A very early Good Morning - Today is: Sunday, 16 November 2025 05:02:46 NZDT
Current: 8.0°C, Max: 11.7°C, Min: 8.0°C. It feels like 6.8°C
FORECAST: Plenty of sunshine. High near 20C. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 6.8°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 05:51 | Sunset: 20:14 | Dawn: 05:20 | Dusk: 20:45
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.6 °C/hr 8.0°C, 86%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1020.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ENE (67°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 3km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 16 November 2025 at 05:05:30. 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 2011 Aug
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 2011

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   9.0  12.0   12:31   5.9   00:00   9.3   0.0   0.0   7.2  19.4   16:06    NW
 2  10.7  19.3   12:58   6.3   23:58   7.6   0.0   0.0   4.4  17.3   09:58   NNW
 3   8.8  15.8   14:07   5.2   07:18   9.5   0.0   0.0   4.9  25.6   14:42     E
 4   9.5  18.5   11:00   2.7   07:37   8.8   0.0   0.0   3.2  15.8   13:15   WSW
 5   7.3  15.0   12:32   1.6   23:31  11.0   0.0   3.9   3.0  15.8   15:08   ESE
 6   8.9  12.9   15:15   2.2   00:58   9.4   0.0   0.6  14.7  55.1   23:43   WNW
 7  10.4  14.7   11:24   1.9   23:09   7.9   0.0   4.5  22.4  54.0   11:46     W
 8   8.8  12.7   10:58   0.2   02:09   9.5   0.0   0.3  16.4  49.0   11:09     W
 9  10.8  19.8   14:45   5.3   23:57   7.5   0.0   0.0   7.9  27.0   00:02   WNW
10   8.3  16.6   10:29   2.2   03:38  10.0   0.0   0.0   5.2  27.0   12:51     W
11   8.3  13.0   13:21   2.5   01:27  10.0   0.0   0.3  10.1  31.7   16:27     E
12  11.0  15.8   13:39   9.0   08:28   7.3   0.0   9.3   8.3  27.0   04:10     E
13  10.8  15.8   13:21   7.5   19:34   7.5   0.0   0.9   3.0  15.8   14:34     W
14   6.3   9.8   14:53   0.7   20:40  12.0   0.0  21.9   3.6  45.4   18:30   NNE
15   2.7  10.1   12:05   0.0   17:24  15.6   0.0   6.0   6.9  37.8   15:48    SW
16   3.0  11.1   14:10  -2.8   05:24  15.3   0.0  16.5   5.2  30.6   16:31   WSW
17   4.3   9.0   15:06   0.5   02:46  14.0   0.0   1.8   3.2  18.4   17:06   SSW
18   6.3  13.9   13:54   3.2   00:54  12.0   0.0   0.9   4.4  30.6   15:14   SSE
19   7.3  14.4   13:39   3.4   02:00  11.0   0.0   0.0   5.1  24.5   14:17   SSE
20   6.4  15.2   11:43  -1.1   07:11  11.9   0.0   0.0   2.8  13.3   16:25   SSW
21   7.9  19.1   15:52  -1.0   01:56  10.4   0.0   0.0   4.7  19.4   10:15    NW
22   8.5  15.8   14:51   0.1   06:10   9.8   0.0   0.0   5.3  20.9   13:40     W
23  11.6  19.1   10:27   4.4   06:21   6.7   0.0   0.3   4.7  18.4   16:18     W
24  11.0  13.3   11:55   9.6   03:37   7.3   0.0   0.3  17.2  47.9   11:33   WNW
25  11.6  16.2   12:30   8.9   21:03   6.7   0.0   0.9  14.9  46.4   13:16   WNW
26  11.0  16.1   13:02   8.8   04:26   7.3   0.0   0.0  13.3  36.7   15:37   WNW
27  11.9  16.9   12:47   8.5   21:48   6.4   0.0   0.0  13.3  40.3   10:29     W
28  10.2  15.0   11:03   6.6   23:00   8.1   0.0   0.0   5.3  20.9   10:55   WNW
29  10.9  17.6   12:37   6.8   04:46   7.4   0.0   0.0   3.0  17.3   14:02   ESE
30  12.6  21.2   11:29   7.0   00:04   5.7   0.0   0.6   4.7  20.9   15:32   WSW
31  12.0  16.5   12:32   9.6   23:02   6.3   0.0   0.6  16.4  34.2   15:05   WNW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9.0  21.2    30    -2.8    16   289.2   0.0  69.6   7.8  55.1     6       W

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  4
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 21.9 on day 14
Days of Rain: 17 (> 0.2 mm)  6 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration