A very early Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 14 August 2026 05:24:03 NZST
Current: 11.5°C, Max: 12.5°C, Min: 11.1°C. It feels like 11.4°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. High around 15C. Winds ESE at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 11.4°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, bright intervals | Sunrise: 07:09 | Sunset: 17:37 | Dawn: 06:40 | Dusk: 18:05
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.0 °C/hr 11.5°C, 91%   Pressure : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1010.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NNE  Current wind speed is Calm (F0) from NNE (14°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 4km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0lx, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 14 August 2026 at 05:29:23. 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 2022 Mar
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2022

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  18.7  23.8   17:19  15.9   05:58   0.8   1.2   0.0   4.7  34.0   11:44    SE
02  18.1  20.6   16:50  15.6   23:57   0.6   0.5   0.0   5.9  45.0   12:33   SSE
03  17.8  20.7   17:12  13.8   02:24   1.1   0.7   0.0   5.7  48.0   13:26   ESE
04  19.0  22.8   16:44  16.1   07:08   0.6   1.3   0.0   2.7  20.0   11:44    SW
05  19.6  25.3   16:56  15.8   06:27   0.5   1.7   0.0   2.3  23.0   18:06    SW
06  19.7  23.7   15:20  16.8   06:17   0.2   1.7   0.0   4.5  32.0   16:42   WSW
07  20.0  24.8   17:44  17.0   06:45   0.2   1.9   0.0   4.1  38.0   15:28   SSW
08  20.9  26.0   17:42  18.5   07:06   0.0   2.6   0.0   4.1  42.0   10:28   ESE
09  21.1  25.9   16:27  18.0   07:12   0.0   2.9   0.0   3.3  30.0   13:07    SW
10  21.3  24.0   16:25  19.1   06:52   0.0   3.0   0.0   5.3  45.0   19:16     E
11  21.1  24.0   15:51  19.7   07:46   0.0   2.8   0.0   4.4  37.0   15:48   WSW
12  19.9  24.6   14:14  16.6   05:42   0.3   1.9   0.0   4.7  44.0   15:11   WSW
13  18.6  21.4   15:33  16.2   23:35   0.4   0.7   0.0   7.2  47.0   11:27    SE
14  17.9  20.7   15:15  15.3   06:56   0.9   0.5   0.0   6.5  34.0   12:43    SE
15  17.8  19.7   14:03  15.8   08:20   0.8   0.3   0.0   6.2  53.0   13:37    SE
16  17.6  20.2   14:34  15.8   05:15   1.0   0.3   0.0   5.5  50.0   00:44   SSE
17  16.9  19.7   17:05  13.5   05:11   1.6   0.2   0.0   5.8  39.0   11:51    SE
18  16.9  20.4   17:39  13.5   07:41   1.7   0.3   0.0   3.8  26.0   12:55    SE
19  17.3  20.2   16:30  13.0   07:54   1.5   0.4   0.0   5.4  42.0   15:59   ESE
20  18.4  20.7   14:33  16.7   05:38   0.6   0.7   0.0   9.3  53.0   21:06     E
21  17.8  18.7   23:45  17.1   05:39   0.5   0.0  18.4   9.3  60.0   21:18     E
22  20.3  23.4   16:09  17.5   07:06   0.0   2.1   4.8   5.1  37.0   11:09     E
23  19.1  20.0   13:37  18.0   07:51   0.0   0.8   6.2   3.0  39.0   16:16   ENE
24  18.3  19.8   12:16  16.9   05:33   0.3   0.3  15.4   4.9  40.0   11:49     S
25  17.0  19.4   17:11  15.3   07:33   1.3   0.0   1.8   4.2  35.0   02:05   WSW
26  16.7  19.5   15:54  14.5   08:41   1.7   0.1   0.0   5.1  48.0   16:08     S
27  17.4  19.9   16:35  14.6   06:42   1.1   0.2   0.0   5.4  43.0   15:10   SSE
28  17.0  19.4   15:44  15.6   08:08   1.4   0.1   0.0   5.0  43.0   19:29   SSE
29  18.2  21.8   15:40  14.9   08:31   1.0   0.9   0.0   3.8  25.0   05:17   SSE
30  19.4  21.8   15:03  17.0   06:29   0.1   1.2   0.0   4.0  34.0   16:08   ESE
31  19.5  23.3   17:04  17.3   07:59   0.2   1.4   0.0   4.2  42.0   13:22     E
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    18.7  26.0     8    13.0    19    20.4  32.7  46.6   5.0  60.0    21      SE

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 18.4 on day 21
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  4 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration