A new day, a new dawn - Today is: Saturday, 16 May 2026 06:01:31 NZST
Current: 10.0°C, Max: 11.0°C, Min: 9.9°C. It feels like 8.0°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. High 13C. Winds SE at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 8.0°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:18 | Sunset: 17:11 | Dawn: 06:48 | Dusk: 17:40
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 10.0°C, 81%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.0 hPa/hr 1038.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ENE (73°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 15km/h
Air Quality :  14 AQI  3.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 16 May 2026 at 06:04:13. 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 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)
                          Dom
 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