Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 30 January 2026 11:29:34 NZDT
Current: 20.6°C, Max: 20.7°C, Min: 15.1°C. It feels like 19.6°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. Windy. High 23C. Winds E at 30 to 50 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 19.6°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:23 | Sunset: 20:38 | Dawn: 05:52 | Dusk: 21:09
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.9 °C/hr 20.6°C, 57%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1018.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  E  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from E (98°) 8km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 24km/h
Air Quality :  6 AQI  1.7ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 45.8kLux, 2.4hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  362W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 30 January 2026 at 11:29:57. 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 2010 Jun
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jun 2010

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  10.3  11.7   17:05   8.6   02:53   8.0   0.0   5.7  19.9  49.0   15:20   ESE
 2  12.2  14.1   15:44   9.4   23:55   6.1   0.0   9.6   7.1  33.1   00:17   ESE
 3  12.3  22.5   12:10   7.4   01:08   6.0   0.0   0.3   2.3  14.8   16:05    SE
 4   9.4  20.6   15:57   2.3   23:56   8.9   0.0   0.0   2.6  11.2   13:49     E
 5   9.2  20.9   13:37   0.5   03:10   9.1   0.0   0.0   2.6   9.7   07:08   ESE
 6  12.4  15.0   18:06   8.7   00:29   5.9   0.0  17.1   7.0  25.6   09:55   ESE
 7  13.4  17.5   13:40   8.5   23:08   4.9   0.0   5.4  13.0  49.0   09:47    NW
 8   7.7  13.0   11:58   3.1   22:51  10.6   0.0   0.3   6.0  34.2   05:47   SSE
 9   6.1  16.0   11:59   0.6   05:03  12.2   0.0   0.0   2.8  14.8   12:20    NW
10   9.7  16.8   13:09   2.7   00:00   8.6   0.0   0.0   5.9  25.6   13:29   NNW
11  12.0  16.5   15:01   8.3   00:00   6.3   0.0   5.1   7.1  28.1   21:16    NW
12  12.7  17.3   12:26   9.8   22:22   5.6   0.0   6.9  17.4  46.4   14:44    NW
13   8.7  12.6   14:43   1.7   23:59   9.6   0.0   6.6   8.0  28.1   09:38    NW
14   6.2  15.8   15:18   0.2   03:21  12.1   0.0   3.9   1.9  14.8   15:46   WSW
15   6.7  16.0   12:45   1.9   23:48  11.6   0.0   0.6   3.0  15.8   12:46   WSW
16   9.1  17.1   12:16   1.6   01:17   9.2   0.0   0.0   2.5  17.3   14:10   NNW
17  10.7  14.4   16:18   8.3   06:26   7.6   0.0   0.3   4.6  18.4   13:33    NW
18  10.6  17.6   13:33   5.4   05:11   7.7   0.0   0.0   4.2  20.9   14:53   NNW
19  11.5  24.0   12:59   5.1   04:48   6.8   0.0   0.0   2.5   8.6   05:41   ESE
20  12.4  16.2   15:06   8.7   00:59   5.9   0.0  20.7  10.9  37.8   21:54   NNW
21  11.6  16.5   12:34   4.4   23:34   6.7   0.0   2.4  15.1  46.4   13:13    NW
22   9.2  18.3   10:20   2.9   06:12   9.1   0.0   0.0   5.6  22.0   12:14    NW
23  11.1  17.8   14:51   8.2   04:31   7.2   0.0   0.0   8.3  23.4   20:19     E
24  11.9  15.6   12:40   9.3   00:00   6.4   0.0   1.2  14.9  43.9   14:53   ESE
25  11.7  13.4   14:41  10.2   00:33   6.6   0.0   0.9  15.8  39.2   06:51   ESE
26  10.7  13.8   11:40   8.4   20:58   7.6   0.0  10.8   6.2  31.7   01:36   SSE
27   9.2  11.3   15:32   6.6   20:27   9.1   0.0   3.9   6.4  24.5   12:10   WNW
28  11.0  17.2   12:20   8.3   00:00   7.3   0.0   7.8   6.0  24.5   10:59   NNW
29  10.2  14.1   10:38   5.7   22:44   8.1   0.0   5.7   5.0  19.4   10:22   WNW
30   8.9  18.8   11:31   3.7   07:51   9.4   0.0   0.0   2.6  13.3   14:26     E
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    10.3  24.0    19     0.2    14   240.2   0.0 115.2   7.2  49.0     1       N

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 20.7 on day 20
Days of Rain: 20 (> 0.2 mm)  14 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration