Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 14 July 2026 08:40:03 NZST
Current: 11.8°C, Max: 11.8°C, Min: 8.4°C. It feels like 9.9°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High 16C. Winds NW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 9.9°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:38 | Sunset: 17:10 | Dawn: 07:08 | Dusk: 17:40
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.8 °C/hr 11.8°C, 86%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 hPa/hr 1023.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WNW (286°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 18km/h
Air Quality :  6 AQI  1.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.2mm
Sun Light : 9.9kLux, 1.3hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  78W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 08:42:52. 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 2012 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2012

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  17.4  25.7   13:14  13.3   05:32   2.1   1.2  15.3  11.0  35.6   05:25     E
 2  17.1  22.5   14:38  12.6   23:24   2.0   0.9   6.0   9.9  35.6   20:32     E
 3  17.0  21.7   15:13  12.3   04:59   2.1   0.8   0.0  12.4  31.7   01:27     E
 4  19.5  25.7   12:28  14.9   02:14   1.0   2.2   0.0   9.1  29.5   13:44     W
 5  18.4  23.0   11:42  15.4   04:44   1.0   1.1   0.0  15.1  35.6   11:19     W
 6  19.0  23.5   10:07  15.0   05:04   0.9   1.7   0.0  10.2  25.6   10:19     W
 7  19.0  26.5   13:17  13.5   05:32   1.5   2.2   2.1   4.8  23.4   23:23     N
 8  16.1  18.0   22:09  14.6   11:06   2.2   0.0  42.6  12.1  52.6   19:59     E
 9  20.9  26.5   15:28  13.5   06:12   0.9   3.5   0.0  12.4  34.2   14:52     E
10  20.1  30.8   12:21  14.0   05:49   0.8   2.6  10.8   5.4  20.9   22:04   WSW
11  20.6  26.2   12:48  17.0   05:11   0.3   2.7   0.3  10.6  27.0   11:55     W
12  22.6  29.8   11:08  16.6   02:37   0.4   4.6   0.0   7.5  27.0   13:23   WSW
13  18.2  24.8   10:00  14.8   16:59   1.0   0.9  24.6  23.3  52.6   18:13   WNW
14  18.0  22.5   11:52  14.6   05:11   1.4   1.0   4.2  28.3  56.2   02:27   WNW
15  17.3  22.3   12:47  13.9   04:04   1.9   0.8  11.7  22.0  43.9   15:02   WNW
16  17.9  22.8   12:45  12.6   04:30   2.0   1.6   0.6  12.2  30.6   09:17   WSW
17  18.7  27.6   15:12  10.0   06:12   2.2   2.6   0.0   7.4  22.0   10:33     E
18  18.8  25.6   12:52  12.3   05:46   1.6   2.2   0.0   8.9  30.6   15:10   WSW
19  18.3  23.5   14:59  14.5   05:05   1.1   1.1   0.0  18.4  49.0   17:48     W
20  18.8  24.2   15:21  16.0   22:49   0.9   1.4   0.0  18.3  46.4   13:25     W
21  18.3  24.2   14:33  13.4   06:21   1.4   1.4   0.0  12.1  30.6   18:37   WNW
22  15.8  22.6   13:16   9.0   23:07   3.1   0.6  20.4  18.2  46.4   12:53   WNW
23  15.0  22.6   12:27   6.6   06:14   4.3   1.0   0.3   7.0  28.1   16:19    SW
24  16.6  24.6   14:38  10.2   05:01   3.0   1.3   0.0   6.6  27.0   14:19   WSW
25  19.1  27.5   15:43  11.1   05:42   2.2   3.0   0.0   6.9  25.6   17:27     W
26  18.0  21.3   16:50  16.1   05:46   0.9   0.6   0.0  20.0  43.9   15:17   WNW
27  14.3  17.8   15:05  10.5   12:03   3.9   0.0   7.2  16.7  51.5   02:29   NNW
28  15.5  23.3   14:02   5.2   06:34   3.9   1.1   0.0  22.1  42.8   16:56   WNW
29  18.4  22.6   14:04  14.8   23:47   1.0   1.1   0.3  21.6  47.9   11:41   WNW
30  19.6  29.5   14:44  12.7   03:48   1.6   3.0   0.0  12.7  30.6   10:04     E
31  18.2  22.9   12:16  16.2   00:00   0.7   0.6   2.7  12.8  30.6   11:58     W
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    18.1  30.8    10     5.2    28    53.3  48.8 149.1  13.1  56.2    14     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  5
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 42.6 on day 8
Days of Rain: 15 (> 0.2 mm)  11 (> 2.0 mm)  3 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration