Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 27 February 2026 11:34:10 NZDT
Current: 17.1°C, Max: 18.5°C, Min: 15.8°C. It feels like 16.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. High 19C. SE winds at 5 to 10 km/h, increasing to 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 16.5°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:57 | Sunset: 20:03 | Dawn: 06:29 | Dusk: 20:31
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 17.1°C, 79%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 hPa/hr 1018.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SE (135°) 8km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 20km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 1.1mm
Sun Light : 26.6kLux, 1.3hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  210W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 27 February 2026 at 11:35:19. 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