A late Good Evening - Today was: Monday, 26 January 2026 22:23:54 NZDT
Current: 16.3°C, Max: 21.7°C, Min: 14.1°C. It feels like 17.1°C
FORECAST: Cloudy this evening with showers after midnight. Low 14C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 40%. It feels like 17.1°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:18 | Sunset: 20:42 | Dawn: 05:47 | Dusk: 21:13
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 °C/hr 16.3°C, 88%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 hPa/hr 1003.4hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WSW (253°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 6km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 5.8mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 6.4hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 26 January 2026 at 22:24:02. 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 2014 Jun
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jun 2014

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   9.5  13.7   12:11   3.5   00:00   8.8   0.0   0.0  12.0  22.0   11:51    SE
 2  11.3  14.0   12:26   9.2   00:00   7.0   0.0   0.0  14.0  24.5   11:21     E
 3  11.5  15.3   13:25   9.4   07:13   6.8   0.0   0.0  11.9  27.0   13:31     E
 4  11.6  15.8   14:15   8.6   22:35   9.9   0.0   0.0   5.3  18.4   11:09     E
 5  11.5  14.9   14:31   9.5   00:00   6.8   0.0   0.0   3.6  15.8   14:59     W
 6  10.6  16.8   14:13   6.7   23:56   7.7   0.0   0.0   3.0  18.4   12:39     W
 7  10.7  16.4   13:43   5.3   02:17   7.6   0.0   0.0   3.2  20.9   12:44   WNW
 8  12.8  19.0   13:26   6.8   06:54   5.5   0.0   0.0   4.8  24.5   20:11   ESE
 9  13.1  15.2   11:35  11.9   03:08   5.2   0.0  13.5  13.5  29.5   07:49     E
10  12.7  13.4   14:07  11.9   17:29   5.6   0.0  10.2  12.7  33.1   21:27     E
11  13.0  17.3   19:31  11.8   00:11  18.1   0.0   0.0  14.7  43.9   07:59     E
12  12.1  16.7   10:19  10.4   23:40   6.2   0.0   0.0  16.0  83.2   10:19     E
13  11.6  16.1   13:41   8.2   23:29   6.7   0.0   0.0   6.9  20.9   01:44   ESE
14  10.0  17.0   13:19   5.4   05:44   8.3   0.0   0.0   3.9  13.3   14:42    NE
15   9.5  14.9   14:39   3.8   05:04   8.8   0.0   0.0   3.8  20.9   14:08   WNW
16  11.9  16.1   13:48   8.9   07:06   6.4   0.0   0.0   2.5  11.2   12:48   ENE
17  12.6  17.0   13:31   9.6   01:50   5.7   0.0   4.2  12.3  42.8   15:32   WNW
18  12.9  15.1   13:33  11.6   17:42   5.4   0.0   2.4  21.1  39.2   21:29   WNW
19  11.7  15.2   12:47   8.3   23:10   6.6   0.0   0.3  17.1  42.8   12:47   WNW
20  10.0  15.1   12:08   6.3   06:46   8.3   0.0   0.0   6.6  19.4   23:49   NNW
21  11.7  14.7   12:07   8.9   07:07   6.5   0.0   4.2  16.4  45.4   11:37    NW
22  10.9  14.3   12:51   5.9   22:36   7.4   0.0   0.3   7.5  28.1   01:07    SE
23   8.1  13.6   13:34   3.4   04:51  10.2   0.0   0.0   4.5  14.8   10:59   ENE
24  10.7  16.6   14:27   6.8   04:11   7.6   0.0   0.0   2.5  11.2   14:15     S
25  11.1  16.1   16:36   5.8   05:05   7.4   0.0   0.3   4.2  23.4   20:47     N
26  13.8  19.0   14:09   9.9   23:09   4.5   0.0  15.3   5.7  25.6   02:11   WNW
27  11.4  16.9   12:11   8.8   20:07   6.9   0.0   1.2  12.1  33.1   12:41    NW
28  10.6  15.3   14:14   5.9   23:32   7.7   0.0   0.6   8.2  27.0   02:10     W
29   9.3  14.8   13:12   4.5   07:44   9.0   0.0   0.0   6.4  19.4   16:34     N
30   9.2  11.7   15:21   5.8   03:35   9.1   0.0  12.6   4.3  18.4   23:35    NE
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    11.2  19.0     8     3.4    23   227.7   0.0  65.1   8.5  83.2    12      NE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 15.3 on day 26
Days of Rain: 12 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration