Good Afternoon - Today is: Monday, 24 August 2026 16:02:39 NZST
Current: 13.5°C, Max: 15.2°C, Min: 6.4°C. It feels like 10.6°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. Low around 10C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 10.6°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:55 | Sunset: 17:47 | Dawn: 06:27 | Dusk: 18:14
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 13.5°C, 77%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.0 hPa/hr 1026.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (282°) 14km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 29km/h
Air Quality :  12 AQI  3.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 9.4klx, 6.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  74W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 24 August 2026 at 16:08:48. 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 2012 Jul
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2012

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   6.3  10.7   14:20   1.9   02:07  12.0   0.0   0.0   8.6  24.5   14:28   ESE
 2   7.4  11.0   14:04   5.1   05:49  10.9   0.0   0.0  12.7  30.6   15:49     E
 3   8.4  11.0   14:36   6.3   04:18   9.9   0.0   0.6  16.9  37.8   14:38     E
 4  10.7  13.3   13:07   8.8   00:00   7.7   0.0   0.6  15.2  35.6   02:59     E
 5  10.5  12.3   13:08   9.2   05:31   7.8   0.0  17.7   6.6  20.9   17:40    SE
 6  10.4  13.2   12:38   7.3   23:58   7.9   0.0   0.9   7.7  23.4   01:47   ESE
 7   7.4  12.1   12:51   2.4   23:54  10.9   0.0   0.0   3.4  18.4   12:54   ESE
 8   6.2  10.9   11:34   0.9   07:03  12.1   0.0   0.0   2.6   9.7   12:18     S
 9   9.2  12.9   12:41   6.4   08:23   9.1   0.0   0.0   3.4  15.8   11:59    SE
10   8.1  13.6   12:17   2.6   07:59  10.2   0.0   0.0   3.7  13.3   13:55   NNW
11   9.6  16.1   13:53   5.5   22:31   8.7   0.0   0.0   4.1  19.4   03:32   NNW
12   8.3  13.6   12:54   2.3   07:09  10.0   0.0   0.0   6.5  22.0   18:26   NNW
13  10.8  14.8   13:17   8.6   02:57   7.5   0.0   0.0  13.4  31.7   12:53    NW
14  10.3  14.9   12:14   6.4   03:53   8.0   0.0   0.3   3.2  22.0   12:48    NW
15  12.4  16.5   15:04   9.6   03:28   5.9   0.0  19.5   6.1  33.1   14:04   NNW
16  13.1  16.0   14:35  11.9   06:31   5.2   0.0  28.8   8.6  34.2   15:24   WNW
17  10.8  16.2   13:00   3.8   23:58   7.5   0.0   0.3   4.9  23.4   00:14   WNW
18   8.7  15.5   12:56   1.7   03:59   9.6   0.0   0.0   6.4  23.4   11:09     N
19   9.0  16.2   13:06   3.7   06:23   9.3   0.0   0.0   4.7  17.3   11:39    NW
20   7.6  16.1   14:00   1.1   07:39  10.7   0.0   0.0   3.1   9.7   16:08    SE
21   8.5  17.3   13:19   2.4   05:05   9.7   0.0   0.0   4.4  13.3   13:20     E
22  10.2  13.5   13:45   7.1   05:06   8.1   0.0   1.2  10.2  25.6   18:12   ESE
23   9.8  11.0   12:29   9.0   03:43   8.5   0.0  10.5  19.6  41.8   20:13   ESE
24  14.0  17.2   12:43  10.0   00:00   4.3   0.0   0.6  17.2  37.8   05:29   ESE
25  11.4  13.4   00:36   8.5   23:29   6.9   0.0   0.6  13.7  36.7   15:29    SE
26   7.8  10.8   12:53   4.8   23:23  10.5   0.0   0.0  10.7  28.1   11:13   ESE
27   7.7  12.5   14:50   2.2   06:13  10.6   0.0   0.0   9.7  24.5   14:14     E
28   7.7  15.5   13:50   1.1   07:03  10.6   0.0   0.0   5.2  13.3   11:00     E
29   8.2  14.4   13:17   1.9   06:43  10.0   0.0   0.0  14.5  31.7   23:27     E
30  12.3  14.9   14:10  10.6   00:44   6.0   0.0   9.0  24.5  46.4   13:46     E
31   9.3  10.9   14:20   8.3   23:49   9.0   0.0  18.9   4.7  20.9   12:34     E
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     9.4  17.3    21     0.9     8   275.1   0.0 109.5   8.9  46.4    30       E

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 28.8 on day 16
Days of Rain: 14 (> 0.2 mm)  6 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration