A very early Good Morning - Today is: Saturday, 24 October 2026 01:30:29 NZDT
FORECAST:
Overcast. Low 9C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 11.6°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Tonight
9°C Cloudy |
Tomorrow
18°C AM Clouds, PM Sun |
Overcast. Low 9C. Winds light and variable. Chance of Rain: 4%
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 17:36
Moonset 04:52
Visibility 91%
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Sunrise
06:17
Sunset
19:48
Day Length
13.30 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 30s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 01:33:07 24/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 73 days 5 hours
Prgm Up: 22 days 6 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)
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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