Good Evening - Today was: Monday, 14 September 2026 19:02:08 NZST
Current: 12.0°C, Max: 16.7°C, Min: 7.4°C. It feels like 11.7°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. Low 6C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 11.7°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:21 | Sunset: 18:06 | Dawn: 05:54 | Dusk: 18:33
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.4 °C/hr 12.0°C, 82%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1024.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSW  Current wind speed is Calm (F0) from SSW (208°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 3km/h
Air Quality :  17 AQI  5.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0lx, 7.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 14 September 2026 at 19:03:36. 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 Feb
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Feb 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  21.0  23.3   15:22  19.5   06:22   0.0   2.7   1.4   7.6  63.0   12:36    NE
02  23.3  29.0   16:25  20.1   03:21   0.0   5.0   0.8   3.1  23.0   17:04    SW
03  22.3  24.4   14:22  21.3   06:59   0.0   4.0  14.0   2.5  24.0   14:55    NW
04  23.2  27.5   16:31  20.5   04:40   0.0   4.9   0.2   4.4  34.0   13:18   WSW
05  22.9  27.2   15:08  20.4   21:32   0.0   4.6   5.2   4.0  35.0   17:44   WSW
06  20.9  24.1   15:54  18.0   07:37   0.0   2.6   0.4   7.3  58.0   15:15     W
07  20.5  23.9   15:55  18.8   23:28   0.0   2.2   0.0   8.4  61.0   14:43   WNW
08  20.1  23.5   15:55  18.2   06:09   0.0   1.8   0.0   9.6  56.0   16:58     W
09  19.1  22.3   14:29  16.7   06:28   0.2   1.0   1.0   4.6  37.0   19:52     N
10  19.0  22.0   16:06  16.3   06:11   0.5   1.1   0.0   8.4  67.0   11:22    NE
11  19.8  23.1   16:00  17.8   03:42   0.1   1.7   0.0   7.7  50.0   15:40    NE
12  18.9  21.2   13:17  17.6   06:31   0.1   0.8   0.2   8.2  54.0   13:01   ENE
13  18.2  19.2   12:57  17.0   23:20   0.2   0.2   2.8   7.7  45.0   11:26   ENE
14  18.4  22.6   14:11  16.0   08:24   0.8   0.9  13.2  10.3  67.0   11:54   SSE
15  18.5  22.6   17:41  16.0   05:40   0.7   0.9   9.2   7.0  74.0   13:28    SW
16  16.7  18.0   12:07  15.0   02:02   1.6   0.0   4.4   3.8  54.0   00:11   WSW
17  17.4  19.4   17:42  15.8   04:37   1.1   0.1   0.2   1.7  20.0   08:45   NNE
18  18.6  24.2   17:18  14.8   06:44   1.1   1.4   0.0   2.2  29.0   17:32   WSW
19  19.4  24.0   17:18  16.0   05:34   0.6   1.7   0.0   3.7  40.0   18:38     W
20  20.6  25.3   16:35  17.7   05:48   0.1   2.4   0.0   3.5  26.0   18:05     W
21  20.3  24.4   16:39  18.5   22:45   0.0   2.0   0.0   4.9  35.0   16:39   WNW
22  20.3  23.3   13:37  18.5   02:38   0.0   2.0   0.0   6.7  48.0   17:08     W
23  16.8  19.5   00:00  15.0   05:42   1.6   0.0   1.0   4.6  40.0   16:57    SE
24  16.8  19.3   17:28  15.0   07:29   1.6   0.1   0.0   6.4  47.0   11:24     E
25  16.7  18.7   14:11  15.0   01:56   1.6   0.0   3.0   4.6  53.0   13:54    SE
26  18.3  21.8   15:50  15.1   07:49   0.8   0.8   0.0   2.7  43.0   15:48     W
27  17.9  21.0   16:16  15.4   04:46   0.9   0.5   0.0   2.1  27.0   14:17     E
28  19.0  22.1   15:02  16.6   04:42   0.4   1.1   0.4   3.2  40.0   12:30   ESE
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    19.5  29.0     2    14.8    18    14.0  46.5  57.4   5.4  74.0    15     WNW

Max >=  27.0  3
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 14.0 on day 3
Days of Rain: 16 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration