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FORECAST:
Rain and wind. Morning high of 16C with temps falling to 8 to 10. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around 6mm. Locally heavy rainfall possible. It feels like 12.5°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
16°C |
Tonight
2°C |
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Rain and wind. Morning high of 16C with temps falling to 8 to 10. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around 6mm. Locally heavy rainfall possible.
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise
19:57
Moonset
06:51
Visibility
100%
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Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
18:19
Day Length
12.18 hrs
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Moon Phase: Full Moon
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 3min 8s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 04:41:53 27/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 46 days 8 hours
Prgm Up: 46 days 8 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 2016
Annual Climatological Summary for 2016
Name: City Centre City: Palmerston North State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m Lat: S 40 20 57 Lon: E 175 36 55
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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16 1 25.6 15.6 20.0 2.1 21 75 32.1 17 9.7 5 8 0 0 0
16 2 28.2 17.7 22.0 3.8 5 107 32.9 3 10.7 26 20 0 0 0
16 3 24.5 14.0 18.4 1.8 51 53 33.7 7 8.6 13 10 0 0 0
16 4 20.8 10.7 15.3 1.2 102 12 24.3 1 5.0 14 0 0 0 0
16 5 17.9 10.7 13.9 2.5 126 3 22.3 4 4.9 23 0 0 0 0
16 6 14.8 6.8 9.7 0.4 252 0 18.1 22 1.4 8 0 0 0 0
16 7 14.2 5.6 9.7 1.1 266 0 19.6 23 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
16 8 14.4 5.8 9.7 0.3 267 0 17.9 30 -1.0 8 0 0 1 0
16 9 16.4 9.1 12.2 1.1 183 0 21.3 30 2.8 1 0 0 0 0
16 10 19.1 9.6 13.7 1.0 146 3 22.6 24 4.3 30 0 0 0 0
16 11 19.7 11.6 15.0 0.6 103 5 23.0 15 5.9 1 0 0 0 0
16 12 22.7 12.5 17.1 0.7 72 66 28.5 9 6.8 13 2 0 0 0
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19.9 10.8 14.7 1.4 1594 324 33.7 Mar -1.0 Aug 40 0 1 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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16 1 59.1 -5.9 18.0 19 10 7 0
16 2 29.3 -32.7 9.3 18 7 5 0
16 3 63.9 -10.1 36.0 17 9 5 1
16 4 36.6 -39.4 12.9 2 7 4 0
16 5 194.1 145.1 53.4 5 21 16 1
16 6 61.2 -25.8 14.1 12 15 6 0
16 7 88.8 -5.2 17.4 14 17 10 0
16 8 89.9 7.9 27.0 27 12 7 2
16 9 70.7 -12.3 13.2 18 14 10 0
16 10 88.6 -1.4 21.6 9 19 13 1
16 11 128.8 50.8 45.3 7 19 13 1
16 12 59.2 -33.8 28.8 15 12 7 1
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970.2 37.2 53.4 May 162 103 7
Wind Speed (km/h)
Dom
YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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16 1 6.1 61.3 15 WSW
16 2 3.8 60.6 19 S
16 3 4.1 55.5 10 ENE
16 4 4.1 88.7 3 NW
16 5 5.4 67.8 2 W
16 6 3.5 54.8 11 NW
16 7 6.6 94.4 24 W
16 8 6.4 85.3 6 ESE
16 9 6.9 72.8 5 W
16 10 5.6 85.1 8 W
16 11 7.4 116.1 27 W
16 12 6.5 96.6 15 W
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5.5 116.1 Nov W
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