A late Good Evening - Today was: Sunday, 11 January 2026 21:46:50 NZDT
Current: 20.9°C, Max: 25.0°C, Min: 18.1°C. It feels like 20.1°C
FORECAST: Windy. Partly cloudy skies early giving way to rain overnight. Low 16C. Winds NW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 20.1°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 06:00 | Sunset: 20:50 | Dawn: 05:28 | Dusk: 21:22
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.6 °C/hr 20.9°C, 68%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1009.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from W (261°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 26km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 11.3hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 11 January 2026 at 21:47:43. 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 2014 Aug
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 2014

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  15.4  19.7   14:14  12.8   00:00   3.0   0.1   0.0  14.4  40.3   10:56   WNW
 2  16.0  20.3   12:42  13.0   07:18   2.4   0.1   8.1  12.9  37.8   11:52    NW
 3  11.8  15.2   15:02   9.3   23:57   6.5   0.0  25.8  10.4  35.6   01:50   WNW
 4   8.8  11.7   13:05   5.8   22:50   9.5   0.0   0.0  12.8  39.2   11:02   ESE
 5   8.4  13.7   13:35   4.9   21:48   9.9   0.0   0.0   4.8  20.9   13:22    NW
 6   8.6  11.3   11:39   4.5   23:14   9.7   0.0   9.3   9.6  29.5   09:06    NW
 7   9.9  13.7   14:25   4.7   00:00   8.4   0.0   1.2  17.3  51.5   14:14    NW
 8   8.2  13.0   13:27   0.9   23:04  10.1   0.0   4.2  15.1  50.0   11:37     W
 9   4.5  11.3   13:27  -0.3   05:11  13.8   0.0   0.0   4.4  19.4   14:17   SSW
10   7.0  13.5   12:56   0.0   01:58  11.3   0.0   0.0   7.5  28.1   15:05    NW
11  11.1  16.1   13:52   7.4   03:06   7.2   0.0   1.5  13.1  34.2   12:28    NW
12   9.3  12.7   13:06   6.3   23:16   9.0   0.0   6.6  13.3  45.4   13:15   WNW
13   7.6  12.7   13:50   1.9   06:34  10.9   0.0   3.6  10.8  42.8   14:48   WNW
14   7.3  12.1   11:39   3.5   07:45  11.0   0.0   0.7  12.9  54.0   15:06     W
15   7.6  10.3   13:18   4.6   00:20  10.7   0.0   0.0  12.1  35.6   04:05    SW
16   8.7  15.8   12:26   5.2   07:41   9.6   0.0   0.0   4.6  24.5   14:28    SW
17   8.6  14.4   12:02   3.4   06:15   9.7   0.0   0.0   4.0  17.3   13:10   ESE
18   7.9  14.7   14:17   2.0   02:21  10.4   0.0   0.0   3.7  17.3   12:43   NNW
19   9.6  14.7   13:42   5.0   05:29   8.6   0.0   0.3   3.9  12.2   03:18     E
20  12.2  17.0   13:46   9.5   00:14   6.1   0.0   3.3  10.7  25.6   11:01   ESE
21   9.1  12.9   10:19   5.2   22:28   9.2   0.0   0.9   9.1  42.8   12:29    SE
22   7.4  12.0   11:41   2.8   05:44  10.9   0.0   0.0   4.4  17.3   17:00     W
23   9.2  14.1   13:48   6.7   23:47   9.1   0.0   0.0   6.6  24.5   17:09     E
24   8.5  13.3   12:33   3.4   07:12   9.8   0.0   0.0   6.6  31.7   11:41   ESE
25   9.3  13.5   13:50   7.0   07:16   8.9   0.0   0.0   6.0  17.3   13:30   ESE
26   8.4  12.9   13:13   5.2   06:42  10.0   0.0   0.0   8.1  22.0   13:14   ESE
27   8.2  12.2   11:04   4.8   06:55  10.3   0.0   0.0   9.8  25.6   11:05   ESE
28   9.0  15.0   14:24   2.9   06:57   9.3   0.0   0.0   8.8  24.5   16:41     E
29   9.5  16.1   13:57   2.5   06:29   8.8   0.0   0.0  10.6  29.5   12:55     E
30  10.2  15.3   12:20   5.9   04:55   8.1   0.0   0.0  14.1  34.2   14:47     E
31  11.0  15.2   13:09   7.9   03:18   7.4   0.0   0.0  16.2  36.7   11:59     E
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     9.3  20.3     2    -0.3     9   279.6   0.2  65.5   9.7  54.0    14      NW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  2
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 25.8 on day 3
Days of Rain: 12 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration