A late Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 16 June 2026 21:16:37 NZST
Current: 5.0°C, Max: 12.2°C, Min: 5.0°C. It feels like 3.3°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy this evening followed by mostly cloudy skies and a few showers after midnight. Low 4C. Winds NNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 30%. It feels like 3.3°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showery later | Sunrise: 07:40 | Sunset: 16:57 | Dawn: 07:09 | Dusk: 17:28
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.1 °C/hr 5.0°C, 95%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1019.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ESE (112°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 5km/h
Air Quality :  66 AQI  34.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 9.4mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 2.2hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 16 June 2026 at 21:17:20. 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 2015 May
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 2015

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  12.7  18.6   13:10   7.4   00:00   5.6   0.0   0.0   6.5  28.1   13:12   WNW
 2  13.8  19.1   12:41  10.7   04:22   4.5   0.0   0.0   5.1  22.0   13:22    NW
 3  13.3  17.4   13:32   7.5   23:49   5.0   0.0   0.0   5.0  17.3   10:48    NW
 4  11.0  17.3   12:41   4.4   06:09   7.3   0.0   0.0   5.2  23.4   11:41    NW
 5  14.7  19.9   13:54  11.1   03:27   3.7   0.1   0.0   7.1  23.4   12:38   WNW
 6  17.1  22.0   13:23  12.5   07:10   2.0   0.8   0.0  10.7  39.2   14:15   WNW
 7  17.6  20.0   12:21  15.9   21:58   0.8   0.2   8.7  10.5  37.8   08:29   WNW
 8  15.6  18.2   12:14  12.8   22:50   2.6   0.0   2.7   8.7  25.6   13:32     W
 9  14.0  17.2   13:20  11.0   05:50   4.3   0.0   0.0  15.0  34.2   11:20   WNW
10  15.0  18.4   12:15  12.7   00:15   3.3   0.0   0.3  12.4  29.5   14:45   WNW
11  14.7  19.8   14:16  10.3   07:45   3.7   0.1   2.1  10.0 190.0   20:39    NW
12  13.9  15.8   11:53  11.8   23:23   4.4   0.0  16.8   9.2  34.2   17:00   WNW
13  13.6  17.4   11:59  -0.5   00:00   4.7   0.0   0.0  14.9  50.0   12:07   WNW
14  11.5  19.6   18:35  10.8   00:37   6.7   0.0  19.2   1.8   8.6   21:05    SW
15  12.7  18.4   10:58   9.8   23:57   5.7   0.0  43.8   3.6  15.8   15:46   NNE
16  11.2  15.3   14:39   7.5   07:46   7.1   0.0   0.9   7.7  36.7   13:00   SSW
17  10.1  19.7   18:01  -0.5   22:57   8.1   0.0   0.0   3.8 197.0   22:57     E
18  11.8  17.4   13:07   6.7   06:53   6.4   0.0   0.0   9.2  37.8   15:35    NW
19  11.5  15.1   12:20   6.5   23:55   6.8   0.0   0.3   1.6  22.0   12:20     E
20  10.0  14.3   13:53   5.7   01:17   8.3   0.0   0.0   5.9  24.5   21:44   NNW
21  13.7  16.4   12:15  10.9   02:45   4.6   0.0   6.6  15.5  43.9   14:23   WNW
22  11.1  14.5   01:03   5.2   21:38   7.2   0.0   0.3   7.8  35.6   00:59     W
23   9.8  12.6   12:51   6.7   00:24   8.5   0.0   1.8   4.6  31.7   19:35     E
24  10.9  23.6   16:40   5.6   07:59   7.4   0.0   0.0   9.8  39.2   16:40     W
25   7.1  11.8   12:54   1.3   23:55  11.0   0.0   0.9   6.5  34.2   12:25   SSW
26   5.7  12.8   13:21   0.3   03:43  12.6   0.0   0.0   3.4  19.4   13:57   SSW
27   6.5  12.1   12:44   0.7   03:50  11.8   0.0   0.0   2.7  11.2   15:09   ENE
28   6.3  13.5   13:13   1.2   07:29  12.2   0.0   0.0   2.5   9.7   13:48   ENE
29   7.3  14.9   13:21   2.2   03:42  11.0   0.0   0.0   4.8  18.4   14:16   NNW
30   9.1  15.9   14:34   1.9   07:31   9.2   0.0   0.0   2.9  20.9   13:00    NW
31  10.8  17.3   13:31   7.2   07:07   7.4   0.0   0.0   2.6  15.8   13:53   WSW
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    11.7  23.6    24    -0.5    13   203.9   1.2 104.4   6.7 197.0    17     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  2
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 43.8 on day 15
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration