Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 13 August 2026 10:48:38 NZST
Current: 11.9°C, Max: 12.0°C, Min: 9.5°C. It feels like 10.9°C
FORECAST: Cloudy with rain ending for the afternoon. High 14C. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. It feels like 10.9°C. A waterproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, showers likely | Sunrise: 07:10 | Sunset: 17:36 | Dawn: 06:41 | Dusk: 18:04
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 °C/hr 11.9°C, 94%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1012.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ENE (73°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 13km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Rising 13.8mm
Sun Light : 19klx, 0.4hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  150W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 13 August 2026 at 10:53:55. 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 2016 Jul
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jul 2016

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 58   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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   7.0  11.9   11:48   1.0   21:59  11.3   0.0   0.0   2.4  21.6   03:25    SE
02   6.5  15.0   12:20   1.0   00:00  11.1   0.0   0.0   5.5  38.9   12:53   WNW
03  10.6  14.9   12:48   7.7   02:39   7.7   0.0   0.0   6.6  32.4   13:27   WNW
04  11.1  14.5   13:57   8.3   07:22   7.2   0.0   0.0   7.9  38.9   03:45   WNW
05  12.0  16.9   12:39   8.1   21:48   6.3   0.0   0.3   5.2  20.9   12:31   WNW
06  10.8  13.2   11:15   8.4   23:56   7.5   0.0   0.0   3.2  23.1   12:13    NW
07  10.6  14.6   12:59   7.3   02:31   7.7   0.0   0.0   8.4  49.0   23:47     E
08  10.8  12.2   13:01   8.6   23:32   7.5   0.0   9.0  10.4  59.8   18:16   ESE
09   9.0  11.7   14:38   7.2   23:21   9.3   0.0   0.0   8.3  61.3   01:22   ESE
10   9.6  13.7   12:10   7.2   00:17   8.7   0.0   0.0   5.7  32.4   13:13     E
11   8.7  13.6   12:01   4.1   08:00   9.6   0.0   0.0   5.3  33.9   13:17     E
12   6.6  15.0   12:39   1.1   07:39  11.7   0.0   0.0   2.0  11.5   13:24     E
13   7.5  12.9   12:05   1.4   02:18  10.8   0.0   0.6   3.1  26.0   12:18     N
14  11.0  13.8   12:56   9.0   21:44   7.3   0.0  17.4   9.8  57.7   14:46     W
15  10.5  13.7   13:01   7.4   23:57   7.8   0.0   1.8   9.2  75.0   09:25   WNW
16   8.2  14.2   13:43   4.4   22:47  10.1   0.0   0.0   2.5  41.8   14:38     W
17  10.5  14.4   13:42   6.2   21:36   7.8   0.0   0.3   7.7  57.0   05:35   WSW
18   6.3  11.8   14:40   2.2   23:09  12.0   0.0   0.0   3.2  44.7   13:55   SSW
19   7.8  12.7   20:15   1.7   01:50  10.5   0.0  11.4   6.8  62.0   22:31     W
20  10.7  15.0   14:28   4.8   07:32   7.6   0.0   1.5   7.0  44.0   00:01     W
21  10.7  15.6   13:15   4.8   22:17   7.6   0.0   1.5   5.2  58.4   03:48     W
22   8.0  13.1   11:30   4.3   03:57  10.3   0.0   0.0   2.7  25.2   12:58   WNW
23  12.6  19.6   15:13   6.1   00:00   5.7   0.1   3.9   5.6  65.6   16:46   WNW
24  12.4  15.7   03:27   9.4   15:19   5.9   0.0  14.5  16.8  94.4   21:56     W
25  10.9  14.4   12:41   7.8   22:34   7.4   0.0   4.2  11.5  70.7   02:37     W
26   8.7  14.6   12:23   4.4   21:04   9.6   0.0   0.6   2.7  18.7   22:58   WNW
27  10.4  15.4   13:09   6.3   01:36   7.9   0.0   0.0   7.6  48.3   12:52   WNW
28  11.4  16.3   13:18   9.0   20:53   6.9   0.0  10.5   8.1  67.1   21:44   WNW
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     9.7  19.6    23     1.0     1   240.8   0.1  77.5   6.4  94.4    24     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 17.4 on day 14
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration