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A very early Good Morning - Today is: Tuesday, 5 May 2026 04:13:35 NZST
Current: 12.6°C, Max: 13.0°C, Min: 12.5°C. It feels like 11.5°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High 16C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 11.5°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:07 | Sunset: 17:22 | Dawn: 06:38 | Dusk: 17:50
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 °C/hr 12.6°C, 75%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 hPa/hr 1034.2hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WSW (255°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 6km/h
Air Quality :  20 AQI  6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 05 May 2026 at 04:15:28. Updated in seconds

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  News  

⛅ 04 May 2026 9:18PM: Fears for patient care after Palmerston North hospital's last expert leaves (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 9:12PM: Hayden Tasker was trying to end his life when he killed Nelson police officer, court told (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 8:13PM: Swarbrick confirms frustration over Heart of the City CEO's negative takes (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 8:13PM: Clarkville residents alarmed by gravel trucks as Woodend Bypass work set to resume (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 8:13PM: Abbey Caves inquest: Teacher 'completely broke down' when he realised Karnin Petera was missing (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 7:47PM: Wellingtonians divided over paying higher water bills for improved infrastructure - survey (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 7:31PM: Source of cruise hantavirus outbreak must be tracked down -microbiologist (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 6:22PM: Baby who died on mother's chest not regularly checked by midwife (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 6:12PM: Nelson Hospital has second power outage within six months (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 04 May 2026 5:25PM: Abbey Caves inquest: School staff member 'certain' heavy rain wouldn't hit until after caving trip (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
No WarningsNo current weather
station warnings
 Weather Forecast
Today
Partly Cloudy
16°C
Partly Cloudy		 Tonight
Partly Cloudy
7°C
Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy. High 16C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h.
Chance of Rain: 7%
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
19:10
Moonset
10:27
Visibility
92% 		Sunrise
07:07
Sunset
17:22
Day Length
10.15 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 10s less daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 04:15:28 5/05/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 109 days 9 hours
Prgm Up: 109 days 9 hours
System Rollover: Midnight
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
Elevation: 27m (89ft)
Station Environment: Urban
Hardware: Ecowitt Wittboy WS90, GW3000, WH31, WH45, WH51, WH40H, WN34S, WH57


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.
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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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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