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Good Afternoon - Today is: Monday, 26 October 2026 13:54:00 NZDT
Current: 18.0°C, Max: 18.9°C, Min: 10.0°C. It feels like 14.1°C
FORECAST: A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. High near 20C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. It feels like 14.1°C. A windproof and 2 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 18.0°C, 66%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 hPa/hr 1013.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Moderate breeze (F4) from WSW (257°)   WSW  23km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 49km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 116.1klx, 4.4hrs   Solar UV :  8.0UVI  917W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 26 October 2026 at 13:56:43. 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 2015
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 14 21 15   Lon: E 175 37 32

                  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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 15  1  26.4  14.7  19.9   2.0    31    82  30.6  25  10.2   21   11    0    0    0
 15  2  23.8  14.0  18.6   0.4    40    49  28.9  20   8.0    7    2    0    0    0
 15  3  23.7  13.6  18.0   1.4    53    44  27.9   5   5.8   20    4    0    0    0
 15  4  19.6  10.7  14.8   0.7   117    12  25.7   6   3.8   15    0    0    0    0
 15  5  17.0   7.0  11.7   0.3   204     1  23.6  24  -0.5   13    0    0    2    0
 15  6  14.0   6.8  10.4   1.1   238     0  19.1  13   0.5   17    0    0    0    0
 15  7  13.3   4.6   8.6   0.0   300     0  21.6  27  -0.7   14    0    0    4    0
 15  8  15.1   5.0   9.4   0.0   275     0  20.4  17  -1.6   12    0    0    3    0
 15  9  15.3   7.2  10.9  -0.2   222     0  18.8  13  -0.3    5    0    0    1    0
 15 10  18.0   9.5  13.4   0.7   154     2  21.6  23   3.5    9    0    0    0    0
 15 11  19.7  10.0  14.5   0.1   128    13  26.7  30   2.5    6    0    0    0    0
 15 12  22.7  12.8  16.2  -0.2    61    31  29.7  28   9.3   18    3    0    0    0
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        19.0   9.7  13.9   0.5  1821   233  30.6 Jan  -1.6  Aug   17    0    9    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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 15  1  17.7 -47.3  11.4  15     5    2    0
 15  2  75.3  13.3  24.9   1     7    7    1
 15  3  64.5  -9.5  16.8  29     8    8    0
 15  4 173.1  97.1  43.2   9    13    9    3
 15  5 104.4  55.4  43.8  15    13    7    1
 15  6 181.7  94.7  91.8  20    17   10    1
 15  7  45.6 -48.4  10.8   6    14    7    0
 15  8  86.0   4.0  22.5   4    15    6    1
 15  9  75.2  -7.8  17.4  23    15   11    0
 15 10  80.1  -9.9  21.2  22    13    8    1
 15 11  50.7 -27.3  14.7  28    12    6    0
 15 12  71.1 -21.9  20.4   1    14    7    2
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      1025.4  92.4  91.8  Jun  146   88   10

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 15  1  11.3  46.4   25   NNE
 15  2  11.2  57.6    5     W
 15  3   7.1  58.7    7     E
 15  4   8.2  55.1   29    NW
 15  5   6.7  50.0   13   WNW
 15  6   9.4  64.8   29   WNW
 15  7   3.0  40.3    3   WNW
 15  8   0.5  35.6   19    NW
 15  9   4.1  99.0    3   SSE
 15 10   8.4  54.0   16   WNW
 15 11   7.0  56.2   22     W
 15 12   6.4  58.4   13   WSW
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         6.9  99.0  Sep   WNW