A late Good Evening - Today was: Wednesday, 15 July 2026 21:49:14 NZST
Current: 11.0°C, Max: 16.2°C, Min: 10.2°C. It feels like 10.2°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Low around 10C. Winds NW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 10.2°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 07:38 | Sunset: 17:11 | Dawn: 07:07 | Dusk: 17:41
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hr 11.0°C, 92%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1024.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WNW (302°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 11km/h
Air Quality :  25 AQI  7.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 4.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 21:52:13. 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 2009 Feb
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2009

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   0.0  23.4   13:47  14.7   23:47  18.3   0.0   2.4  15.6  34.2   17:47     W
 2  14.7  24.6   16:17  13.6   06:17   3.6   0.0   0.3  15.8  28.1   09:47     E
 3  14.3  24.2   14:17  14.1   04:17   4.0   0.0   0.0   7.6  19.4   07:38    SW
 4  16.4  20.1   12:17  15.0   22:17   1.9   0.0   0.6   6.8  17.3   10:47   WSW
 5   0.0  24.5   15:47  15.9   07:47  18.3   0.0   0.0  16.2  31.7   14:47     E
 6  16.8  27.6   15:47  16.4   01:17   1.5   0.0   0.0  10.4  24.5   16:17     W
 7  18.6  25.6   13:47  18.2   00:47   0.0   0.3   0.0  10.7  20.9   10:47   WNW
 8  19.0  27.9   16:17  18.2   05:47   0.0   0.7   0.0   8.7  17.3   14:17     W
 9  19.4  27.6   14:17  17.4   23:17   0.0   1.1   0.6  10.2  24.5   16:17   WSW
10  20.6  21.5   17:17  16.2   02:17   0.0   2.3  90.0   4.4  11.2   18:47     W
11  18.0  29.9   16:47  16.6   06:17   0.3   0.0   1.8   3.9   8.6   13:17    SW
12   0.0  24.7   13:17  14.4   22:47  18.3   0.0  35.7   6.2  17.3   13:47    NW
13  14.4  18.4   10:17  12.0   23:47   3.9   0.0   2.1  11.7  29.5   17:47    SE
14  12.0  20.6   17:17   9.6   07:17   6.3   0.0   0.0  12.9  27.0   17:17    SE
15  11.8  23.7   17:17   9.8   06:17   6.5   0.0   0.0   9.5  19.4   12:17     W
16  16.1  21.6   11:17  11.5   21:47   2.2   0.0  14.1   9.9  35.6   21:47     S
17  12.0  27.9   16:47  11.7   07:17   6.3   0.0   0.0   9.4  24.5   00:47    SE
18  12.6  31.0   17:47   9.3   05:17   5.7   0.0   0.0   4.7  14.8   21:17   ESE
19  15.6  25.7   13:17  13.8   07:17   2.7   0.0   0.0   5.7  20.9   16:17     W
20  16.8  21.1   14:17  16.8   00:17   1.5   0.0  33.9   4.6  20.9   15:17    SW
21  18.7  23.3   16:47  17.4   21:47   0.0   0.4   5.7  11.2  19.4   03:17     W
22  17.6  21.8   12:47  15.0   23:47   0.7   0.0   2.1  16.9  29.5   14:17     W
23  15.0  22.8   16:17  13.5   05:47   3.3   0.0   3.9  14.5  29.5   13:47   WNW
24  14.9  24.8   16:47  13.0   07:17   3.4   0.0  10.8   5.3  14.8   15:17     S
25  13.3  24.7   16:47  11.0   06:47   5.0   0.0   0.0   7.0  20.9   15:17     S
26  13.3  25.1   16:47  10.3   06:17   5.0   0.0   0.0   5.0  14.8   14:47   WNW
27  14.8  27.1   12:17  12.5   06:47   3.5   0.0   0.0   6.1  17.3   19:17   ESE
28  18.2  18.2   07:34  15.4   11:17   0.1   0.0  22.5  22.6  42.8   16:47   ENE
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    14.1  31.0    18     9.3    18   122.3   4.8 226.5   9.8  42.8    28      SW

Max >=  27.0:  7
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 90.0 on day 10
Days of Rain: 15 (> 0.2 mm)  11 (> 2.0 mm)  4 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration