Make a Donation to Palmy Weather - Live weather from the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand

Thank you for your donation!

Your donation you kindly made will assist with the ongoing maintenance and costs involved in providing the Palmy Weather service to the community and allows for us to invest in new hardware and software technologies.

Good Evening - Today was: Saturday, 16 May 2026 20:43:55 NZST

FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 8C. Winds SE at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 10.0°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.

Last weather station contact: Saturday, 16 May 2026 at 20:46:43. Updated in seconds
Weather Forecast	Temperature	:	11.2°C, 81%	Pressure	:	1039.1hPa	Fire Danger
	Wind Speed	:	SE 4km/h	Wind Gust	:	9km/h
	Air Quality	:	10 AQI 2.8ug/m³	Rainfall	:	0.0mm
	Sun Light	:	0Lux, 4.5hrs	Solar UV	:	0.0UVI 0W/m²

The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom

News

⛅ 16 May 2026 7:58PM: Quakes shake top of South Island (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 6:48PM: Tauranga flight turned around due to lanterns in flight path (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 6:31PM: WorkSafe charges Scott Technology over worker death (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 3:12PM: Government confirms NCEA replacement details (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 3:10PM: Kayaker dies after suffering medical event off Auckland's Hobsonville Marina (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 11:44AM: Whangārei driver arrested after doing burnout in front of police (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 9:29AM: Papakura woman arrested after police find hoard of gas heating equipment, LPG bottles (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 7:29AM: Country Life: Northland's storms test award-winning farm with 'million-dollar' herd (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 5:02AM: Big screens, small towns, booming audiences (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 16 May 2026 4:52AM: Auckland electrician's suspicions spark cannabis bust in Ōtāhuhu (rnz.co.nz) 10/10

Weather Warnings

WEATHER STATION WARNING
High pressure has been detected

You do not have Javascript enabled and cannot see all our weather information.

Weather Forecast

Tonight

8°C

Clouds Early, Clearing Late

Tomorrow

14°C

Partly Cloudy

Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 8C. Winds SE at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 11%

7 day weather Forecast

Moon & Sun Forecast

Moonrise
06:15
Moonset
16:13
Visibility
0%

Sunrise
07:18
Sunset
17:11
Day Length
9.53 Hrs

Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 1min 50s less daylight tomorrow

More Moon Information

System Information

Station Is Online
Updated: 20:46:43 16/05/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 121 days 1 hours
Prgm Up: 121 days 1 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

Like what we do? Would you like to make a donation to our website?

Like what we do? Would you like to make a donation to our website? Help support the Palmy Weather website by purchasing us "a ray of sunshine" through our "PayPal" donation portal.
We will use these contributions as an income stream to assist with our web hosting, domain registration, hardware and upgrades along with advertising the brand so we can keep providing Palmy Weather to our local community for free.

Donations are made through the well established "PayPal" service which can accept credit/debit card payments and may other payment methods. We let our contributes choose as much or as little as they can afford when making their donation.

Why am I buying "a ray of sunshine"? To tie things back to our Palmy Weather website, we chose "a ray of sunshine" as metaphorical, symbolic object our contributors can purchase. We hope it will bring a smile and joy to those who donate.

Thank you for your donation, we greatly appreciate it.

Please note: "Palmy Weather" is a small privately owned weather website servicing Palmerston North, New Zealand. We are in no way a charity organisation and therefore donations are not tax deductible or valid for any rebates. Please ensure you read the Terms and Conditions on the "PayPal" and their affiliated platforms before making an online donation. Note: "PayPal" charges "Palmy Weather" a fee of up to 5% from each transaction received dependent on payment method used.