A late Good Evening - Today was: Friday, 30 January 2026 22:23:43 NZDT
Current: 17.0°C, Max: 23.9°C, Min: 15.1°C. It feels like 16.8°C
FORECAST: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 13C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 16.8°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:23 | Sunset: 20:38 | Dawn: 05:52 | Dusk: 21:09
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.2 °C/hr 17.0°C, 77%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1015.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  S  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from S (174°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 10km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 10.2hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 30 January 2026 at 22:24:07. 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 2013 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2013

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  17.8  21.7   15:02  15.0   03:57   1.2   0.6   0.0  11.4  35.6   11:00   WNW
 2  18.7  25.9   13:09  13.2   07:16   1.6   2.0   0.0   5.4  25.6   15:06   WNW
 3  19.3  27.0   13:50  13.8   07:47   1.1   2.1  10.8   9.1  41.8   15:11   WNW
 4  16.2  19.9   13:34  12.7   22:02   2.2   0.1   0.0   8.9  40.3   18:24     E
 5  14.4  20.2   13:55  10.1   07:53   4.1   0.2   0.0  10.2  27.0   12:51     E
 6  13.6  19.9   14:41   9.6   06:47   4.8   0.1   0.0   9.3  35.6   11:25   ESE
 7  10.4  14.7   16:10   6.0   06:09   8.2   0.0   0.0   2.6   9.7   12:21   ENE
 8  13.0  18.8   12:31   8.4   05:21   5.3   0.0   5.1   5.1  30.6   14:27     W
 9  13.5  21.5   11:41   9.4   23:58   5.0   0.3  32.4   6.4  34.2   17:25   ESE
10  11.6  18.1   13:42   5.1   07:07   6.7   0.0   0.0   5.2  19.4   10:04     E
11  12.9  20.3   13:16   4.5   05:58   5.7   0.3   0.0  10.7  34.2   15:23   WNW
12  15.8  20.5   14:19  11.8   05:48   2.8   0.2   0.3  11.0  34.2   14:47   WNW
13  16.2  21.6   14:02  12.4   21:40   2.4   0.3  20.4   4.9  23.4   14:49    NW
14  15.9  21.5   12:35  12.6   06:00   2.7   0.3   0.3   6.1  25.6   13:25     W
15  16.1  22.7   14:55  10.2   06:43   2.9   0.7   0.0   3.2  12.2   16:02     E
16  17.6  19.5   15:40  15.5   06:36   0.8   0.2   2.4  16.4  40.3   13:59     E
17  19.9  24.2   12:09  15.9   23:45   0.2   1.8   8.4  17.4  42.8   01:29     E
18  15.5  20.6   13:19  11.4   23:40   2.9   0.1   6.3   5.2  18.4   14:36     W
19  13.6  18.2   11:51  11.1   02:32   4.7   0.0   0.0  11.6  41.8   21:15     E
20  13.3  16.0   15:32   9.6   04:27   5.0   0.0   5.4  21.1  40.3   08:54     E
21  14.9  17.7   14:33  13.7   00:19   3.4   0.0  14.1   7.8  28.1   01:57     E
22  16.6  23.9   11:39  12.3   07:26   2.5   0.8   0.0   4.6  22.0   20:07    NW
23  15.1  20.1   12:49  11.6   04:15   3.3   0.2   0.9  12.8  43.9   13:13   WNW
24  16.0  19.4   12:08  13.4   01:03   2.4   0.1   0.9  15.6  41.8   11:20    NW
25  15.3  19.1   10:38  13.4   02:40   3.0   0.0   7.8  12.8  40.3   10:16   WNW
26  15.7  18.4   11:49  13.5   00:30   2.6   0.0   0.9  18.1  47.9   13:44   WNW
27  16.8  19.9   11:50  15.1   01:52   1.6   0.1   0.3  21.0  43.9   10:41   WNW
28  16.6  20.1   13:01  14.8   23:17   1.8   0.1   0.6  13.2  34.2   12:44    NW
29  17.7  20.8   13:40  15.1   00:00   1.1   0.5   0.0  18.5  47.9   12:56   WNW
30  17.4  20.9   14:00   9.6   23:49   1.4   0.5   0.6  13.4  39.2   10:11   WNW
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    15.6  27.0     3     4.5    11    93.4  11.6 117.9  10.6  47.9    26      NW

Max >=  27.0:  1
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 32.4 on day 9
Days of Rain: 18 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  2 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration