A new day - Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 00:06:41 NZDT
Current: 13.7°C, Max: 13.7°C, Min: 13.6°C. It feels like 11.6°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and windy. Low 12C. Winds SE at 30 to 50 km/h. It feels like 11.6°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:09 | Sunset: 19:47 | Dawn: 06:42 | Dusk: 20:14
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 13.7°C, 71%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 hPa/hr 1018.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ESE (102°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 22km/h
Air Quality :  13 AQI  3.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 at 00:08:46. 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 2020 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2020

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  14.0  22.3   15:05   7.5   07:33   4.8   0.5   0.2   2.3  22.4   16:42   WSW
02  13.4  21.6   15:44   7.5   03:59   5.1   0.3   0.0   3.2  26.7   10:54    SE
03  14.4  20.6   16:11   9.3   07:46   4.1   0.2   0.0   4.1  35.3   12:54     E
04  14.8  20.7   13:28  11.1   03:44   3.7   0.3   0.0   6.7  34.6   21:10   ENE
05  15.1  22.1   14:53   8.8   06:16   4.0   0.6   0.0   5.4  43.3   11:54   ENE
06  14.1  23.3   14:18   7.4   06:35   4.8   0.6   0.0   3.7  40.4   09:45    NE
07  15.9  23.0   12:43  10.8   06:50   3.2   0.7   0.0   4.5  51.2   16:01     W
08  15.7  19.4   15:42  12.0   23:07   2.6   0.0   0.8   3.4  25.2   13:56   WNW
09  13.2  18.2   15:13   7.8   23:46   5.1   0.0   0.0   4.3  37.5   13:12     S
10  10.7  19.5   14:45   4.4   05:42   7.6   0.0   0.0   2.1  19.5   20:53   WSW
11  12.1  21.7   14:45   3.7   06:21   6.6   0.4   0.0   3.0  31.0   16:27     W
12  15.3  24.5   14:19   6.6   04:34   4.2   1.2   0.4   4.0  40.4   11:39    NW
13  14.3  19.1   11:55  11.1   21:41   4.1   0.0   6.0  13.1  87.2   17:35     W
14  11.4  15.8   14:05   6.8   20:07   6.9   0.0   1.4   9.1  44.0   11:01   WSW
15   9.6  16.4   13:52   3.4   06:25   8.7   0.0   0.0   3.1  35.3   15:20   WSW
16  13.3  18.8   12:41   9.3   07:18   5.0   0.0   1.8   7.1  45.4   10:55     W
17  15.9  19.0   13:18  13.5   03:14   2.4   0.0  19.4   8.5  48.3   07:46     W
18  15.3  20.0   12:12  11.0   23:53   3.0   0.1   4.4  10.5  54.8   12:15   WNW
19  14.3  19.2   13:01   9.6   01:43   4.0   0.0   1.4   9.7  62.7   15:06   WNW
20  14.1  18.6   13:37  10.9   06:15   4.2   0.0   0.6   7.4  51.2   11:26   WNW
21  12.7  18.3   13:42   8.5   20:37   5.6   0.0   0.0   2.9  36.8   15:06     W
22  12.4  19.1   12:26   6.5   05:33   5.9   0.0   0.0   2.7  20.2   12:28    NW
23  12.9  21.3   13:16   7.3   06:01   5.6   0.2   0.0   2.5  21.6   14:05   WSW
24  13.7  20.8   12:55   8.7   22:44   4.9   0.2   0.0   3.8  35.3   15:52   WNW
25  14.0  18.1   11:54   9.8   00:00   4.3   0.0   0.0   7.1  42.5   12:57   WNW
26  14.4  20.8   12:49  10.0   04:39   4.2   0.3   0.0   2.4  26.7   14:04     W
27  15.0  21.2   13:49   9.5   07:07   3.6   0.3   0.4   8.0  43.3   16:33   WNW
28  14.3  19.6   14:56   7.6   22:16   4.1   0.1   0.0   5.6  40.4   04:24     W
29  11.5  20.3   14:19   3.8   05:32   6.9   0.2   0.0   3.0  17.3   10:21    NW
30  12.4  18.3   11:45   6.9   03:50   5.9   0.0   0.0   4.1  43.3   15:24     W
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    13.7  24.5    12     3.4    15   145.1   6.2  36.8   5.2  87.2    13     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 19.4 on day 17
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  3 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration