Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 17 October 2025 15:59:29 NZDT
Current: 17.8°C, Max: 19.1°C, Min: 4.5°C. It feels like 14.9°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Low 8C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 14.9°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 06:27 | Sunset: 19:40 | Dawn: 05:59 | Dusk: 20:08
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.3 °C/hr 17.8°C, 53%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 hPa/hr 1020.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from W (276°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 26km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 72.4kLux, 8.1hrs   Solar UV :  6.2UVI  572W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 17 October 2025 at 15:59:54. 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 2011 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2011

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  16.0  24.1   13:13   9.9   05:23   3.4   1.1   0.0   7.3  23.4   17:40   ESE
 2  20.6  27.4   15:25  13.3   05:56   1.2   3.5   0.0   6.1  20.9   15:33     W
 3  20.0  29.9   13:02  12.1   05:25   1.7   3.4   1.5   5.0  33.1   16:51   WNW
 4  20.5  27.2   12:28  15.3   06:01   0.7   2.9   4.8   4.1  18.4   13:01     N
 5  18.9  26.3   09:26  15.0   03:44   1.0   1.5   3.6   6.1  29.5   14:42   WSW
 6  16.4  20.4   17:19  12.3   23:41   2.0   0.1  23.1  12.2  37.8   10:00     E
 7  14.3  21.1   13:25  10.4   04:52   4.1   0.2   0.6   5.2  23.4   17:33     E
 8  16.8  24.1   14:42   7.7   05:01   3.3   1.7   0.0   6.3  20.9   13:41   WSW
 9  17.5  24.6   14:28  12.6   05:44   2.1   1.4   0.0  12.2  30.6   18:48     E
10  17.1  21.4   11:52  13.6   01:32   1.9   0.7   0.0  19.8  42.8   16:07     E
11  17.5  21.8   13:44  13.9   06:23   1.7   0.9   0.0  17.2  39.2   14:40     E
12  17.4  21.0   14:01  14.2   05:03   1.3   0.4   9.9   4.8  13.3   13:10     E
13  21.6  29.4   14:58  15.9   03:36   0.6   3.9   6.9   4.0  15.8   14:25   NNW
14  21.5  28.0   15:52  17.2   05:07   0.2   3.3   0.3   5.8  23.4   16:05     E
15  17.7  20.4   13:09  15.6   05:38   0.9   0.3  35.4   5.7  14.8   09:55     E
16  18.5  25.7   14:35  13.4   23:44   1.5   1.7  18.3   9.6  36.7   23:23   WSW
17  13.4  17.5   13:58  11.1   22:28   4.9   0.0   0.6  14.7  51.5   16:11     E
18  14.0  20.4   12:53  10.4   05:33   4.3   0.1   0.0  10.3  34.2   10:25     E
19  14.7  21.5   13:05   9.4   03:00   4.0   0.5   0.0   8.4  30.6   14:56     E
20  14.1  21.2   15:48   8.2   02:02   4.4   0.2   0.0   9.2  31.7   18:17     E
21  16.5  22.5   15:37  10.9   02:10   2.6   0.8   0.0  13.1  30.6   09:53     E
22  17.6  24.9   15:01   0.0   00:03   2.6   1.8   0.0  10.9  24.5   15:40     E
23  17.2  22.7   15:27  10.9   06:03   2.2   1.1   0.0  12.6  28.1   21:30     E
24  18.5  25.3   13:07  11.0   05:55   2.0   2.3   0.0  10.9  28.1   20:42     E
25  19.8  27.1   16:28  11.0   05:57   1.7   3.2   0.0   6.8  22.0   17:34     E
26  20.3  28.8   14:09  12.6   06:03   1.3   3.4   0.0   7.5  20.9   16:43    SE
27  21.5  28.5   09:21  13.3   05:44   0.8   4.1   0.0   7.6  29.5   14:18   WSW
28  21.9  28.8   14:09  16.4   06:01   0.2   3.9   0.0   7.4  22.0   13:34     W
29  20.1  28.3   12:48  15.4   03:03   0.7   2.5   0.6   5.4  19.4   12:40    NE
30  18.6  23.7   11:22  15.5   20:52   0.8   1.2  22.5   8.9  35.6   20:00     E
31  15.5  17.3   13:33  14.0   22:09   2.8   0.0  37.2  10.5  37.8   10:02     E
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    17.9  29.9     3     0.0    22    62.9  52.1 165.3   8.9  51.5    17       E

Max >=  27.0: 10
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  1
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 37.2 on day 31
Days of Rain: 14 (> 0.2 mm)  9 (> 2.0 mm)  4 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration