Midday - Today is: Friday, 30 October 2026 12:38:44 NZDT
FORECAST:
Windy with showers and thunderstorms likely. High near 15C. Winds W at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Locally heavier rainfall possible. It feels like 8.1°C. A windproof and 4 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
15°C Thunderstorms, Wind |
Tonight
5°C Mostly Cloudy, Wind |
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Windy with showers and thunderstorms likely. High near 15C. Winds W at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Locally heavier rainfall possible.
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise -----
Moonset 08:40
Visibility 81%
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Sunrise
06:09
Sunset
19:54
Day Length
13.45 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 24s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 12:38:47 30/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 79 days 16 hours
Prgm Up: 28 days 17 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 2014
Annual Climatological Summary for 2014
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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14 1 23.4 12.4 17.4 -0.5 64 35 29.6 25 7.3 28 2 0 0 0
14 2 25.4 14.5 19.2 1.0 34 58 33.6 19 10.7 24 9 0 0 0
14 3 23.0 11.8 16.7 0.1 81 30 29.7 16 5.5 4 3 0 0 0
14 4 20.6 11.5 15.5 1.4 85 16 26.2 4 5.1 27 0 0 0 0
14 5 17.0 7.8 11.9 0.5 227 1 22.8 4 -0.6 27 0 0 1 0
14 6 15.6 7.8 11.2 1.9 227 0 19.0 8 3.4 23 0 0 0 0
14 7 13.2 4.5 8.5 -0.1 304 0 18.3 31 -1.1 17 0 0 3 0
14 8 14.1 5.1 9.3 -0.1 279 0 20.3 2 -0.3 9 0 0 2 0
14 9 17.3 7.9 12.1 1.0 189 2 23.5 3 1.4 23 0 0 0 0
14 10 18.8 8.4 13.2 0.5 167 6 24.1 28 1.8 25 0 0 0 0
14 11 19.0 10.1 13.9 -0.5 135 4 24.5 9 5.8 13 0 0 0 0
14 12 22.5 12.9 17.1 0.7 72 35 28.2 29 6.7 2 3 0 0 0
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19.2 9.6 13.8 0.5 1870 192 33.6 Feb -1.1 Jul 17 0 6 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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14 1 67.5 2.5 11.7 26 18 10 0
14 2 22.5 -39.5 20.7 8 4 1 1
14 3 5.7 -68.3 3.3 5 3 1 0
14 4 93.6 17.6 21.9 16 16 10 1
14 5 103.3 9.3 50.1 24 12 10 1
14 6 65.1 -21.9 15.3 26 12 7 0
14 7 14.7 -79.3 3.6 2 11 4 0
14 8 65.5 -16.5 25.8 3 12 7 1
14 9 60.6 -22.4 20.7 14 11 6 1
14 10 58.5 -31.5 14.4 6 13 7 0
14 11 73.2 -4.8 14.4 12 17 12 0
14 12 90.6 7.6 41.1 10 14 8 1
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720.8-247.2 50.1 May 143 83 6
Wind Speed (km/h)
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YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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14 1 13.1 69.8 23 WNW
14 2 12.1 54.0 13 NW
14 3 10.2 55.1 15 WNW
14 4 9.3 63.7 17 ENE
14 5 9.1 69.8 23 NW
14 6 8.5 83.2 12 ENE
14 7 8.9 55.1 5 ENE
14 8 9.7 54.0 14 N
14 9 11.5 67.3 20 NNE
14 10 12.9 72.4 6 WNW
14 11 16.5 63.7 22 WNW
14 12 12.3 54.0 13 SE
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11.2 83.2 Jun NNW