A very early Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 17 March 2026 03:20:51 NZDT
Current: 12.8°C, Max: 15.4°C, Min: 12.8°C. It feels like 12.8°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. Low near 10C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 12.8°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:17 | Sunset: 19:35 | Dawn: 06:49 | Dusk: 20:02
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 °C/hr 12.8°C, 91%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1021.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WNW (302°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 6km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 03:23:25. 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 2018 Sep
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Sep 2018

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  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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01  11.1  16.1   12:38   5.7   05:04   7.2   0.0   0.0   6.4  82.2   14:10    NW
02  11.5  17.1   12:55   8.0   02:47   6.8   0.0  11.8   5.0  51.2   17:59   NNW
03  10.8  15.7   12:15   7.8   23:56   7.5   0.0   5.2   9.3  49.7   05:27   WNW
04   8.6  11.0   14:37   6.7   02:51   9.7   0.0   4.0   8.4  51.9   14:39   SSW
05   9.5  12.9   13:04   8.1   00:00   8.8   0.0   0.4  12.5  55.5   15:37   SSE
06   9.5  12.1   11:17   7.8   20:39   8.8   0.0   0.2  11.9  82.9   11:46   SSE
07   9.1  11.8   14:24   7.6   02:58   9.2   0.0   0.0  14.1  81.5   12:39   SSE
08   9.3  13.7   14:11   3.6   23:42   9.0   0.0   0.0   8.0  52.6   16:12     S
09   6.5  12.8   13:53   0.2   06:41  11.8   0.0   0.0   3.5  31.0   17:20     W
10   8.9  15.0   13:20   3.4   04:37   9.4   0.0   0.0   4.3  39.7   21:55   SSE
11   9.8  14.9   13:03   6.7   00:27   8.5   0.0   0.0   6.6  41.8   15:56   ESE
12   9.4  14.7   13:44   2.4   06:12   8.9   0.0   0.0   3.6  46.1   15:39     W
13  11.5  13.8   15:47  10.4   06:48   6.8   0.0   0.0   9.5  56.2   16:14   WNW
14  12.6  16.3   12:56   9.7   01:03   5.7   0.0   0.0   6.6  47.6   11:13    NW
15  12.7  19.5   11:51   7.2   04:28   5.6   0.0   0.0   2.7  38.2   11:41   WSW
16  12.3  18.9   12:14   6.8   06:21   6.0   0.0   0.0   3.5  38.2   14:18   WSW
17  15.1  21.9   14:42   8.4   00:00   3.8   0.6   0.0   5.1  42.5   15:48   WNW
18  13.4  18.6   13:36  10.4   23:51   4.9   0.0   1.6   8.8  50.5   17:54    NE
19  13.6  17.9   15:15   9.6   05:42   4.7   0.0   0.0  10.4  46.9   10:29   ENE
20  14.1  20.3   12:42   8.1   06:07   4.4   0.1   0.0   2.6  37.5   13:42   WSW
21  12.4  17.5   12:06   8.8   05:15   5.9   0.0   0.0   5.5  39.7   21:03     W
22  11.7  15.8   15:24   9.5   04:28   6.6   0.0   0.0   8.7  50.5   10:10   ESE
23  12.6  17.6   13:02   9.8   03:34   5.7   0.0   0.0   5.5  33.9   16:14     W
24  12.6  16.6   14:00   9.2   23:56   5.7   0.0   4.2   8.9  51.2   12:43   WNW
25   9.4  13.5   15:12   6.1   07:08   8.8   0.0   9.4   9.4  54.1   13:37     W
26  11.0  15.8   12:39   8.7   23:58   9.5   0.0   0.0   9.2  62.0   15:26     W
27  10.0  15.2   14:05   7.0   23:56   8.3   0.0   3.2   0.3  34.6   15:44   SSE
28   9.7  17.3   13:32   3.4   03:50   8.6   0.0   0.6   0.0  22.4   17:00   WSW
29  11.1  16.0   13:10   7.7   01:10   7.2   0.0   0.6   1.6  42.5   07:14    NW
30  12.3  18.8   15:10   7.2   07:16   5.7   0.0   0.0   0.0  29.6   16:58   WSW
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    11.1  21.9    17     0.2     9   219.5   0.7  41.2   6.4  82.9     6      SW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 11.8 on day 2
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration