Good Afternoon - Today is: Friday, 27 February 2026 15:39:35 NZDT
Current: 16.9°C, Max: 18.5°C, Min: 15.8°C. It feels like 16.3°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. High 16C. Winds SE at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 16.3°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:57 | Sunset: 20:03 | Dawn: 06:29 | Dusk: 20:31
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 16.9°C, 75%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1018.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SE (124°) 7km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 18km/h
Air Quality :  13 AQI  3.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 1.1mm
Sun Light : 25.7kLux, 1.3hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  203W/m2
Last weather station contact: Friday, 27 February 2026 at 15:40:49. 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 2022 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2022

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 32"   Lon: E 175° 34' 22"

                  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  16.9  20.8   17:12  14.3   08:02   1.8   0.4   0.6   5.9  40.0   12:29   WSW
02  16.9  21.8   14:48  14.1   23:53   1.7   0.2   0.2   5.5  29.0   12:15   WNW
03  16.1  19.8   14:52  13.1   02:40   2.3   0.1   0.0   2.7  26.0   18:39   ESE
04  16.8  21.6   15:59   0.0   00:00   1.9   0.4   0.0   6.4  50.0   17:32     W
05  17.2  21.4   17:03  15.0   05:31   1.5   0.4   0.0   8.1  50.0   09:52     W
06  17.3  21.3   16:17  14.8   06:24   1.5   0.5   0.0   7.7  47.0   13:24     W
07  16.3  19.2   14:38  14.3   23:45   2.0   0.0   0.0   7.6  58.0   17:08   ENE
08  16.8  20.6   15:24  13.6   05:22   1.9   0.4   0.0  10.5  55.0   16:18    NE
09  18.4  21.1   17:35  15.8   05:02   0.7   0.8   1.8   5.9  43.0   13:25    NE
10  18.9  22.5   16:50  16.6   21:00   0.2   0.8   4.6   2.6  25.0   20:13    SW
11  18.9  23.4   14:54  16.1   05:30   0.6   1.2   0.2   4.0  43.0   15:37   WSW
12  19.9  24.9   17:57  15.7   07:08   0.5   2.1   0.0   3.9  23.0   12:20   WSW
13  20.7  25.2   14:45  16.5   06:25   0.2   2.6   2.4   4.1  43.0   09:33    NE
14  20.6  23.3   14:38  18.6   06:39   0.0   2.3   0.4   5.3  50.0   15:10    NE
15  19.7  21.5   15:22  18.2   05:40   0.0   1.4   0.2   7.2  40.0   06:25    NE
16  21.9  28.1   16:38  19.0   04:49   0.0   3.6   0.0   3.2  33.0   16:44    SW
17  19.8  20.9   11:21  18.8   22:54   0.0   1.5  11.6   1.4   9.0   11:54     W
18  18.8  22.7   17:18  16.4   05:55   0.4   0.9   5.2   2.6  33.0   22:58   ESE
19  18.9  22.1   16:02  16.7   06:43   0.4   1.1   3.2   4.5  35.0   13:38    NE
20  18.7  21.1   15:34  17.1   23:51   0.3   0.6   4.4   4.1  58.0   22:57    NE
21  18.5  21.9   15:10  16.6   03:27   0.7   0.9   0.0   5.2  41.0   22:51   ENE
22  18.4  22.3   16:09  15.6   06:15   0.8   0.9   0.0   5.1  34.0   15:32   ENE
23  18.9  22.0   12:48  16.9   05:51   0.4   1.0  14.6   2.5  22.0   23:59    NW
24  18.9  22.9   16:19  16.5   06:33   0.5   1.1   3.0   7.2  41.0   12:15   WSW
25  20.1  25.2   16:13  16.9   06:09   0.3   2.0   0.2   3.5  24.0   13:56   WSW
26  20.4  25.6   16:11  16.9   06:57   0.2   2.3   0.0   4.6  37.0   10:13    NE
27  19.9  24.6   15:48  17.0   06:57   0.2   1.8   0.0   4.7  38.0   16:14   ENE
28  19.9  24.4   17:09  17.0   03:08   0.2   1.9   0.0   4.9  35.0   08:30    NE
29  21.2  25.9   16:12  17.5   08:02   0.1   3.0   0.0   4.8  48.0   15:03    SW
30  20.1  25.3   15:40  15.7   22:47   0.3   2.1   0.0   4.3  40.0   16:20     E
31  18.1  22.7   16:58  15.3   06:21   1.0   0.8   0.0   4.9  40.0   14:22   ENE
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    18.8  28.1    16     0.0     4    22.6  39.1  52.6   5.0  58.0     7     NNE

Max >=  27.0  1
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  1
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 14.6 on day 23
Days of Rain: 15 (>= 0.2 mm)  8 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration