Good Afternoon - Today is: Wednesday, 30 September 2026 13:33:32 NZDT
FORECAST:
Cloudy skies. High 16C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 13.7°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
16°C Cloudy |
Tonight
9°C Mostly Cloudy |
Cloudy skies. High 16C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of Rain: 5%
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 23:40
Moonset 08:15
Visibility 87%
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Sunrise
06:55
Sunset
19:22
Day Length
12.27 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 40s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 13:34:12 30/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 49 days 17 hours
Prgm Up: 49 days 17 hours
System Rollover: Midnight
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
Elevation: 27m (89ft)
Station Environment: Urban
Hardware: Ecowitt Wittboy WS90, GW3000, WH31, WH45, WH51, WH40H, WN34S, WH57
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 2016 Feb
Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 2016
Name: City Centre City: Palmerston North State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m Lat: S 14 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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01 22.0 29.7 14:32 16.6 00:00 0.6 4.3 0.0 7.5 29.6 16:22 SSE
02 23.0 28.1 15:56 20.0 04:28 0.0 4.7 0.3 6.0 31.0 17:37 WSW
03 25.1 32.9 15:14 19.9 06:32 0.0 6.8 0.0 4.8 30.3 16:43 ENE
04 22.7 28.4 13:24 19.2 04:48 0.0 4.4 0.0 4.7 33.2 17:00 SW
05 22.6 28.0 13:21 17.3 03:55 0.2 4.5 0.0 2.8 23.8 09:30 WSW
06 22.9 29.4 14:25 18.9 23:17 0.0 4.6 0.0 7.1 48.3 19:50 E
07 21.6 26.2 14:28 18.2 07:41 0.0 2.8 0.0 10.6 46.1 13:54 E
08 22.5 26.4 13:23 18.6 22:50 0.0 2.6 0.0 11.5 40.4 14:21 E
09 21.2 22.1 19:57 20.2 23:54 0.0 0.5 2.7 2.6 16.6 20:11 WSW
10 22.3 27.8 16:19 18.4 08:11 0.0 4.0 0.0 4.9 31.7 15:36 E
11 22.3 28.6 16:06 18.7 23:56 0.0 4.0 0.0 5.5 31.0 14:47 WSW
12 21.9 27.0 15:22 18.7 00:00 0.0 3.6 0.0 5.5 28.8 17:12 WSW
13 23.0 30.0 15:20 16.6 08:07 0.0 4.7 0.0 2.8 25.2 17:25 SW
14 23.2 30.6 13:49 19.5 02:13 0.0 4.9 0.0 3.7 31.0 16:13 SW
15 22.7 29.5 13:20 18.6 01:30 0.0 4.4 0.0 4.0 28.8 16:18 WSW
16 23.3 29.1 13:30 18.9 02:23 0.0 5.0 0.0 3.5 26.7 17:39 SW
17 21.6 24.4 16:14 20.5 01:27 0.0 3.3 2.4 2.4 20.9 14:53 NE
18 22.8 26.9 15:14 21.2 21:11 0.0 4.2 9.3 6.7 38.9 16:29 W
19 19.8 24.2 15:10 16.6 04:30 0.3 1.8 9.2 5.8 60.6 16:54 WNW
20 20.3 27.3 16:15 16.1 05:51 0.6 2.5 0.0 1.1 11.2 13:08 WNW
21 21.7 31.4 15:21 16.1 05:26 0.5 3.9 0.0 0.4 13.3 23:07 NNE
22 21.9 29.8 15:38 16.3 06:22 0.4 4.0 0.0 1.7 18.4 12:59 N
23 20.6 27.5 12:25 16.2 03:53 0.3 2.6 0.0 0.6 9.7 14:26 ENE
24 20.6 26.5 16:23 17.1 03:46 0.2 2.5 0.0 0.8 11.2 12:41 S
25 19.8 24.8 14:32 16.1 02:49 0.4 1.9 0.0 0.8 12.2 13:34 SSW
26 21.6 31.6 15:51 10.7 21:12 0.9 4.2 0.0 0.8 9.7 14:48 S
27 20.7 26.9 12:02 17.7 06:58 0.0 2.4 0.3 1.2 12.2 13:10 SSW
28 22.7 30.5 14:24 17.1 05:02 0.1 4.5 5.1 0.6 9.7 14:07 ESE
29 20.8 30.9 16:08 13.9 23:59 0.7 3.2 0.0 1.8 17.3 19:39 N
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22.0 32.9 3 10.7 26 5.2 106.8 29.3 3.8 60.6 19 S
Max >= 27.0 20
Max <= 0.0 0
Min <= 0.0 0
Min <= -18.0 0
Max Rain: 9.3 on day 18
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm) 5 (>= 2.0 mm) 0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration