Good Evening - Today was: Wednesday, 25 February 2026 18:43:17 NZDT
Current: 25.4°C, Max: 26.9°C, Min: 13.2°C. It feels like 24.3°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. Low 13C. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 24.3°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 06:54 | Sunset: 20:06 | Dawn: 06:26 | Dusk: 20:34
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 25.4°C, 46%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.7 hPa/hr 1020.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WSW (255°) 10km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 18km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 13.4kLux, 11.5hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  106W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 25 February 2026 at 18:44:22. 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 2023 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2023

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  17.4  20.1   18:35  14.5   04:59   1.2   0.3   0.0   4.9  38.0   18:52   ENE
02  18.4  21.7   16:08  16.0   01:56   0.7   0.8   0.0   7.4  61.0   12:42    NE
03  19.9  23.7   15:21  17.1   06:03   0.3   2.0   0.0   9.0  60.0   20:13   NNE
04  20.0  22.5   13:57  18.0   06:29   0.0   1.7   0.0  11.7  74.0   11:37    NE
05  19.7  22.3   16:55  17.9   05:52   0.0   1.5   3.4   6.8  38.0   02:28    NE
06  20.6  23.6   13:51  18.6   05:37   0.0   2.3   3.2   3.1  27.0   02:43   ESE
07  19.7  21.2   10:48  17.7   22:49   0.0   1.4   4.2   3.2  37.0   07:40     E
08  18.5  21.5   17:57  16.5   23:46   0.5   0.7   2.6   6.2  48.0   11:46     E
09  18.1  20.7   15:31  15.9   04:37   0.8   0.5   0.0   6.3  43.0   17:58   ENE
10  18.6  20.2   14:25  17.5   05:12   0.3   0.5   1.0   7.5  51.0   12:56    NE
11  19.9  25.3   15:47  16.9   02:05   0.4   2.0   4.2   8.9  54.0   17:55     E
12  19.0  23.6   16:14  15.9   23:26   0.5   1.1   0.0   7.7  53.0   03:23   ESE
13  18.9  23.2   15:39  15.3   06:49   0.7   1.2   0.0   3.8  34.0   09:04   ENE
14  19.2  25.1   16:28  15.9   06:22   0.7   1.6   0.0   4.0  27.0   10:39   ENE
15  19.3  23.3   18:00  16.3   04:51   0.5   1.5   0.0   5.5  45.0   16:44    NE
16  20.8  25.2   17:23  17.5   07:08   0.1   2.7   0.0   3.6  40.0   14:58     W
17  21.6  26.6   16:38  17.9   06:23   0.0   3.3   0.0   2.9  28.0   14:52   WSW
18  20.5  23.6   16:47  18.2   07:22   0.0   2.2   0.0   5.9  41.0   11:02   ENE
19  21.0  26.2   16:33  18.5   06:48   0.0   2.7   0.0   3.5  33.0   15:03     E
20  21.2  25.1   15:55  19.4   01:05   0.0   3.0   0.0   6.8  48.0   15:19   WNW
21  21.0  25.2   16:10  19.0   23:42   0.0   2.7   0.6   5.7  39.0   15:28     E
22  20.6  24.5   16:14  18.4   03:38   0.0   2.3   0.0   6.5  58.0   17:05     W
23  20.0  23.8   15:48  17.5   08:16   0.0   1.7   0.0   3.9  28.0   08:24     E
24  20.1  26.3   16:12  17.1   01:55   0.3   2.1   0.0   5.6  40.0   11:19   ENE
25  20.7  24.4   16:28  17.6   06:00   0.1   2.4   0.0   5.6  41.0   09:22    NE
26  22.1  27.6   16:27  19.3   03:48   0.0   3.8   0.0   3.3  28.0   18:19   WSW
27  20.7  23.6   13:38  19.5   06:39   0.0   2.4  14.0   1.8  25.0   13:48   ENE
29  20.6  26.1   15:17  18.3   05:16   0.0   4.7  19.8   5.4  40.0   08:41   ENE
30  22.6  25.8   16:09  20.1   07:23   0.0   4.3   8.2   3.1  24.0   16:16    SW
31  21.6  23.7   16:05  20.2   06:25   0.0   3.3   0.0   6.0  55.0   13:26    NE
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    20.1  27.6    26    14.5     1     7.1  62.7  61.2   5.5  74.0     4     ENE

Max >=  27.0  1
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 19.8 on day 29
Days of Rain: 10 (>= 0.2 mm)  8 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration