Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 18 June 2026 16:33:40 NZST
Current: 11.9°C, Max: 13.7°C, Min: 9.9°C. It feels like 11.7°C
FORECAST: Chance of a shower or two during the evening, followed by partly cloudy skies overnight. Low near 5C. Winds ESE at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 30%. It feels like 11.7°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showers likely | Sunrise: 07:40 | Sunset: 16:58 | Dawn: 07:09 | Dusk: 17:29
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.3 °C/hr 11.9°C, 92%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1010.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NNW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NNW (331°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 7km/h
Air Quality :  18 AQI  5.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Falling 1.2mm
Sun Light : 759.5Lux, 2.2hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  6W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 18 June 2026 at 16:34:27. 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