Midday - Today is: Thursday, 26 February 2026 12:57:45 NZDT
Current: 21.8°C, Max: 22.7°C, Min: 14.4°C. It feels like 21.5°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. High 24C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 21.5°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 06:56 | Sunset: 20:05 | Dawn: 06:27 | Dusk: 20:33
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.1 °C/hr 21.8°C, 70%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1016.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from W (259°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 26km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 28.7kLux, 3.2hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  227W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 26 February 2026 at 12:58:51. 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 2022 Jun
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jun 2022

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  15.3  19.3   14:24  13.4   03:38   3.1   0.1   0.4   5.3  49.0   13:43   NNW
02  12.9  14.1   14:55  10.7   23:40   5.4   0.0  13.0   6.2  37.0   10:22   NNE
03  11.9  17.8   14:25   9.2   03:56   6.4   0.0   4.0   4.2  39.0   22:37    SE
04  10.0  16.6   14:19   6.1   07:24   8.3   0.0   0.2   2.9  25.0   00:06    SE
05   8.9  16.4   14:50   3.6   07:31   9.4   0.0   0.0   3.4  19.0   20:34   ESE
06  11.6  17.7   14:09   8.6   23:51   6.7   0.0   0.8   1.5  11.0   00:03   SSE
07  11.3  18.3   14:51   6.0   07:27   7.0   0.0   1.2   1.4  17.0   13:47    SE
08  12.9  18.7   14:39   8.6   06:35   5.4   0.0   3.6   3.1  25.0   14:28    NW
09  11.9  16.7   13:17   9.7   23:40   6.4   0.0   6.4   5.2  60.0   13:32   NNW
10  11.1  14.7   10:54   8.8   04:40   7.2   0.0   7.0   8.6  54.0   14:24    NW
11  11.0  14.4   14:20   8.4   22:51   7.3   0.0  16.8   8.4  78.0   10:28    NW
12  11.5  15.9   14:16   8.7   00:00   6.8   0.0   4.4   5.1  38.0   18:44   NNW
13  10.4  12.2   17:03   8.0   08:06   7.9   0.0  20.4  14.1  78.0   17:17   WNW
14  11.7  14.8   13:53   5.9   03:35   6.5   0.0   1.0  15.2  66.0   15:08     W
15  13.1  15.3   14:36  11.9   23:27   5.2   0.0   0.0  16.1  68.0   10:35     W
16  12.9  16.1   11:53  11.6   03:44   5.4   0.0   1.6  10.4  55.0   07:36     W
17  12.5  16.1   13:08  10.8   07:59   5.8   0.0   2.2   5.6  36.0   02:10   NNE
18  12.7  16.9   13:24   9.7   07:56   5.6   0.0   0.0   2.2  26.0   23:07   ESE
19  10.4  13.6   14:33   6.6   22:07   7.9   0.0   0.0   4.9  46.0   02:00     E
20   8.4  10.8   14:04   6.8   19:32   9.9   0.0   0.0   6.6  44.0   09:50   ESE
21   8.1  12.1   13:29   4.4   07:28  10.2   0.0   0.0   3.6  27.0   11:35     E
22   8.8  14.3   14:40   5.1   01:57   9.5   0.0   0.0   2.2  32.0   14:53   ESE
23   6.7  14.0   15:14   1.3   07:32  11.6   0.0   0.0   2.0  24.0   09:31    NE
24   7.3  15.3   14:11   1.7   05:48  11.0   0.0   0.2   1.5  18.0   08:38    NE
25  11.1  17.4   13:53   6.3   03:42   7.2   0.0   0.0   2.0  17.0   15:47     N
26  12.0  17.1   14:20   8.8   23:57   6.3   0.0   0.0   3.6  42.0   12:52   WNW
27  10.6  16.7   14:10   5.7   05:46   7.7   0.0   0.0   4.5  37.0   11:53   WNW
28  10.8  16.9   15:00   6.5   23:38   7.5   0.0   0.0   2.1  19.0   14:48     N
29   9.9  12.8   14:43   6.6   23:58   8.4   0.0   2.6   1.2  18.0   12:45    NE
30   8.9  14.7   14:30   3.8   05:20   9.4   0.0   0.0   3.0  43.0   13:31   WNW
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    10.9  19.3     1     1.3    23   222.4   0.1  85.8   5.2  78.0    11      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 20.4 on day 13
Days of Rain: 17 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration