Good Morning - Today is: Friday, 11 September 2026 07:57:27 NZST
Current: 7.3°C, Max: 8.1°C, Min: 5.3°C. It feels like 5.8°C
FORECAST: Becoming windy with showers developing this afternoon. High 13C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 40%. It feels like 5.8°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fairly fine, possible showers early | Sunrise: 06:26 | Sunset: 18:03 | Dawn: 05:59 | Dusk: 18:30
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 7.3°C, 94%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1009.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  N  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from N (9°) 3km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 6km/h
Air Quality :  6 AQI  1.8ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.4mm
Sun Light : 8.1klx, 1.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  64W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 11 September 2026 at 07:58:41. 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 2017 Nov
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Nov 2017

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  16.6  23.2   16:02  11.6   02:55   2.5   0.8   0.0   4.1  34.6   17:00   WSW
02  17.4  23.6   12:19  13.3   06:14   1.9   1.0   0.0   4.4  41.8   16:09     W
03  17.0  22.2   12:33  12.4   03:13   2.1   0.8   0.0   6.4  52.6   13:26   WNW
04  17.1  21.7   11:42  15.1   23:59   1.7   0.4   0.0  12.9  86.5   17:26     W
05  15.0  19.4   13:58  10.9   23:28   3.3   0.0   0.8  13.2  53.4   08:30   WNW
06  12.9  17.6   14:09   9.5   06:12   5.4   0.0   1.2  10.8  69.2   12:04     W
07  13.7  20.1   13:42   8.5   04:39   4.6   0.1   0.0   7.1  50.5   11:20    NW
08  14.7  18.1   05:01  11.4   21:30   3.6   0.0   6.2  15.3  82.9   11:53   WNW
09  13.4  18.7   12:52   8.8   06:09   4.9   0.0   0.0  10.1  66.3   16:31   WNW
10  13.5  18.3   14:13  11.2   02:43   4.8   0.0   0.4   8.1  52.6   17:52   ENE
11  12.4  17.1   15:50   7.8   06:06   5.9   0.0   0.0   5.9  49.7   09:39   ESE
12  12.0  17.3   15:02   8.5   05:04   6.1   0.0   0.0   3.1  26.7   13:30   SSE
13  12.8  18.7   14:50   9.4   02:16   5.4   0.0   0.0   4.2  42.5   12:23   ESE
14  13.7  20.9   13:58   8.0   05:41   4.8   0.2   0.0   4.3  30.3   14:20     E
15  14.7  22.1   13:39   8.2   06:10   4.0   0.4   0.0   3.9  37.5   15:35   WSW
16  14.6  22.0   14:17   7.5   05:54   4.2   0.5   0.0   5.4  47.6   18:45     W
17  15.6  21.9   15:40  10.8   04:59   3.3   0.6   0.0   6.9  37.5   11:44   WNW
18  13.8  18.7   14:51  11.0   23:45   4.4   0.0   0.0   7.1  58.4   17:56   ESE
19  13.2  17.3   10:43  10.5   03:51   5.1   0.0   0.0   5.7  47.6   09:00   ESE
20  14.8  21.9   15:30  10.6   03:02   4.0   0.5   0.0   5.9  41.1   12:42     E
21  15.4  23.2   13:47  10.5   04:44   3.2   0.3   0.0   3.4  22.4   17:11   ESE
22  16.6  24.1   17:01  10.7   05:34   2.9   1.2   0.0   4.7  41.1   09:49   SSE
23  18.3  28.0   14:52  11.4   02:41   2.3   2.3   0.0   3.7  30.3   17:39     W
24  17.0  24.6   12:39  11.8   04:16   2.4   1.1   0.0   5.0  51.9   16:09     W
25  18.2  24.6   14:23  13.7   04:35   1.7   1.6   0.0   2.7  28.8   21:05     E
26  18.6  23.7   13:37  14.8   05:31   1.2   1.4   0.0   5.1  34.6   07:25     E
27  19.4  25.5   13:18  14.9   06:21   0.9   2.0   0.0   4.0  27.4   14:41   WSW
28  19.2  28.4   13:56  13.8   03:44   1.3   2.2   0.0   3.3  41.1   15:21     W
29  18.7  26.5   16:17  13.3   03:56   1.5   1.9   0.0   3.3  44.7   14:55   WNW
30  18.9  26.1   15:35  14.3   01:54   1.4   2.1   0.2   5.3  46.1   18:40     E
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    15.6  28.4    28     7.5    16   100.8  21.4   8.8   6.2  86.5     4       W

Max >=  27.0  2
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 6.2 on day 8
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  1 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration