Good Afternoon - Today is: Monday, 5 January 2026 16:35:21 NZDT
Current: 23.6°C, Max: 24.5°C, Min: 9.0°C. It feels like 21.9°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 11C. Winds NW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 21.9°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 05:55 | Sunset: 20:51 | Dawn: 05:22 | Dusk: 21:24
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 23.6°C, 52%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1017.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WSW (243°) 14km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 24km/h
Air Quality :  3 AQI  0.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 86.2kLux, 7.9hrs   Solar UV :  6.0UVI  681W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 05 January 2026 at 16:35:42. 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 May
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 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  10.4  15.0   12:50   8.1   21:50   7.9   0.0   0.3  14.0  23.4   12:50    SE
 2   8.1  14.1   15:20   7.4   01:50  10.2   0.0   0.0  14.7  31.7   14:20    SE
 3   9.3  19.1   13:50   8.3   03:50   9.0   0.0   0.0   8.6  20.9   11:20    SE
 4   9.3  20.2   14:50   4.1   23:50   9.0   0.0   0.0   4.4  18.4   11:50     S
 5   4.1  16.8   12:20   3.7   00:50  14.2   0.0   0.6   9.4  24.5   18:50   WNW
 6  11.0  14.9   11:50   6.7   23:50   7.3   0.0  11.1   9.9  28.1   08:50     W
 7   6.7  16.1   14:20   3.1   06:50  11.6   0.0   0.9   8.5  24.5   15:20    NW
 8  10.8  12.1   11:20   7.6   22:50   7.5   0.0   7.2   6.4  19.4   00:20    NE
 9   7.6  15.2   14:20   4.3   07:50  10.7   0.0   1.5   7.5  19.4   11:50     W
10   9.7  14.7   16:20   5.9   22:20   8.6   0.0   7.5   9.6  27.0   09:20    SE
11   6.2  12.4   14:50   5.9   07:20  12.1   0.0   0.0   9.9  25.6   00:50   ESE
12   7.1  15.0   12:20   4.7   23:20  11.2   0.0   0.0   5.3  20.9   01:50     S
13   4.9  15.2   14:50   4.3   00:20  13.4   0.0   6.6  11.3  28.1   13:50    NW
14  11.2  16.6   12:20  10.2   07:50   7.1   0.0   1.2  13.8  31.7   15:50    NW
15   0.0  14.4   15:49  11.6   23:19  18.3   0.0   0.0  14.0  30.6   16:19   WNW
16  11.7  21.0   14:19  11.4   06:19   6.6   0.0   0.0  14.0  23.4   11:49    NW
17  16.0  16.0   08:08  10.0   23:49   2.3   0.0   7.5  12.9  25.6   12:49    NW
18  10.0  17.8   11:49   8.9   07:19   8.3   0.0   5.1   9.6  22.0   13:19   NNW
19  10.0  14.8   13:49   7.9   23:19   8.3   0.0   7.8  13.2  34.2   14:49   WNW
20   8.0  13.1   12:49   3.7   04:49  10.3   0.0   0.0   3.4   9.7   08:10   ENE
21   4.3  14.6   14:50   1.3   22:50  14.0   0.0   0.6   4.2   9.7   06:20    NE
22   1.4  10.4   14:50  -0.4   03:20  16.9   0.0   0.3   3.5   8.6   15:20     N
23   5.7   9.5   10:20   4.3   05:20  12.6   0.0  13.2  10.0  25.6   09:50   SSW
24   7.8  13.6   12:20   7.8   00:20  10.5   0.0   2.7  13.2  33.1   10:20   SSE
25  10.7  14.0   15:20   8.9   23:20   7.6   0.0   3.3  13.9  28.1   08:50   SSE
26   9.2  14.1   11:50   8.7   06:20   9.1   0.0   0.6  13.4  39.2   08:50    SE
27   9.9  16.3   14:50   8.7   23:50   8.4   0.0   0.6   7.1  19.4   11:50    SE
28   8.7  16.8   12:20   6.5   05:20   9.6   0.0   0.0   5.7  13.3   16:20     E
29   7.4  16.1   11:20   7.1   00:20  10.9   0.0   0.0   3.1   9.7   11:20   WSW
30  10.0  16.1   11:20   8.7   22:50   8.3   0.0   0.3   5.4  14.8   19:50    SE
31   8.8  11.2   13:20   1.6   20:20   9.5   0.0   0.9   7.7  31.7   15:50     S
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     8.3  21.0    16    -0.4    22   311.3   0.0  79.8   9.3  39.2    26     SSW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  1
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 13.2 on day 23
Days of Rain: 21 (> 0.2 mm)  10 (> 2.0 mm)  0 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration