A very early Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 2 December 2025 05:41:13 NZDT
Current: 11.9°C, Max: 13.1°C, Min: 11.5°C. It feels like 11.8°C
FORECAST: Sun and clouds mixed. High 21C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 11.8°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain at times, very unsettled | Sunrise: 05:42 | Sunset: 20:32 | Dawn: 05:10 | Dusk: 21:05
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 11.9°C, 89%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1003.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSE  Current wind speed is Calm (F0) from SSE (147°) 1km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 2km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 02 December 2025 at 05:45:22. 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