.7   05:34   2.9   1.2   0.0   4.7  41.1   09:49   SSE
23  18.3  28.0   14:52  11.4   02:41   2.3   2.3   0.0   3.7  30.3   17:39     W
24  17.0  24.6   12:39  11.8   04:16   2.4   1.1   0.0   5.0  51.9   16:09     W
25  18.2  24.6   14:23  13.7   04:35   1.7   1.6   0.0   2.7  28.8   21:05     E
26  18.6  23.7   13:37  14.8   05:31   1.2   1.4   0.0   5.1  34.6   07:25     E
27  19.4  25.5   13:18  14.9   06:21   0.9   2.0   0.0   4.0  27.4   14:41   WSW
28  19.2  28.4   13:56  13.8   03:44   1.3   2.2   0.0   3.3  41.1   15:21     W
29  18.7  26.5   16:17  13.3   03:56   1.5   1.9   0.0   3.3  44.7   14:55   WNW
30  18.9  26.1   15:35  14.3   01:54   1.4   2.1   0.2   5.3  46.1   18:40     E
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    15.6  28.4    28     7.5    16   100.8  21.4   8.8   6.2  86.5     4       W

Max >=  27.0  2
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 6.2 on day 8
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  1 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration