Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 10 April 2026 15:53:14 NZST
Current: 23.5°C, Max: 24.1°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 22.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. Low 12C. Winds ESE at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 22.5°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 06:41 | Sunset: 17:56 | Dawn: 06:14 | Dusk: 18:23
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.3 °C/hr 23.5°C, 47%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 hPa/hr 1017.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SE (130°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 21km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 30.5kLux, 7.5hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  241W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 10 April 2026 at 15:57:52. 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 2011 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2011

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
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 1  18.0  22.9   04:12  14.0   13:12   0.3   0.0   0.0  14.0  27.0   01:12   WNW
 2  17.3  22.3   00:42  14.5   17:43   1.0   0.0   2.4  10.4  31.7   01:12    NW
 3  14.5  20.9   23:43  11.6   10:43   3.8   0.0   0.6   9.6  22.0   06:13     E
 4  15.3  23.0   01:13   8.9   15:43   3.0   0.0   0.0   7.8  24.5   08:43    SE
 5  17.1  22.2   22:43  12.3   16:13   1.2   0.0   0.0  11.9  35.6   23:13   WNW
 6  17.2  21.1   01:13  15.4   10:13   1.1   0.0   0.6  23.7  41.8   16:43    NW
 7  18.6  28.7   23:14  11.7   15:43   0.0   0.3   0.3  11.7  36.7   03:13    NW
 8  20.6  29.5   01:14  14.8   13:44   0.0   2.3   0.0   4.5  12.2   00:44   WNW
 9  20.2  29.4   00:14  17.7   13:14   0.0   1.9   4.8   6.4  14.8   01:14     W
10  20.2  25.5   23:44  14.7   16:14   0.0   1.9   0.0   6.3  23.4   23:44    SE
11  20.0  25.2   00:14  16.5   15:14   0.0   1.7   0.0  14.9  28.1   04:44     E
12  18.2  24.9   00:14 -19.1   20:44   0.1   0.0  17.7   5.9  15.8   01:44     E
13  21.5  26.9   23:45  18.7   11:15   0.0   3.2  14.7   4.0   9.7   01:14    SW
14  22.8  28.2   02:15  19.3   13:45   0.0   4.5   6.0   5.0  13.3   20:45   ENE
15  19.7  25.2   23:15  16.2   12:45   0.0   1.4  16.5   1.8   7.2   23:15    NE
16  22.2  30.2   21:45  19.4   08:15   0.0   3.9   1.8   7.9  39.2   23:15   WNW
17  19.5  29.6   00:15  16.1   13:45   0.0   1.2   5.1  10.6  31.7   01:15   WNW
18  19.5  24.7   03:16  14.1   14:46   0.0   1.2   0.6  17.9  31.7   11:16   WNW
19  18.7  25.1   02:16  15.1   16:46   0.0   0.4   0.0  16.7  45.4   23:46   WNW
20  16.9  21.5   23:46  12.8   14:46   1.4   0.0   0.0  21.6  47.9   00:16   WNW
21  16.5  21.6   00:46  12.1   11:46   1.8   0.0   0.0  11.0  28.1   02:16    NW
22  19.1  29.2   23:46  15.2   12:46   0.0   0.8   0.0  11.6  27.0   00:46   WNW
23  24.1  30.3   03:16  19.4   22:47   0.0   5.8   5.1  16.3  42.8   21:17    NW
24  17.9  25.7   23:47  13.1   16:17   0.4   0.0   0.9  14.8  58.7   01:47    NW
25  20.9  28.5   22:47  14.5   16:17   0.0   2.6   0.0   7.3  23.4   05:47     E
26  19.7  27.8   00:17  15.4   15:17   0.0   1.4   0.0   9.5  20.9   04:17   WNW
27  20.4  27.1   23:17  15.7   18:47   0.0   2.1   0.0   8.9  20.9   03:47    NW
28  18.6  24.2   20:48  12.4   13:48   0.0   0.3   0.0   8.6  25.6   20:18     N
29  20.3  27.0   23:18  13.1   15:48   0.0   2.0   0.0   8.4  24.5   01:48   WNW
30  21.4  28.8   23:18  14.2   15:18   0.0   3.1   0.0   7.0  20.9   00:18     W
31  23.5  31.0   01:18  18.0   13:18   0.0   5.2   0.0   6.3  13.3   00:18     E
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    19.4  31.0    31   -19.1    12    14.1  47.2  77.1  10.4  58.7    24      NW

Max >=  27.0: 14
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  1
Min <= -18.0:  1
Max Rain: 17.7 on day 12
Days of Rain: 14 (> 0.2 mm)  8 (> 2.0 mm)  0 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration