A late Good Evening - Today was: Thursday, 29 January 2026 22:51:40 NZDT
Current: 17.2°C, Max: 21.6°C, Min: 13.0°C. It feels like 17.3°C
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy skies. Low 14C. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 17.3°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:21 | Sunset: 20:39 | Dawn: 05:51 | Dusk: 21:10
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.3 °C/hr 17.2°C, 82%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1016.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WNW (282°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 13km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 5.6hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 29 January 2026 at 22:51:58. 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 2014 Mar
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2014

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  14.5  21.1   14:28   9.3   06:36   4.1   0.3   0.0   7.0  25.6   14:18   WSW
 2  14.7  24.0   14:46   6.6   06:14   4.5   0.9   0.0  10.9  35.6   18:08   WNW
 3  14.6  19.7   14:30   7.7   23:59   3.8   0.1   0.9  18.1  50.0   13:32   WNW
 4  12.1  18.3   12:56   5.5   04:22   6.2   0.0   0.0  11.2  36.7   15:05     W
 5  13.8  21.5   13:20   9.4   01:23   4.6   0.1   3.3  12.6  41.8   13:55    SW
 6  15.3  21.0   16:11  11.2   07:09   3.4   0.3   0.0   5.1  24.5   12:02   ESE
 7  16.0  26.1   14:44   6.5   06:58   4.0   1.8   0.0   5.9  24.5   15:53   WNW
 8  16.6  21.2   15:56  12.6   23:40   2.3   0.5   0.0   9.0  30.6   11:21     W
 9  17.2  25.7   15:36  11.2   07:05   2.9   1.7   0.0   9.1  24.5   18:13     E
10  17.6  25.0   15:32  12.1   07:08   2.3   1.6   0.0   7.9  24.5   00:28   ESE
11  16.9  25.5   15:30  10.8   03:11   3.0   1.6   0.0   5.9  22.0   17:21   WSW
12  18.9  27.1   15:36  15.9   07:25   1.1   1.7   0.0   5.2  23.4   16:49   WNW
13  17.9  21.6   17:26  14.0   23:46   1.2   0.8   0.0   8.7  29.5   14:27     W
14  18.4  28.2   15:33  10.7   07:29   2.3   2.4   0.0   8.3  31.7   19:08     E
15  18.6  22.3   13:58  15.8   02:54   0.8   1.1   1.5  21.0  55.1   21:30     E
16  22.8  29.7   15:55  17.5   23:59   0.0   4.6   0.0  21.7  47.9   00:35   ENE
17  19.2  24.2   14:50  16.4   07:24   0.6   1.4   0.0  23.9  50.0   01:16   WNW
18  18.7  24.0   13:37  16.7   05:05   0.6   1.0   0.0   8.3  23.4   02:13     W
19  19.0  24.7   15:07  16.3   05:57   0.7   1.4   0.0   6.9  22.0   12:57   WSW
20  17.9  24.7   13:43  12.7   04:15   1.8   1.4   0.0   8.5  29.5   15:15   WNW
21  16.4  21.4   14:52  12.6   23:44   2.3   0.4   0.0  13.0  37.8   15:37   ESE
22  14.9  19.3   12:25  11.1   04:19   3.4   0.0   0.0  10.7  36.7   12:09     E
23  16.9  22.0   13:42  13.4   07:26   2.2   0.7   0.0   9.1  29.5   00:43     E
24  17.0  24.1   13:58  11.9   03:34   2.6   1.3   0.0   7.8  29.5   13:43     W
25  16.7  20.8   15:55  13.7   07:37   1.8   0.2   0.0  16.7  46.4   14:45   WNW
26  15.0  21.0   14:28   9.9   23:56   3.6   0.3   0.0   7.2  39.2   15:21    SW
27  13.5  22.5   13:46   6.6   07:26   5.4   0.6   0.0   5.3  18.4   14:04     W
28  15.1  23.7   13:11   7.3   07:27   4.2   1.0   0.0   7.2  22.0   15:46     W
29  16.4  18.4   14:42  15.0   06:39   1.9   0.0   0.0  10.3  29.5   14:38     W
30  16.8  20.2   14:05  13.2   23:59   1.9   0.4   0.0   8.4  24.5   16:09     W
31  17.0  24.1   15:53  12.8   23:54   2.4   1.1   0.0   4.1  17.3   15:33   WSW
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    16.7  29.7    16     5.5     4    81.9  30.7   5.7  10.2  55.1    15       W

Max >=  27.0:  3
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 3.3 on day 5
Days of Rain: 3 (>= 0.2 mm)  1 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration