Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 28 April 2026 11:42:24 NZST
Current: 17.0°C, Max: 17.0°C, Min: 8.1°C. It feels like 16.6°C
FORECAST: Lots of sunshine. High 18C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 16.6°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:00 | Sunset: 17:31 | Dawn: 06:31 | Dusk: 17:59
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.6 °C/hr 17.0°C, 70%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1025.9hPa
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 (299°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 9km/h
Air Quality :  19 AQI  5.8ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 63.4kLux, 3.9hrs   Solar UV :  4.0UVI  501W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 28 April 2026 at 11:43:38. 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 2013 Nov
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Nov 2013

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  14.7  19.1   14:05  10.6   23:52   3.6   0.0   3.9  16.4  37.8   13:09   WNW
 2  13.3  19.1   14:15   8.2   04:56   5.0   0.0   0.0  10.7  34.2   15:25   WNW
 3  15.6  21.3   16:34  11.4   00:49   3.1   0.5   0.0   8.2  20.9   14:01   WNW
 4  16.4  23.1   14:58  11.7   04:14   2.8   0.9   0.0   8.9  24.5   15:53     W
 5  17.6  25.5   14:00   9.9   06:16   2.4   1.7   0.0   5.1  20.9   18:34     E
 6  16.1  20.1   13:04  13.2   22:32   2.3   0.1  27.0  10.8  35.6   13:56     E
 7  16.4  21.0   13:00  13.1   00:16   2.3   0.4   2.1  12.6  37.8   13:34     E
 8  17.9  26.1   15:32  12.8   05:06   2.0   1.7   0.0   8.2  24.5   17:22   ESE
 9  17.6  21.5   15:21  14.0   06:24   1.5   0.8   0.0   4.3  15.8   14:18   SSE
10  15.8  20.5   15:08  13.1   01:20   2.7   0.2   0.0   8.1  25.6   14:45     W
11  16.3  22.2   11:20  12.4   23:39   2.5   0.5   0.0   9.1  46.4   18:20   ESE
12  13.2  17.2   14:09  11.0   23:37   5.1   0.0   0.0  11.0  45.4   07:41   ESE
13  12.3  16.2   15:09  10.4   05:29   6.0   0.0   0.0  10.1  33.1   14:50   ESE
14  13.5  18.0   15:21  10.4   03:37   4.8   0.0   0.0   9.8  29.5   18:22     E
15  16.4  23.9   12:20   8.8   06:07   3.3   1.4   0.0   9.7  31.7   17:56     W
16  15.9  21.8   15:48  12.4   06:09   2.7   0.3   0.0  12.2  37.8   16:07     W
17  17.6  21.1   13:19  15.2   23:50   1.3   0.6   0.0   7.4  20.9   13:32     W
18  18.3  25.1   12:20  13.2   06:05   1.6   1.6   0.0   7.1  20.9   14:42   WSW
19  18.5  24.4   14:56  14.7   06:10   1.3   1.5   0.0  15.2  36.7   15:52     E
20  19.5  27.3   12:02  14.8   03:18   1.2   2.4   0.0   8.0  29.5   02:01     E
21  19.2  25.6   14:36  13.4   05:54   1.5   2.3   0.0   8.2  29.5   10:46     W
22  18.8  24.7   13:57  13.4   06:12   1.4   1.9   0.0   8.7  30.6   13:13     E
23  20.8  28.1   14:39  15.3   05:26   0.8   3.4   0.0  10.8  23.4   08:25     E
24  20.0  28.9   12:25  13.3   05:50   1.4   3.1   0.0   8.4  27.0   16:45   WNW
25  18.7  23.1   15:47  15.9   06:05   0.9   1.2   0.0  10.3  30.6   13:55     W
26  16.5  19.9   15:32  14.4   06:50   1.9   0.1   8.4  10.3  34.2   15:41     E
27  16.9  20.1   13:46  15.3   23:54   1.5   0.1   0.0  19.4  45.4   16:08     E
28  16.5  20.2   13:22  15.1   04:03   2.0   0.2  27.9   9.9  41.8   01:50   ESE
29  17.2  22.1   12:46  13.2   06:09   1.9   0.8   2.7  17.7  49.0   16:00   WNW
30  17.1  25.0   11:38  14.0   23:11   2.0   0.8   4.2  19.1  51.5   11:48   WNW
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    16.8  28.9    24     8.2     2    72.8  28.5  76.2  10.7  51.5    30      NE

Max >=  27.0:  3
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 27.9 on day 28
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  2 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration