Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 22 October 2026 15:54:46 NZDT
Current: 17.6°C, Max: 18.1°C, Min: 10.0°C. It feels like 15.4°C
FORECAST: Some clouds. Low 6C. Winds NW at 15 to 30 km/h, becoming ENE and decreasing to 5 to 10 km/h. It feels like 15.4°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.1 °C/hr 17.6°C, 68%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.4 hPa/hr 1024.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WSW (242°)   WSW  14km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 30km/h
Air Quality :  9 AQI  2.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 104.7klx, 2.4hrs   Solar UV :  7.0UVI  827W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 15:57:10. 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 Aug
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 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  11.1  14.4   15:32   8.3   00:00   7.2   0.0   9.3  14.8  34.2   16:47     E
 2  12.1  14.3   13:55  10.9   05:36   6.3   0.0   0.0  17.8  39.2   13:37     E
 3  12.1  14.0   13:08  11.3   00:03   6.2   0.0   0.0  16.8  37.8   10:35     E
 4  12.4  15.5   13:21  10.9   08:00   5.9   0.0   0.0  19.0  34.2   22:28     E
 5  11.0  14.8   15:22   6.1   23:57   7.3   0.0   0.0  10.3  27.0   01:05   ESE
 6   9.5  14.2   15:28   5.0   01:31   8.8   0.0   2.1   6.8  25.6   15:17   WNW
 7  10.1  13.2   12:47   6.4   06:34   8.2   0.0   5.7   4.3  13.3   01:17   NNE
 8  10.6  15.1   12:52   7.8   23:59   7.7   0.0   3.6   3.5  14.8   15:58   SSE
 9   8.7  13.6   10:56   3.4   05:04   9.6   0.0   0.9   3.3  12.2   18:32    SE
10   9.9  15.7   12:57   5.4   23:55   8.4   0.0   0.0   3.5  17.3   14:13   SSW
11  10.0  17.3   13:53   2.8   07:27   8.3   0.0   0.0   5.1  14.8   19:23     E
12  11.6  13.8   10:19  10.3   03:25   6.7   0.0  22.8  10.2  41.8   06:41     E
13  10.5  15.2   11:51   7.9   04:18   7.8   0.0  10.2   3.9  15.8   12:40   ESE
14  11.2  16.1   14:54   7.0   06:07   7.1   0.0   0.0   4.5  17.3   00:47    NW
15  11.8  18.0   14:54   7.2   07:41   6.5   0.0   1.2   5.6  22.0   20:30   ENE
16  10.5  14.0   11:56   8.7   23:54   7.8   0.0   7.5   6.0  31.7   12:18   WNW
17  10.6  14.8   11:12   8.1   22:38   7.7   0.0   3.3   7.5  33.1   13:43   WNW
18  10.9  16.4   12:21   7.2   06:39   7.4   0.0   0.0   4.2  23.4   12:29     W
19  11.4  15.1   12:14   9.8   00:00   6.9   0.0   6.6   3.1  12.2   22:13     E
20  11.2  15.5   11:39   7.8   07:21   7.1   0.0   4.8   5.8  23.4   04:32   NNW
21  10.9  14.7   12:57   7.9   23:59   7.4   0.0  11.1   3.7  14.8   10:14    SW
22  10.5  15.8   13:53   7.4   00:26   7.8   0.0   0.0   6.6  24.5   14:22   ESE
23  10.9  16.3   15:06   6.8   23:58   7.4   0.0   0.0   7.0  18.4   11:49   ESE
24   9.4  17.3   12:46   2.9   06:46   8.9   0.0   0.0   4.7  20.9   14:21   NNE
25  10.3  16.5   12:40   5.1   03:53   8.0   0.0   0.0  10.2  29.5   14:52   WNW
26  11.3  17.7   13:56   4.8   04:08   7.0   0.0   0.0  10.7  30.6   14:44   WNW
27  11.1  17.9   11:30   6.6   04:27   7.2   0.0   0.0  15.0  46.4   11:16    NW
28   9.3  14.0   14:53   5.0   23:42   9.1   0.0  10.2   4.5  14.8   02:18     N
29   9.8  16.9   14:41   3.4   05:37   8.5   0.0   0.0   7.6  24.5   20:04     E
30  10.7  15.3   13:15   7.5   03:57   7.6   0.0   0.0  13.7  33.1   11:28   ESE
31  10.4  15.7   12:37   6.5   03:52   7.9   0.0   0.0  12.4  28.1   12:51     E
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    10.7  18.0    15     2.8    11   235.7   0.0  99.3   8.0  46.4    27     ENE

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 22.8 on day 12
Days of Rain: 14 (> 0.2 mm)  12 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration