Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 24 August 2026 09:19:14 NZST
Current: 11.8°C, Max: 11.9°C, Min: 6.4°C. It feels like 10.2°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High around 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 10.2°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:55 | Sunset: 17:47 | Dawn: 06:27 | Dusk: 18:14
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.7 °C/hr 11.8°C, 78%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 hPa/hr 1026.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NW (313°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 12km/h
Air Quality :  18 AQI  5.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 40.3klx, 1.9hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  318W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 24 August 2026 at 09:25:18. 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