Good Evening - Today was: Monday, 8 December 2025 20:08:19 NZDT
Current: 19.5°C, Max: 23.6°C, Min: 11.0°C. It feels like 20.5°C
FORECAST: Overcast. Low 14C. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 20.5°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 05:41 | Sunset: 20:38 | Dawn: 05:08 | Dusk: 21:11
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.1 °C/hr 19.5°C, 76%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1018.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WNW (283°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 7km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  1.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 1.5kLux, 5.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  12W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 08 December 2025 at 20:12:53. 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 2020
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2020

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  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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 20  1  24.2  13.4  18.2   0.3    48    45  29.2  21   8.5   15    4    0    0    0
 20  2  26.1  14.0  19.1   0.9    39    62  31.4   4  10.4    9    9    0    0    0
 20  3  22.8  11.3  15.9  -0.7    98    25  28.8   3   5.0   12    4    0    0    0
 20  4  20.1   8.4  13.7  -0.4   145     6  24.5  12   3.4   15    0    0    0    0
 20  5  17.2   6.8  11.4   0.0   216     1  23.7   2  -1.1   21    0    0    1    0
 20  6  15.1   7.4  10.8   1.5   223     0  17.6  23   1.1   10    0    0    0    0
 20  7  13.8   4.7   8.8   0.2   295     0  17.8  20  -0.9    3    0    0    1    0
 20  8  15.6   5.0   9.7   0.3   269     0  18.8  23  -1.4   15    0    0    3    0
 20  9  16.1   6.5  10.9  -0.2   223     0  22.2  26   0.3    4    0    0    0    0
 20 10  19.7   8.9  13.7   1.0   151     8  24.3  31   2.0    1    0    0    0    0
 20 11  21.4  10.3  15.1   0.7   109    12  29.0   4   3.1   23    1    0    0    0
 20 12  22.6  11.5  16.4   0.0    82    23  26.8  10   5.6    2    0    0    0    0
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        19.5   9.0  13.6   0.3  1898   183  31.4 Feb  -1.4  Aug   18    0    5    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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 20  1  12.2 -52.8   5.6  13     5    3    0
 20  2  23.0 -39.0  16.2  22     7    3    0
 20  3  29.4 -44.6  10.4  28     9    5    0
 20  4  36.8 -39.2  19.4  17    11    3    0
 20  5  47.4  -1.6  16.2  25     5    5    0
 20  6  36.8 -50.2  12.6  18    10    5    0
 20  7  31.0 -63.0   7.0   8    16    5    0
 20  8  28.8 -53.2   8.3  21    14    5    0
 20  9  82.6  -0.4  22.6  18    18   11    1
 20 10  31.8 -58.2  12.0  27     8    4    0
 20 11  59.6 -18.4  26.8  25    17    7    1
 20 12  58.2 -34.8  14.4   8    11    6    0
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       477.6-455.4  26.8  Nov  131   62    2

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 20  1   6.7  85.6    6     W
 20  2   6.1  80.0    2     W
 20  3   5.3  55.5   17    SW
 20  4   5.2  87.2   13   WNW
 20  5   4.0  52.6    7   NNE
 20  6   5.0  77.1    7   NNE
 20  7   5.3  57.7   23   NNE
 20  8   4.7  59.1    9    NW
 20  9   8.2 103.1   28   WNW
 20 10   6.5  61.3    6   WNW
 20 11   6.2  92.3   21   WNW
 20 12   6.8  77.1    5   WNW
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         5.8 103.1  Sep   WNW