Midday - Today is: Saturday, 31 January 2026 12:13:03 NZDT
Current: 21.6°C, Max: 21.6°C, Min: 14.7°C. It feels like 20.6°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High 22C. Winds W at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 20.6°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Unsettled, rain later | Sunrise: 06:24 | Sunset: 20:37 | Dawn: 05:54 | Dusk: 21:08
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.0 °C/hr 21.6°C, 69%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1013.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WSW (253°) 15km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 28km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 126.8kLux, 2.1hrs   Solar UV :  9.0UVI  1002W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 31 January 2026 at 12:13:35. 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 2011 Feb
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2011

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  23.0  32.8   00:18  16.2   15:48   0.0   4.7   0.0   4.9  20.9   23:48   WSW
 2  24.3  31.5   04:18  19.5   23:59   0.0   6.0  98.7  26.1  57.6   15:59   WNW
 3  21.3  27.6   13:46  17.1   06:22   0.0   3.0   6.6  12.4  37.8   21:46   WNW
 4  20.3  21.2   01:26  19.3   22:30   0.0   2.0  17.4  14.9  42.8   03:38   WNW
 5  21.8  25.7   15:10  19.4   00:01   0.0   3.5  17.7  11.1  33.1   07:46     W
 6  22.2  26.8   17:02  19.4   07:04   0.0   3.9   0.0  17.4  35.6   12:18   WNW
 7  22.9  28.5   15:55  19.9   04:30   0.0   4.6   0.0  12.5  39.2   12:41   WNW
 8  16.6  20.2   00:00  15.5   08:33   1.7   0.0  12.0   8.5  20.9   03:31     W
 9  18.9  25.6   16:54  14.9   22:45   0.0   0.6   0.0  13.4  36.7   10:10    NW
10  19.9  26.7   16:30  14.2   23:05   0.0   1.6   0.0   9.1  28.1   01:49     N
11  20.4  26.5   12:36  14.0   00:33   0.0   2.1   0.0  19.2  40.3   20:43     E
12  22.8  34.5   15:35  17.5   04:55   0.0   4.5   0.0   7.6  27.0   16:21     E
13  24.4  33.3   16:30  19.0   06:40   0.0   6.1   0.0   5.6  20.9   19:14   WSW
14  21.9  28.3   15:16  17.3   23:48   0.0   3.6   0.0   8.0  25.6   12:43   WNW
15  19.2  25.8   16:56  15.1   23:36   0.0   0.9   0.0  14.1  35.6   18:06     E
16  18.5  23.6   11:34  14.5   06:37   0.0   0.2   0.0  16.1  36.7   11:57     E
17  18.6  26.5   14:54  13.3   02:14   0.0   0.3   0.0  11.9  33.1   17:00     E
18  20.3  29.1   12:56  12.3   05:57   0.0   2.0   0.0   7.9  30.6   14:53     W
19  21.8  30.8   13:40  16.9   00:00   0.0   3.5   0.3   8.0  28.1   20:12     E
20  20.7  27.4   15:37  15.8   04:40   0.0   2.4   0.0  14.2  31.7   10:01     E
21  23.6  34.1   12:48  16.9   04:08   0.0   5.3   0.0   6.6  20.9   16:29   WSW
22  23.7  33.5   14:19  17.9   01:37   0.0   5.4   1.8   6.5  25.6   18:13   WSW
23  21.3  29.0   16:18  16.0   23:48   0.0   3.0   0.0   5.9  20.9   21:48     W
24  19.3  25.6   13:48  15.5   01:18   0.0   1.0   0.0  ----  18.4   03:48   ---
25  20.1  25.2   18:48  16.3   06:18   0.0   1.8   0.0  ----  23.4   11:18   ---
26  18.2  25.9   11:18 -24.4   16:18   0.1   0.0   0.6  ----  27.0   21:18   ---
27  18.1  25.3   16:48  13.7   00:48   0.2   0.0   0.9  ----  20.9   18:18   ---
28  19.7  26.8   16:18  15.3   02:48   0.0   1.4   0.0  ----  33.1   13:18   ---
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    20.8  34.5    12   -24.4    26     2.0  73.4 156.0  11.2  57.6     2     WNW

Max >=  27.0: 13
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  1
Min <= -18.0:  1
Max Rain: 98.7 on day 2
Days of Rain: 9 (> 0.2 mm)  5 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration