Good Afternoon - Today was: Sunday, 19 April 2026 17:42:41 NZST
Current: 14.5°C, Max: 21.0°C, Min: 10.7°C. It feels like 14.5°C
FORECAST: Thunderstorms during the evening will give way to cloudy skies after midnight. Low near 10C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 100%. It feels like 14.5°C. A waterproof and 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 06:51 | Sunset: 17:43 | Dawn: 06:23 | Dusk: 18:10
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -2.0 °C/hr 14.5°C, 88%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 hPa/hr 1000.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SSE (153°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 8km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 11.8mm
Sun Light : 253.2Lux, 5.2hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  2W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 19 April 2026 at 17:43:20. Updated in seconds

 The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom
  News  

19 Apr 2026 4:47PM: Live: States of local emergency declared as Civil Defence warns of possible life-threatening flooding (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 19 Apr 2026 3:45PM: Rough sleepers housed under Wellington partnership but still not enough (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 19 Apr 2026 2:58PM: 'The song is a tribute to the resilience of coastal people' (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 19 Apr 2026 2:04PM: Kerikeri Salvation Army store fire likely deliberately lit, investigator says (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 19 Apr 2026 1:26PM: Police launch homicide investigation after three people killed in Hastings (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 19 Apr 2026 12:04PM: NZDF in wargame based on Russian nuke taking out satellites (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 19 Apr 2026 10:58AM: NZTA receives 800 submissions on dropping highway speed near Levin (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 19 Apr 2026 10:23AM: One person dead after Napier house fire (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 19 Apr 2026 9:38AM: Why are people having less sex? (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 19 Apr 2026 9:38AM: Do you taste words or hear colours? Here’s the neuroscience behind synaesthesia (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        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
---------------------------------------------
 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
---------------------------------------------
      1025.4  92.4  91.8  Jun  146   88   10

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 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
------------------------------
         6.9  99.0  Sep   WNW