A new day - Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 18 June 2026 00:33:35 NZST
Current: 10.2°C, Max: 10.4°C, Min: 10.2°C. It feels like 8.6°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. Low 8C. Winds ENE at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 8.6°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:40 | Sunset: 16:58 | Dawn: 07:09 | Dusk: 17:29
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hr 10.2°C, 86%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 hPa/hr 1014.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  E  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from E (99°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 10km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 18 June 2026 at 00:34:18. 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 2014 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2014

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  16.8  26.9   13:09  10.7   06:07   3.0   1.5   9.0   8.2  33.1   15:50    NW
 2  17.3  24.6   12:07  12.8   06:42   2.0   1.1   0.3  16.1  41.8   14:09     W
 3  18.1  24.7   12:29  11.3   06:14   1.8   1.7   2.4  14.7  49.0   11:41   WNW
 4  19.1  24.3   13:06  15.5   03:20   0.8   1.6   4.2  12.9  37.8   00:45     W
 5  19.1  23.3   12:18  16.1   22:55   0.4   1.2  11.4  20.0  62.3   13:10   WNW
 6  18.3  23.1   13:28  14.3   23:54   1.3   1.3   0.0  19.2  46.4   13:19   WNW
 7  16.5  25.4   12:48  11.1   06:03   2.6   0.8   0.3   5.7  22.0   22:40     W
 8  17.7  22.3   13:09  14.0   06:29   1.4   0.8   0.3  14.6  36.7   13:06   WNW
 9  14.6  18.2   16:33  12.0   08:02   3.7   0.0  11.1   5.7  22.0   19:35   ESE
10  15.4  21.7   14:24   9.0   04:59   3.5   0.6   0.0   8.3  28.1   15:55     W
11  18.7  25.4   16:58  13.6   06:26   1.6   2.0   0.0   7.5  22.0   14:36   WNW
12  17.3  21.3   15:31  15.2   08:08   1.4   0.4   0.3  19.4  51.5   19:34   WNW
13  17.6  21.9   14:25  14.6   05:27   1.4   0.7   2.7  26.2  62.3   16:12   WNW
14  17.1  21.5   14:42  13.0   04:04   2.0   0.8   0.0  14.5  37.8   11:00   WNW
15  17.6  26.3   12:27   9.8   06:10   2.8   2.1   0.0   9.4  30.6   14:19     W
16  17.1  19.1   10:31  14.1   02:25   1.3   0.1   0.3  22.5  55.1   22:31   WNW
17  17.4  22.6   15:46  11.7   21:24   1.7   0.8   0.9  22.8  66.2   01:16   WNW
18  15.1  23.2   15:20   7.5   06:09   3.9   0.7   0.0   5.8  28.1   17:01   WSW
19  17.0  23.5   14:32  10.8   03:02   2.6   1.3   0.0  13.6  39.2   18:04     W
20  17.8  23.8   15:16  14.3   06:14   1.7   1.2   3.0   8.5  34.2   23:51     N
21  17.3  20.7   11:28  13.7   00:53   1.4   0.3   5.4  15.5  42.8   03:27   ESE
22  18.2  23.0   15:29  14.3   06:19   1.5   1.4   0.6  16.7  45.4   12:12   WNW
23  17.0  20.7   13:18  13.7   05:55   1.8   0.6   3.3  28.0  69.8   14:51   WNW
24  18.5  24.6   12:23  14.0   01:40   1.5   1.7   0.0  14.1  31.7   01:01   WNW
25  18.9  29.6   15:04  10.5   05:16   2.5   3.1   0.0   5.9  23.4   16:47   WSW
26  17.8  25.3   10:27  11.7   06:39   2.2   1.6  11.7   6.6  40.3   17:27   WNW
27  15.3  20.5   14:35  10.5   23:59   3.2   0.3   0.3   9.6  31.7   09:07   ESE
28  14.8  23.0   15:11   7.3   06:49   4.3   0.8   0.0   5.6  22.0   18:59     E
29  17.0  25.6   15:11   9.0   06:27   3.1   1.7   0.0   6.2  22.0   14:03   WSW
30  19.3  27.1   15:30  12.6   04:54   1.6   2.6   0.0   6.7  28.1   20:35   SSW
31  18.8  22.6   15:39  16.0   23:59   0.6   1.1   0.0  15.1  35.6   18:14     E
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    17.4  29.6    25     7.3    28    64.6  35.9  67.5  13.1  69.8    23     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  2
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 11.7 on day 26
Days of Rain: 18 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration