Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 18 March 2026 09:28:57 NZDT
Current: 15.6°C, Max: 16.6°C, Min: 11.4°C. It feels like 15.6°C
FORECAST: Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 22C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 15.6°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:18 | Sunset: 19:34 | Dawn: 06:50 | Dusk: 20:01
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.9 °C/hr 15.6°C, 87%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1022.7hPa
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 (293°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 14km/h
Air Quality :  8 AQI  2.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 29.2kLux, 1.5hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  231W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 18 March 2026 at 09:31:35. 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 2015 Oct
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 2015

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  13.4  18.9   11:59   8.6   01:36   5.1   0.0   1.5   7.1  42.0   11:33   NNW
 2  14.2  19.4   13:30  11.4   06:11   4.1   0.1   6.2  10.3  36.0   13:44    NW
 3  13.2  18.4   14:51  10.3   23:16   5.3   0.0   3.6   3.9  30.0   10:40   SSW
 4  14.1  18.6   15:41  10.6   00:00   4.2   0.0   0.0  12.0  46.0   13:24    NW
 5  14.4  20.2   10:11   9.9   23:59   4.2   0.1   0.0   7.9  51.0   03:04    NW
 6  13.3  18.6   14:33   8.6   23:51   5.2   0.0   0.0   7.0  37.0   10:46    NW
 7  14.1  21.8   13:53   5.9   06:42   5.0   0.8   0.0   4.9  31.0   23:32     W
 8  11.6  15.4   09:19   8.1   23:39   7.0   0.0   7.8   7.1  48.0   08:37   NNW
 9  11.5  17.9   11:49   3.8   06:30   6.8   0.0   0.0   3.8  29.0   16:17   WNW
10  11.8  17.9   15:25   7.4   00:39   6.8   0.0   0.0   6.1  32.0   13:48    NW
11  13.4  21.6   14:16   5.2   06:06   5.3   0.5   0.0   6.0  35.0   18:03    NW
12  14.5  18.7   14:13  12.8   06:33   3.8   0.0   1.0  14.9  46.0   11:26    NW
13  13.9  19.5   12:27   9.9   23:48   4.7   0.1   8.3  14.2  51.0   12:27    NW
14  12.8  18.3   15:03   9.3   05:57   5.5   0.0   0.0   6.0  27.0   18:07    SW
15  14.4  22.0   14:50   6.1   05:49   4.8   0.7   0.0   3.8  26.0   15:30     W
16  13.9  18.1   14:36  11.3   06:35   4.4   0.0   0.0  12.4  53.0   16:45    NW
17  14.2  19.1   14:21  11.0   04:23   4.3   0.0   3.6  11.6  55.0   13:58    NW
18  13.7  16.2   17:26  11.0   23:59   4.6   0.0   6.7  10.3  39.0   18:27    NW
19  13.3  18.1   13:58   9.5   23:58   5.0   0.0   0.0  13.5  48.0   09:24    NW
20  13.3  19.3   13:58   8.5   04:56   5.2   0.1   0.5   8.3  36.0   11:46    NW
21  14.4  19.0   14:50  11.1   02:14   3.9   0.0   0.0  12.7  52.0   13:10    NW
22  14.8  16.5   17:42  13.6   00:00   3.6   0.0  21.2  14.3  46.0   07:07    NW
23  15.5  21.6   13:25  11.7   07:57   3.2   0.4  12.4   9.0  40.0   17:10   WNW
24  14.3  18.1   15:08  11.3   07:26   4.2   0.0  15.0  12.9  29.0   08:38    SE
25  15.7  21.4   14:12  10.1   06:23   3.3   0.7   0.0   4.9  31.0   08:46     W
26  14.4  21.3   13:27   6.9   05:54   4.8   0.6   0.0   7.6  34.0   17:04     W
27  14.2  20.9   14:11  10.7   23:46   4.3   0.2   0.0   8.3  38.0   10:17   WNW
28  14.6  19.6   14:26   9.6   05:47   4.0   0.1   0.5   4.5  23.0   12:34    NW
29  13.7  16.4   16:59   9.2   23:39   4.6   0.0  10.4   3.9  28.0   23:34     S
30  11.1  14.4   14:05   7.6   06:17   7.5   0.0   0.0   5.7  31.0   09:31    SE
31  13.5  20.3   11:11   5.3   02:21   5.1   0.4   0.0   5.1  35.0   13:45   WNW
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    13.7  22.0    15     3.8     9   149.8   4.8  98.7   8.4  55.0    17     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 21.2 on day 22
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration