Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 18 September 2026 11:54:51 NZST
Current: 14.1°C, Max: 14.4°C, Min: 10.6°C. It feels like 13.8°C
FORECAST: Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. High 17C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 13.8°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Showery, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 06:14 | Sunset: 18:10 | Dawn: 05:48 | Dusk: 18:37
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.1 °C/hr 14.1°C, 82%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.4 hPa/hr 1005.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SW (233°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 7km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 10.8klx, 1.4hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  85W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 18 September 2026 at 11:56:40. 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 Jul
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 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  10.7  14.7   11:32   7.6   23:32   7.6   0.0   3.3  11.3  30.6   11:55    NW
 2   7.2  11.1   14:03   2.5   23:17  11.1   0.0   3.6  12.8  36.7   13:53   WNW
 3   5.9  12.2   13:19   2.3   00:51  12.4   0.0   0.0   6.0  25.6   12:18    NW
 4   7.1  11.4   12:25   2.4   08:14  11.2   0.0   0.0   8.4  36.7   23:47   WNW
 5  11.7  15.2   10:50   8.4   23:58   6.6   0.0   0.3  20.6  55.1   06:54   WNW
 6   8.4  14.0   12:35   4.0   23:48   9.9   0.0   0.0   4.4  13.3   14:35   ENE
 7   7.4  12.6   13:58   2.2   05:54  10.9   0.0   0.0  11.0  30.6   14:23   ESE
 8   9.0  12.2   13:07   5.8   02:09   9.3   0.0   0.0  20.3  46.4   11:50     E
 9  10.9  12.3   12:31   9.3   07:55   7.4   0.0   0.0  22.4  46.4   15:16     E
10  12.0  15.1   13:29  10.5   23:50   6.3   0.0   0.0  21.4  43.9   06:24     E
11  11.4  16.3   13:47   7.0   04:14   6.9   0.0   0.0  11.6  25.6   14:42     E
12  11.8  14.1   14:00  10.4   03:35   6.6   0.0   0.9  10.9  27.0   10:30     E
13  12.2  17.4   12:55   8.8   06:46   6.1   0.0   2.7   5.6  22.0   12:39    NW
14  10.9  14.7   13:55   7.9   23:36   7.4   0.0   0.3   6.2  24.5   19:28    SE
15   7.7  12.1   13:06   3.6   23:51  10.6   0.0   0.0   4.0  14.8   09:58    SE
16   5.5  11.3   12:31   1.9   07:48  12.8   0.0   0.0   4.4  24.5   14:48    SE
17   4.4  10.1   14:00  -1.1   06:59  13.9   0.0   0.3   3.6  14.8   13:03   SSE
18   4.0  10.1   11:47  -1.0   06:40  14.3   0.0   0.0   2.2   9.7   12:01   ENE
19   6.2  12.2   14:16   0.1   00:58  12.1   0.0   0.0   7.9  29.5   14:35   ESE
20   9.5  11.3   12:40   7.6   23:55   8.8   0.0   0.6   6.3  27.0   04:29    SE
21   6.5  10.7   12:17   2.0   23:56  11.8   0.0   2.1   4.1  28.1   15:34   ESE
22   4.4   9.2   15:44  -0.9   05:47  13.9   0.0   0.0   8.5  34.2   13:58    SW
23   7.6  11.9   15:28   3.6   23:59  10.7   0.0   0.3   4.2  17.3   00:57   NNE
24   6.9  14.4   13:24   1.2   05:07  11.4   0.0   0.3   4.5  23.4   13:15    NW
25   8.2  14.8   13:17   3.2   06:22  10.1   0.0   0.0   3.7  19.4   12:52     S
26   5.4  11.5   15:24   0.2   06:04  12.9   0.0   0.0   3.7  14.8   11:42     E
27   5.9  12.0   14:18   0.8   07:21  12.4   0.0   0.0   2.8  11.2   15:39    NE
28   6.9  14.3   13:06   1.0   04:35  11.4   0.0   0.0   4.5  15.8   14:37    NW
29   9.8  14.9   14:06   5.5   07:40   8.5   0.0   0.0   6.3  28.1   13:51    NW
30  12.6  16.8   14:06   9.0   07:32   5.7   0.0   0.0  16.0  40.3   15:20   WNW
31  14.7  18.3   12:02  12.7   23:11   3.6   0.0   0.0  17.1  42.8   02:56   WNW
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     8.5  18.3    31    -1.1    17   304.6   0.0  14.7   8.9  55.1     5      NE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  3
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 3.6 on day 2
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  4 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration