A very early Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 29 April 2026 03:10:11 NZST
Current: 11.3°C, Max: 11.8°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 11.0°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. Low near 10C. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 11.0°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:01 | Sunset: 17:29 | Dawn: 06:32 | Dusk: 17:57
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 11.3°C, 93%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1027.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from W (273°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 5km/h
Air Quality :  27 AQI  8.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 29 April 2026 at 03:11:27. 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 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 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  19.7  21.0   13:22  11.4   05:22   0.0   1.4  23.1  11.1  27.0   00:22   SSE
 2  13.9  23.5   13:52  12.8   23:52   4.4   0.0  12.9   8.3  24.5   20:22   SSE
 3  12.8  16.0   14:22   9.2   23:52   5.5   0.0   0.3  19.3  31.7   17:22   ESE
 4   9.2  17.1   14:22   8.5   04:22   9.1   0.0   0.3  17.6  35.6   09:52   ESE
 5  11.5  23.0   15:52  10.6   03:52   6.8   0.0   0.6   6.4  13.3   10:22     E
 6  13.8  22.9   12:52  12.2   04:52   4.5   0.0   0.3   9.5  17.3   10:22   WNW
 7  13.0  22.8   16:53  12.3   22:53   5.3   0.0   0.3  11.5  22.0   04:22     W
 8  12.3  21.2   15:23   8.9   05:23   6.0   0.0   0.0   9.5  25.6   17:23   WSW
 9  13.8  22.6   15:23  13.2   03:53   4.5   0.0   0.0  12.4  34.2   17:23   WNW
10  13.6  24.3   15:53  13.2   00:53   4.7   0.0   0.0   6.7  15.8   14:53   WSW
11  16.8  24.3   13:23  14.5   02:53   1.5   0.0   0.0   7.1  25.6   13:23     W
12  18.1  20.5   01:53  13.8   22:53   0.2   0.0  13.2  24.0  46.4   19:53   WNW
13  13.9  21.8   14:53  12.1   04:23   4.4   0.0   4.8  18.5  36.7   16:23   WNW
14  15.0  20.6   15:53  11.8   23:23   3.3   0.0   1.2  15.7  30.6   14:53   WNW
15  12.1  19.4   16:23   8.6   23:53   6.2   0.0   0.9   6.8  14.8   09:53    SE
16   8.6  20.4   16:53   5.3   05:53   9.7   0.0   0.0   7.4  29.5   13:53     W
17  11.6  24.0   15:53  10.0   03:23   6.7   0.0   0.0   5.2  13.3   17:53    SW
18  12.2  20.7   14:53  12.2   00:23   6.1   0.0   0.0  17.6  37.8   15:53     W
19  13.9  22.7   16:23  13.9   00:23   4.4   0.0   0.6  16.5  28.1   21:23   WNW
20  16.3  20.4   13:23  12.6   23:53   2.0   0.0   1.5  21.1  42.8   12:53     W
21  12.6  20.8   16:53   9.0   01:53   5.7   0.0   3.9   9.9  22.0   01:23    SE
22   9.5  24.6   16:53   5.8   05:23   8.8   0.0   0.0   4.4  18.4   17:23     S
23  11.0  21.3   15:53   8.2   03:53   7.3   0.0   0.0   8.0  20.9   14:23     W
24  13.0  24.5   16:53  11.5   23:23   5.3   0.0   0.0   7.5  19.4   13:23   WSW
25  11.7  22.6   17:23  11.6   00:23   6.6   0.0   0.0   7.6  17.3   16:53     W
26  14.9  22.6   14:23  14.8   01:53   3.4   0.0   0.0  14.8  28.1   13:53     W
27  16.9  21.7   14:23  14.6   23:53   1.4   0.0  25.8  15.9  33.1   12:23     W
28  14.6  28.0   15:23  13.7   01:23   3.7   0.0   4.8   8.1  20.9   09:23     S
29  16.8  22.4   14:23  16.6   23:53   1.5   0.0  19.8  16.8  35.6   19:53     W
30  16.6  20.5   13:53   9.3   23:53   1.7   0.0   0.0  26.7  46.4   15:53     W
31   9.3  20.5   15:23   7.4   06:23   9.0   0.0   0.0   8.1  20.9   16:53     W
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    13.5  28.0    28     5.3    16   149.7   1.4 114.3  12.2  46.4    12       W

Max >=  27.0:  1
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 25.8 on day 27
Days of Rain: 17 (> 0.2 mm)  8 (> 2.0 mm)  2 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration