Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 27 January 2026 20:09:28 NZDT
Current: 16.9°C, Max: 22.4°C, Min: 14.7°C. It feels like 16.0°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. Low 12C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 16.0°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:19 | Sunset: 20:41 | Dawn: 05:48 | Dusk: 21:12
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.8 °C/hr 16.9°C, 76%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.8 hPa/hr 1011.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SE (130°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 22km/h
Air Quality :  6 AQI  1.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 1.7mm
Sun Light : 3.3kLux, 3.6hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  26W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 27 January 2026 at 20:09:41. 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 2022 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2022

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 32"   Lon: E 175° 34' 22"

                  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  21.5  28.5   16:34  15.2   04:46   0.8   4.0   0.0   5.3  40.0   09:30   WNW
02  22.2  31.0   14:01  15.1   05:43   0.6   4.5   0.0   5.6  46.0   09:01   ENE
03  21.2  30.2   19:20  14.2   05:35   0.9   3.8   0.0   4.0  33.0   14:03   WSW
04  22.2  28.8   19:03  16.0   03:48   0.5   4.4   0.0   5.9  45.0   15:45   ENE
05  22.3  28.6   09:58  18.3   00:45   0.0   4.0   0.0   4.9  45.0   15:53   WNW
06  19.4  25.9   12:29  14.2   23:59   0.7   1.8   0.0   6.5  40.0   23:10   ESE
07  17.0  22.0   14:07  11.8   05:57   2.3   1.0   0.0   4.6  29.0   09:19   SSE
08  17.6  26.3   19:54   9.0   05:40   2.8   2.2   0.0   3.5  30.0   14:38   WSW
09  18.8  25.4   16:38  10.7   05:46   2.0   2.5   0.0   8.0  69.0   14:43     W
10  20.3  25.4   15:09  16.3   02:40   0.4   2.3   0.0   7.2  51.0   14:22     W
11  20.9  27.0   14:42  17.3   07:10   0.2   2.8   0.2   6.3  59.0   17:39     W
12  19.5  24.1   14:54  16.3   06:15   0.4   1.6   0.0   8.7  49.0   19:05     W
13  17.4  24.1   18:59  12.9   23:59   1.8   0.9   0.4   7.1  50.0   17:18   ESE
14  16.4  21.6   16:02  11.0   04:56   2.7   0.7   0.0   6.2  50.0   11:41   ESE
15  18.3  23.8   15:18  13.0   05:03   1.8   1.7   0.0   7.3  62.0   14:00     E
16  19.3  24.8   10:15  13.8   06:20   1.2   2.2   0.0   9.4  59.0   00:26   ENE
17  20.5  27.2   16:37  14.5   05:22   0.9   3.1   0.0   5.3  47.0   10:43   ESE
18  19.5  28.7   10:13  11.4   06:19   1.7   2.9   0.0   4.0  35.0   15:04   WSW
19  20.5  25.4   13:21  16.3   00:00   0.2   2.4   0.0   9.7  60.0   15:46   WNW
20  19.1  24.0   17:20  14.4   23:17   0.7   1.4   2.0   7.1  48.0   07:42   WNW
21  19.1  26.9   10:38  12.0   06:09   1.7   2.5   0.0   4.5  37.0   16:19    SW
22  20.0  27.3   19:39  10.9   06:06   1.8   3.5   0.0   4.6  35.0   18:40   WSW
23  19.6  25.9   19:11  13.3   06:16   1.2   2.5   0.0   4.8  51.0   17:50   WSW
24  20.6  26.4   13:14  17.3   06:35   0.2   2.5   2.0   6.6  47.0   10:15   ESE
25  20.5  25.4   17:12  16.9   05:52   0.2   2.5   1.0   2.9  27.0   14:29    SW
26  21.8  25.3   11:58  18.3   05:03   0.0   3.5   3.2   6.3  47.0   16:21   WSW
27  19.1  26.0   13:42  14.5   23:46   0.9   1.7   0.0   6.9  53.0   00:19     S
28  19.5  30.0   17:15  11.5   05:59   1.9   3.1   0.0   4.5  36.0   10:31    SE
29  19.6  27.8   15:40  14.4   07:23   0.9   2.2   0.0   4.4  31.0   15:41     W
30  20.4  26.9   16:47  15.3   06:12   0.8   2.8   0.0   5.2  40.0   11:43     W
31  21.0  24.2   18:11  18.2   07:44   0.0   2.7   0.0   7.1  50.0   09:51    SE
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    19.8  31.0     2     9.0     8    32.2  79.7   8.8   5.9  69.0     9      SW

Max >=  27.0 11
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 3.2 on day 26
Days of Rain: 6 (>= 0.2 mm)  3 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration