Good Afternoon - Today is: Wednesday, 16 September 2026 13:34:13 NZST
FORECAST:
Generally cloudy. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 10.8°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom
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16 Sep 2026 1:33PM: Man pleads not guilty over murder of two people in Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 1/10
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16 Sep 2026 1:28PM: Māori health and arts leader John Broughton dies (rnz.co.nz) 2/10
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16 Sep 2026 1:20PM: Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live with HIV (rnz.co.nz) 3/10
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16 Sep 2026 11:49AM: Tom Phillips inquiry exposes multiple mistakes by police and Oranga Tamariki (rnz.co.nz) 9/10
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16 Sep 2026 11:39AM: Fiji declares HIV emergency as epidemic grows (rnz.co.nz) 10/10
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Weather Forecast
Today
15°C Cloudy |
Tonight
10°C Mostly Cloudy |
Generally cloudy. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of Rain: 4%
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 08:18
Moonset 23:43
Visibility 24%
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Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
18:08
Day Length
11.50 Hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 36s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 13:35:53 16/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 35 days 18 hours
Prgm Up: 35 days 18 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 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)
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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