Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 25 August 2026 19:40:36 NZST
Current: 12.3°C, Max: 15.2°C, Min: 10.7°C. It feels like 9.8°C
FORECAST: Cloudy. Low near 10C. Winds NW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 9.8°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:53 | Sunset: 17:48 | Dawn: 06:25 | Dusk: 18:15
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 °C/hr 12.3°C, 86%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1025.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (288°) 13km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 26km/h
Air Quality :  22 AQI  6.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.8mm
Sun Light : 0lx, 6.7hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 25 August 2026 at 19:40:36. 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 2019 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2019

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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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01  19.8  28.6   14:39  15.3   05:28   0.6   2.2   0.0   3.9  34.6   16:07     W
02  19.0  23.1   15:37  16.7   22:56   0.5   1.1   0.0   8.9  47.6   16:24   WNW
03  18.5  22.0   14:31  16.2   23:41   0.6   0.8   0.0  10.3  52.6   14:03   WNW
04  18.3  24.1   16:49  14.6   06:07   1.2   1.2   0.0   6.6  41.1   04:14   WNW
05  17.2  22.6   14:40  12.6   05:22   1.9   0.8   0.0   6.0  45.4   14:54     W
06  18.9  23.6   17:21  16.3   06:38   0.6   1.2   0.0  10.1  59.8   17:59     W
07  17.8  20.9   17:35  14.8   23:15   0.8   0.3   3.6   7.0  40.4   11:13     W
08  17.1  21.9   14:48  13.9   03:30   1.9   0.6   0.0   4.8  46.1   14:03   WNW
09  18.1  24.7   14:07  12.2   06:03   1.6   1.3   0.0   5.1  40.4   14:51     W
10  18.4  22.5   14:36  16.1   03:13   0.8   0.9   0.6   7.5  41.1   16:10     W
11  19.2  23.4   15:29  17.0   20:45   0.3   1.2   0.0   9.4  47.6   01:10     W
12  18.6  22.3   14:47  15.5   05:29   0.7   1.0   0.0   7.7  52.6   16:56     E
13  18.5  23.8   14:18  16.0   22:50   0.7   1.0   0.0   5.4  55.5   14:59   WNW
14  15.6  18.5   14:24  12.8   04:41   2.7   0.0   1.8   4.9  36.0   20:04    SE
15  16.4  20.2   14:09  14.8   00:00   2.0   0.1   0.0  10.8  49.0   14:29   SSE
16  17.4  23.6   17:36  14.1   07:42   1.8   0.9   0.0   6.3  48.3   13:18   SSE
17  17.7  24.7   15:35  14.1   06:12   1.6   1.0   0.0   3.4  29.6   15:51   WSW
18  19.0  24.9   14:49  15.2   05:03   0.8   1.5   0.0   4.6  30.3   09:36    NW
19  19.4  24.4   17:14  17.0   05:13   0.3   1.3   0.0   6.8  43.3   17:34   WSW
20  17.4  19.6   14:40  15.0   06:30   1.1   0.2   0.0  13.4  44.0   17:40   WNW
21  18.3  21.8   13:30  15.8   23:55   0.8   0.9   0.0  14.9  61.3   11:40   WNW
22  18.2  23.6   14:50  14.8   04:10   1.2   1.0   0.0   9.4  38.2   00:25   WNW
23  20.0  24.1   15:30  17.0   00:35   0.2   1.9   0.0  13.8  47.6   18:45   WNW
24  18.3  22.4   16:50  15.5   07:05   0.8   0.8   0.0   8.3  41.8   18:04     E
25  17.8  25.0   15:40  10.8   06:07   2.1   1.5   0.0   4.1  28.1   16:56     W
26  17.9  22.5   15:43  15.4   03:54   1.2   0.8   0.0   7.7  54.1   14:22     W
27  18.5  20.5   16:22  16.4   02:37   0.7   0.8   3.6   5.6  36.0   03:31   WNW
28  20.5  23.8   14:40  19.3   04:52   0.0   2.2   1.2   6.8  40.4   11:05     W
29  22.6  29.1   18:43  18.9   03:28   0.0   4.3   0.0   6.5  41.1   12:53     E
30  22.9  29.4   13:13  18.2   23:51   0.0   4.7   0.0   3.9  29.6   13:47   WSW
31  22.2  30.8   13:48  15.6   06:14   0.5   4.4   0.0   4.0  37.5   14:19   WSW
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    18.7  30.8    31    10.8    25    30.0  41.9  10.8   6.7  61.3    21       W

Max >=  27.0  4
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 3.6 on day 7
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  2 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration