A very early Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 1 December 2025 02:09:46 NZDT
Current: 15.8°C, Max: 18.2°C, Min: 15.6°C. It feels like 15.2°C
FORECAST: Mainly cloudy. Low around 15C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. It feels like 15.2°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, possible showers early | Sunrise: 05:42 | Sunset: 20:31 | Dawn: 05:10 | Dusk: 21:04
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 °C/hr 15.8°C, 89%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 hPa/hr 997.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from W (265°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 22km/h
Air Quality :  2 AQI  0.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.7mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 01 December 2025 at 02:13:43. 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 2017
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2017

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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 17  1  21.9  13.2  17.0  -0.9    61    22  27.8  28   6.2    5    1    0    0    0
 17  2  24.2  14.1  18.5   0.3    39    44  28.9  28   9.7   10    3    0    0    0
 17  3  22.5  13.8  17.4   0.8    56    28  28.5  10   9.1   16    1    0    0    0
 17  4  19.9  10.4  13.4  -0.7   169     8  23.9  11   5.0   21    0    0    0    0
 17  5  16.1   7.0  11.3  -0.1   216     0  21.8  10   1.1   21    0    0    0    0
 17  6  14.5   5.4   9.6   0.3   260     0  17.4  20   0.9   15    0    0    0    0
 17  7  13.5   4.9   9.1   0.5   284     0  17.4  19   0.0   29    0    0    1    0
 17  8  15.8   6.7  10.7   1.3   235     0  21.8  28   1.1   24    0    0    0    0
 17  9  16.7   8.4  12.0   0.9   189     1  22.2  15   2.7   12    0    0    0    0
 17 10  18.4  10.5  13.8   1.1   142     4  23.8  31   3.6   19    0    0    0    0
 17 11  21.9  11.1  15.6   1.2   101    21  28.4  28   7.5   16    2    0    0    0
 17 12  24.9  13.3  18.4   2.0    50    55  30.6   7   7.3   28    6    0    0    0
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        19.2   9.9  13.9   0.6  1803   183  30.6 Dec   0.0  Jul   13    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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 17  1  69.5   4.5  29.3   3    15    7    1
 17  2  64.2   2.2  28.4  17    10    5    2
 17  3  76.0   2.0  13.4  30    12    9    0
 17  4 163.4  87.4  40.8   4    13    9    3
 17  5  92.2  43.2  29.8  24    14    8    1
 17  6  22.0 -65.0   8.0   6    12    4    0
 17  7  79.3 -14.7  23.3  13    19   10    1
 17  8  55.3 -26.7  10.0   1    15   11    0
 17  9  85.0   2.0  24.8   9    21   10    1
 17 10  44.7 -45.3   8.4  11    18    7    0
 17 11   8.8 -69.2   6.2   8     5    1    0
 17 12  32.0 -61.0  28.0  20     4    2    1
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       792.4-140.6  40.8  Apr  158   83   10

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 17  1   9.7 103.8   15   WNW
 17  2   6.6  77.1   13   WNW
 17  3   5.4 103.8    4   NNW
 17  4   3.2  99.5    6    NE
 17  5   3.0  98.8   19   WNW
 17  6   3.6  80.8   14   NNE
 17  7   4.1  88.0   15     N
 17  8   4.6  88.0   20   NNW
 17  9   7.4  95.9    8   WNW
 17 10   9.9  95.2   23   WNW
 17 11   6.2  86.5    4   WNW
 17 12   6.8  64.2   19     W
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         5.9 103.8  Jan    NW