Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 25 September 2026 08:06:00 NZST
FORECAST:
Partly cloudy this morning. Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 50%. It feels like 7.0°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
15°C PM Showers |
Tonight
8°C Light Rain |
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Partly cloudy this morning. Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 50%.
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 16:41
Moonset 05:06
Visibility 96%
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Sunrise
06:03
Sunset
18:17
Day Length
12.13 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 37s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 08:06:20 25/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 44 days 12 hours
Prgm Up: 44 days 12 hours
System Rollover: Midnight
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
Elevation: 27m (89ft)
Station Environment: Urban
Hardware: Ecowitt Wittboy WS90, GW3000, WH31, WH45, WH51, WH40H, WN34S, WH57
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
Annual Climatological Summary for 2013
Name: City Centre City: Palmerston North State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m Lat: S 40° 21' 15" Lon: E 175° 37' 34"
Temperature (°C), Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3
Dep. Heat Cool Max Max Min Min
Mean Mean From Deg Deg >= <= <= <=
YR MO Max Min Mean Norm Days Days Hi Date Low Date 27.0 0.0 0.0 -18.0
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13 1 25.7 13.3 19.1 1.2 47 70 31.9 30 7.5 18 11 0 0 0
13 2 26.4 13.9 19.4 1.1 38 67 30.4 19 7.5 6 13 0 0 0
13 3 25.4 13.0 18.3 1.7 56 57 29.9 11 8.2 21 10 0 0 0
13 4 20.4 11.7 15.6 1.5 93 11 27.0 3 4.5 11 1 0 0 0
13 5 17.5 8.0 12.1 0.7 194 2 24.2 4 0.0 30 0 0 1 0
13 6 14.6 6.8 10.2 0.9 243 0 20.0 17 1.2 24 0 0 0 0
13 7 14.5 7.0 10.2 1.6 252 0 17.7 29 1.4 16 0 0 0 0
13 8 16.2 7.6 11.6 2.2 207 0 19.5 8 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
13 9 17.1 8.5 12.2 1.1 184 0 20.7 20 0.7 18 0 0 0 0
13 10 19.2 10.2 14.3 1.6 129 5 23.1 31 5.1 10 0 0 0 0
13 11 22.4 12.8 16.8 2.4 72 28 28.9 24 8.2 2 3 0 0 0
13 12 24.2 13.8 18.3 1.9 46 44 30.6 30 8.6 20 5 0 0 0
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20.3 10.6 14.8 1.5 1566 290 31.9 Jan 0.0 May 43 0 1 0
Precipitation (mm)
Dep. Max Days of Rain
From Obs. >=
YR MO Total Norm Day Date 0.2 2.0 20.0
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13 1 35.1 -29.9 13.2 3 9 6 0
13 2 31.8 -30.2 25.5 4 2 2 1
13 3 49.8 -24.2 37.8 18 4 2 1
13 4 117.9 41.9 32.4 9 18 10 2
13 5 60.3 -33.7 20.7 18 12 4 1
13 6 85.5 -1.5 22.8 20 17 8 1
13 7 31.8 -62.2 10.2 11 15 4 0
13 8 46.8 -35.2 14.7 17 11 6 0
13 9 111.3 28.3 22.8 28 16 11 2
13 10 125.7 35.7 53.1 15 14 9 2
13 11 76.2 -1.8 27.9 28 7 7 2
13 12 65.7 -17.3 12.6 4 16 9 0
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837.9-130.1 53.1 Oct 141 78 12
Wind Speed (km/h)
Dom
YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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13 1 12.9 61.2 8 WNW
13 2 9.5 41.8 16 NE
13 3 8.0 46.4 4 E
13 4 10.6 47.9 26 NNW
13 5 6.4 49.0 26 NNE
13 6 6.8 40.3 16 NNE
13 7 8.9 51.5 25 NW
13 8 10.3 46.4 14 ENE
13 9 12.4 55.1 28 WNW
13 10 13.3 64.8 14 WNW
13 11 10.7 51.5 30 ENE
13 12 10.7 55.1 1 WNW
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10.0 64.8 Oct NNW