Good Afternoon - Today is: Monday, 7 September 2026 16:26:21 NZST
Current: 7.2°C, Max: 13.2°C, Min: 6.6°C. It feels like 5.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy with periods of light rain. Low 4C. Winds SE at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. It feels like 5.5°C. A waterproof and 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, possible showers early | Sunrise: 06:33 | Sunset: 18:00 | Dawn: 06:06 | Dusk: 18:27
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.0 °C/hr 7.2°C, 91%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1005.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ESE (108°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 8km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Rising 53.0mm
Sun Light : 3klx, 0.3hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  24W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 07 September 2026 at 16:27:17. 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