Good Evening - Today was: Friday, 17 October 2025 19:32:57 NZDT
Current: 12.9°C, Max: 19.1°C, Min: 4.5°C. It feels like 11.5°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Low 8C. Winds NW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 11.5°C. 3 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 Falling, changing by -1.5 °C/hr 12.9°C, 80%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.0 hPa/hr 1020.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from W (263°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 12km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 886.1Lux, 11.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.2UVI  7W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 17 October 2025 at 19:33:24. 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 2013 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2013

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  15.5  19.9   13:38  12.0   05:21   2.9   0.1   0.0  20.8  55.1   14:16     W
 2  17.6  25.4   14:26   9.7   06:05   2.8   2.1   0.0   6.3  20.9   13:37     W
 3  19.3  28.4   13:06  10.7   05:27   2.2   3.2   0.0   5.2  15.8   11:15   ENE
 4  19.1  27.6   15:18  13.9   05:51   1.0   1.8  12.6   3.9  18.4   16:10   ENE
 5  20.7  24.9   14:34  16.8   04:43   0.3   2.8  10.5   6.1  22.0   18:28     E
 6  20.1  24.8   13:13  17.0   05:56   0.1   2.0   1.2   9.1  34.2   19:00     W
 7  17.5  22.2   14:49  14.5   23:56   1.3   0.5   3.0  15.1  40.3   19:46     W
 8  16.8  22.5   10:48  13.5   01:40   1.9   0.4   7.2  13.5  40.3   13:47   WNW
 9  16.8  21.9   14:24  13.1   05:37   2.1   0.6   4.2  14.9  37.8   11:50   WNW
10  16.2  20.5   20:22  13.4   05:42   2.3   0.2   1.8   8.7  22.0   16:58   WNW
11  17.5  22.4   15:09  14.4   04:28   1.6   0.8   0.0  10.7  29.5   15:02   WNW
12  19.5  25.4   14:42  15.1   03:15   0.9   2.1   0.0   7.1  22.0   16:14     W
13  20.7  26.0   15:30  16.8   02:32   0.4   2.8   0.0  10.6  27.0   14:58     W
14  21.0  27.0   14:01  16.6   23:01   0.2   2.9   0.0   7.8  29.5   17:20     W
15  19.6  26.6   12:38  14.7   05:17   0.9   2.1   0.0   7.4  27.0   16:24     W
16  19.3  25.4   15:02  12.7   05:19   1.4   2.4   0.0   9.8  30.6   17:38     W
17  19.5  24.9   14:42  13.9   09:15   0.7   1.9   0.0  12.7  41.8   12:14   WNW
18  18.0  24.7   12:59  13.3   05:44   1.7   1.4   0.0  13.3  45.4   14:16   WNW
19  16.7  21.6   14:57  12.8   23:49   2.0   0.4   0.0  12.2  40.3   14:42   ENE
20  16.4  24.9   13:19   8.6   05:54   3.2   1.3   0.0   7.5  24.5   12:27   WSW
21  17.3  21.9   16:29  13.2   01:24   1.8   0.8   2.1  18.4  49.0   15:11   WNW
22  16.6  22.3   14:15  12.0   23:58   2.2   0.4   1.8  12.7  40.3   01:52     E
23  16.8  25.2   13:15   9.8   05:37   3.0   1.5   0.0  10.8  35.6   17:25     W
24  16.9  22.8   17:59  14.2   02:50   2.0   0.6   0.9  15.2  41.8   19:53    NW
25  18.2  21.4   14:52  15.6   23:57   0.7   0.6   1.2  22.0  51.5   16:12   WNW
26  17.9  24.5   16:48  14.6   06:33   1.5   1.1   0.3   4.8  22.0   19:40   ESE
27  17.7  22.8   14:30  14.9   04:33   1.3   0.7   8.1   4.0  19.4   14:14   WSW
28  20.0  27.2   13:23  14.9   03:44   0.9   2.7   2.4   5.5  24.5   16:40   ENE
29  19.0  21.9   17:32  17.5   03:50   0.3   1.0   7.2   9.4  25.6   14:05     E
30  20.3  30.6   12:58  15.5   05:37   0.8   2.8   1.2  10.5  40.3   20:20    NW
31  17.4  21.8   15:06  13.3   06:10   1.8   0.9   0.0  17.9  47.9   11:17   WNW
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    18.3  30.6    30     8.6    20    46.2  44.9  65.7  10.7  55.1     1     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  5
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 12.6 on day 4
Days of Rain: 16 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration