A very early Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 25 February 2026 05:01:31 NZDT
Current: 14.0°C, Max: 14.9°C, Min: 13.9°C. It feels like 12.2°C
FORECAST: Sunny. High around 25C. Winds ESE at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 12.2°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:54 | Sunset: 20:06 | Dawn: 06:26 | Dusk: 20:34
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 14.0°C, 75%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.1 hPa/hr 1026.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ESE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from ESE (102°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 20km/h
Air Quality :  22 AQI  6.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 25 February 2026 at 05:02:32. 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 2009
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2009

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  Temperature (°C), Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3
                          Dep.  Heat  Cool                       Max  Max  Min  Min
        Mean  Mean        From  Deg   Deg                        >=   <=   <=   <=
 YR MO  Max   Min   Mean  Norm  Days  Days  Hi  Date  Low  Date 27.0  0.0  0.0 -18.0
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 09  1  25.0  13.5  17.2  -0.7    55    21  29.4   8   8.6   29   10    0    0    0
 09  2  24.3  14.0  14.1  -4.1   122     4  31.0  18   9.3   18    7    0    0    0
 09  3  22.1  11.5  13.6  -3.0   146     0  27.7   6   3.4   12    2    0    0    0
 09  4  21.4   9.1  11.4  -2.7   208     0  26.4  18   3.8   11    0    0    0    0
 09  5  15.1   6.5   8.3  -3.1   311     0  21.0  16  -0.4   22    0    0    1    0
 09  6  13.4   4.4   6.2  -3.1   363     0  17.6  13  -0.8   17    0    0    3    0
 09  7  13.6   5.0   7.1  -1.5   347     0  18.1  17   0.2   14    0    0    0    0
 09  8  17.2   7.1   9.7   0.3   268     0  22.0  24   2.6   11    0    0    0    0
 09  9  17.2   6.4   8.5  -2.6   294     0  23.0  17   0.7    5    0    0    0    0
 09 10  16.7   6.7   9.2  -3.5   280     0  23.9  26   1.7    7    0    0    0    0
 09 11  18.7   9.4  11.9  -2.5   192     0  22.5   6   2.2   12    0    0    0    0
 09 12  21.9  11.3  13.5  -2.9   149     1  28.0  28   5.3   16    1    0    0    0
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        18.9   8.7  10.9  -2.5  2741    28  31.0 Feb  -0.8  Jun   20    0    4    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.          Over
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 09  1  30.6 -34.4  21.3  23     6    5    0
 09  2 226.5 164.5  98.7   2    15   11    4
 09  3  23.1 -50.9  47.4   5    13    5    0
 09  4  67.8  -8.2  46.8  25    10    5    1
 09  5  79.8 -14.2  23.1  26    21   10    0
 09  6  87.0   0.0  31.2  28    15    7    1
 09  7  61.8 -32.2  24.3  11    18    7    0
 09  8  61.2 -20.8  21.9  14    14   10    0
 09  9  79.8  -3.2  20.4  24    15    9    1
 09 10 132.0  42.0  37.2  27    20   12    2
 09 11 119.1  41.1 550.2   9    18   10    2
 09 12 114.3  31.3  25.8  27    17    8    2
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      1083.0 115.0 550.2  Nov  182   99   13

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 09  1   9.4  35.6   18     W
 09  2   9.8  42.8   28    SW
 09  3   9.8  46.4   10   WNW
 09  4   7.1  43.9   20     S
 09  5   9.3  39.2   26     S
 09  6   7.8  51.5   29    SE
 09  7   9.6  50.0   19   WNW
 09  8  10.2  45.4   27    NW
 09  9   8.8  50.0    1    SW
 09 10  10.1  49.0    9   WSW
 09 11  13.0  49.0   16     W
 09 12  12.2  46.4   12     W
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         9.8  51.5  Jun   WSW