Midday - Today is: Wednesday, 19 November 2025 12:44:44 NZDT
Current: 23.3°C, Max: 23.5°C, Min: 16.3°C. It feels like 25.1°C
FORECAST: Periods of rain. High 24C. Winds S at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. It feels like 25.1°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 05:49 | Sunset: 20:18 | Dawn: 05:18 | Dusk: 20:49
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.7 °C/hr 23.3°C, 71%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1009.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from ESE (117°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 14km/h
Air Quality :  0 AQI  0ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 1.0mm
Sun Light : 36.2kLux, 2.8hrs   Solar UV :  3.8UVI  286W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 19 November 2025 at 12:47:54. 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