Good Afternoon - Today was: Wednesday, 1 July 2026 17:44:19 NZST
Current: 8.3°C, Max: 13.6°C, Min: 1.9°C. It feels like 6.7°C
FORECAST: Mainly clear skies. Low near 0C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 6.7°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:42 | Sunset: 17:02 | Dawn: 07:11 | Dusk: 17:33
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.7 °C/hr 8.3°C, 79%   Pressure : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1033.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SSW (193°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 4km/h
Air Quality :  52 AQI  23.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 7.6hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 01 July 2026 at 17:46:10. 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 2009 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2009

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  10.2  17.5   10:49   9.8   08:17   8.1   0.0   0.0   9.7  18.4   00:48    SE
 2  10.3  22.5   16:19   9.4   22:19   8.0   0.0   0.0   5.3  11.2   23:49   ESE
 3   9.4  24.3   15:49   6.2   05:19   8.9   0.0   0.0   4.6  11.2   08:25   ENE
 4   8.0  21.1   14:49   5.3   06:49  10.3   0.0   0.0   6.3  19.4   11:19   WNW
 5   8.6  22.9   14:49   6.3   03:49   9.7   0.0   0.0   7.9  28.1   13:49   WSW
 6  11.9  23.6   15:49   7.7   06:49   6.4   0.0   0.3   6.3  18.4   11:49     W
 7  12.1  22.1   13:19  10.8   02:49   6.2   0.0   0.9   9.3  33.1   15:19   WNW
 8  14.4  16.1   10:49   8.5   23:49   3.9   0.0   9.6  14.7  28.1   08:19     W
 9   8.5  15.6   14:49   5.0   23:49   9.8   0.0  10.5   4.6  15.8   09:49   ESE
10   5.0  19.0   13:49   4.5   06:19  13.3   0.0   0.0   3.7  12.2   15:49    NW
11   5.5  17.6   14:49   3.8   02:49  12.8   0.0   0.0   6.3  20.9   16:19     W
12  13.8  24.4   14:19   9.7   23:49   4.5   0.0   0.0   6.1  13.3   02:49   NNE
13   9.7  19.5   14:19   9.7   00:49   8.6   0.0   0.0  10.1  36.7   14:49    NW
14  14.1  26.2   16:19  12.6   01:49   4.2   0.0   3.6   5.1  15.8   20:19     S
15  12.9  25.9   15:19  11.5   06:49   5.4   0.0   0.0   5.5  17.3   00:19   ESE
16  12.7  24.0   14:19   9.5   06:19   5.6   0.0   0.0   5.7  18.4   10:49   NNW
17  10.9  23.7   12:49   8.0   05:49   7.4   0.0   0.0   3.7   8.6   12:49     S
18  11.8  26.4   16:49   8.7   06:49   6.5   0.0   0.0   4.5  12.2   10:19   ENE
19  10.6  22.6   13:19   8.1   06:49   7.7   0.0   0.0   3.6   8.6   09:49    NE
20  12.6  16.5   10:49   9.8   21:49   5.7   0.0   0.0  13.5  43.9   12:49    SE
21   9.8  16.3   14:19   8.1   23:49   8.5   0.0   0.0  13.1  25.6   11:19    SE
22  10.0  19.9   14:19   4.1   04:19   8.3   0.0   0.0   5.7  13.3   23:19   ENE
23   9.2  18.9   13:19   7.5   06:19   9.1   0.0   0.0  10.6  17.3   12:49   ESE
24   9.3  19.9   14:49   9.3   00:19   9.0   0.0   0.0  10.6  20.9   05:49   ESE
25  12.7  20.8   12:19  11.6   03:19   5.6   0.0   0.0   7.9  20.9   12:49     E
26  15.7  26.3   12:19  13.4   06:19   2.6   0.0   0.9   4.0  15.8   13:49   WSW
27  16.0  25.5   15:19  14.4   04:19   2.3   0.0   0.3   6.8  29.5   14:19   WNW
28  15.8  23.2   11:49  15.6   05:19   2.5   0.0   0.3   6.0  24.5   10:49     W
29  16.2  20.9   13:19  13.7   08:49   2.1   0.0  25.8   8.3  20.9   06:19   WNW
30  13.0  17.6   16:49  10.4   22:49   5.3   0.0  15.6   4.8  18.4   23:19   SSW
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    11.4  26.4    18     3.8    11   208.3   0.0  67.8   7.1  43.9    20       S

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 25.8 on day 29
Days of Rain: 10 (> 0.2 mm)  5 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration