Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 26 December 2025 11:26:40 NZDT
Current: 21.1°C, Max: 21.2°C, Min: 11.0°C. It feels like 20.2°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies with periods of rain this afternoon. High 22C. Winds NW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. It feels like 20.2°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain, very unsettled | Sunrise: 05:47 | Sunset: 20:49 | Dawn: 05:14 | Dusk: 21:23
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 °C/hr 21.1°C, 60%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1000.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WNW (299°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 25km/h
Air Quality :  2 AQI  0.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 14.8kLux, 2.0hrs   Solar UV :  1.4UVI  117W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 26 December 2025 at 11:32:37. 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 2019 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 ft  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  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  20.8  29.3   13:51  15.6   23:59   0.5   3.0   0.0   5.8  46.1   12:22   WNW
02  18.9  23.4   17:59  14.8   05:13   0.9   1.4   0.0   3.1  26.7   13:51   WSW
03  19.2  26.7   11:26  15.2   15:52   0.6   1.6   6.4   8.7  68.5   14:55    NW
04  18.6  24.1   14:17  13.5   05:05   1.4   1.8   0.0  10.5  57.7   18:34   WNW
05  18.2  24.2   11:28  14.0   23:54   1.4   1.3   0.0  10.8  54.1   11:35     W
06  18.5  24.1   08:02  11.7   05:21   1.9   2.1   0.0   7.7  58.4   18:01     W
07  19.5  27.2   13:49  11.4   04:16   1.8   3.0   0.0   5.5  46.9   13:18   WNW
08  17.2  22.7   13:28  14.4   22:33   1.6   0.5  25.4   4.2  49.0   17:18    NW
09  16.4  22.3   15:43  12.3   23:34   2.6   0.7   0.0   7.0  38.2   14:27     W
10  16.3  23.1   15:31   8.7   05:36   3.0   1.0   0.0   5.9  49.0   18:00   ENE
11  18.2  26.7   17:25  11.0   04:47   2.2   2.1   0.0   6.4  58.4   09:23     E
12  19.3  25.5   17:31  13.8   04:05   1.3   2.3   0.0   6.6  38.9   14:35   ESE
13  18.8  24.8   14:40  13.3   04:03   1.3   1.8   0.0   6.2  38.9   11:22     W
14  17.9  21.9   11:24  14.3   06:10   1.2   0.9   0.0   9.6  49.0   15:13     W
15  17.7  23.1   16:06  11.9   03:59   1.8   1.2   0.0   7.6  49.7   15:45     W
16  19.1  27.9   13:10  15.0   04:49   0.8   1.6  12.0   2.8  31.0   13:40   WSW
17  20.0  26.4   15:02  16.4   23:54   0.3   2.1   1.4   3.7  33.2   17:37   ENE
18  14.1  18.0   16:24  11.3   08:35   4.2   0.0  14.4   5.2  38.2   14:08   NNE
19  15.3  20.3   13:32  11.8   02:55   3.1   0.1   0.0  10.3  44.7   13:10   WNW
20  15.6  20.9   13:37  10.8   23:51   3.0   0.2   7.0  10.0  49.0   14:42   WNW
21  15.1  20.9   15:20   9.0   05:45   3.4   0.2   1.6   4.9  36.0   11:12    SE
22  16.7  26.4   14:04   6.8   05:24   3.5   1.8   0.0   3.8  31.0   16:39    NW
23  17.7  25.5   08:26  11.1   04:54   2.1   1.5   0.0   5.2  37.5   18:37   ESE
24  18.0  22.3   13:26  14.4   23:52   1.2   1.0   0.0   5.9  36.8   12:33    SE
25  16.9  23.1   14:14  13.1   05:52   2.3   0.9   0.0   6.8  37.5   18:53     E
26  17.3  24.2   15:09  13.2   02:32   2.0   1.1   0.0   5.0  46.9   18:00     E
27  17.1  21.6   12:09  13.3   03:59   1.9   0.6   0.0   8.4  46.1   15:00     W
28  17.3  22.1   15:38  12.5   23:20   1.9   0.9   0.0   9.3  44.7   07:43     W
29  16.9  23.6   08:20  11.2   05:15   2.3   1.0   0.0   9.3  53.4   19:14   WNW
30  17.2  22.3   17:29  13.7   05:42   1.7   0.6   4.2   6.7  38.9   14:53   WNW
31  18.8  26.3   15:11  12.5   05:56   1.6   2.2   0.0   5.0  38.9   18:38     S
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    17.7  29.3     1     6.8    22    58.8  40.5  72.4   6.7  68.5     3     WNW

Max >=  27.0  3
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 25.4 on day 8
Days of Rain: 8 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration