Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 14 May 2026 14:02:59 NZST
Current: 14.7°C, Max: 15.3°C, Min: 4.7°C. It feels like 13.4°C
FORECAST: Generally cloudy. High 16C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 13.4°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:16 | Sunset: 17:12 | Dawn: 06:46 | Dusk: 17:42
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 °C/hr 14.7°C, 71%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.4 hPa/hr 1033.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SW (228°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 10km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 23kLux, 2.4hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  182W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 14 May 2026 at 14:05:36. Updated in seconds

 The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom
  News  

14 May 2026 1:57PM: Family who lost a child say palliative care funding 'heart-warming' (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 14 May 2026 1:28PM: Family of Dylan Barford, whose body lay undiscovered near motorway for weeks, want to know how he wasn't found sooner (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 14 May 2026 1:28PM: Man being sought after mother's death 'most likely' dead - police (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 14 May 2026 1:28PM: Police launch renewed appeal into 1991 Andrew Maaka cold case (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 14 May 2026 1:07PM: Tom Phillips granted right to home-school children before disappearing with them (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 14 May 2026 12:47PM: Hawke's Bay rangatahi design healthy eating guidelines, launch social media campaign (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 14 May 2026 12:21PM: Strong cannabis scent tips police off to trailer full of harvest-ready plants in Auckland (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 14 May 2026 12:20PM: Dunedin by-election won Jo Galer by less than 100 votes (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 14 May 2026 12:07PM: Mother of killed baby in tears recalling day son was injured (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 14 May 2026 11:51AM: Bernice Marychurch murder: Kael Leona sentenced to life with minimum 12 years (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


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 2010
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2010

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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 10  1  23.7  13.3  14.9  -3.0   109     2  30.8  18   7.5   12    9    0    0    0
 10  2  26.4  13.2  18.4   0.2    15    19  31.8  24   7.7   20    8    0    0    0
 10  3  22.7  10.7  15.8  -0.8    80     2  32.6  11   2.0   18    3    0    0    0
 10  4  20.4   8.5  13.8  -0.3   136     0  24.7  10   2.2   10    0    0    0    0
 10  5  19.0   5.7  11.6   0.2   207     0  24.9  13 -11.1   16    0    0    1    0
 10  6  16.4   5.7  10.3   1.0   240     0  24.0  19   0.2   14    0    0    0    0
 10  7  16.5   6.5  10.5   1.9    54     0  20.8   4   2.1    1    0    0    0    0
 10  8
 10  9
 10 10
 10 11  26.7  13.7  19.0   4.6    16    30  35.5  20   7.3    9    9    0    0    0
 10 12  25.5  12.9  18.2   1.8    25    21  31.1  25   5.9   19    9    0    0    0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        21.9  10.0  14.7   0.6   886    77  35.5 Nov -11.1  May   38    0    1    0

                                Precipitation (mm)

              Dep.   Max        Days of Rain
              From   Obs.          Over
 YR MO Total  Norm   Day Date  0.2  2.0 20.0
---------------------------------------------
 10  1  66.3   1.3  21.3  23    15    8    1
 10  2  48.0 -14.0  98.7   2    10    5    0
 10  3  40.5 -33.5  47.4   5    11    6    1
 10  4  31.5 -44.5  46.8  25    13    4    0
 10  5  33.6 -60.4  23.1  26     6    4    1
 10  6 115.2  28.2  26.1  10    20   14    1
 10  7   1.8 -92.2  24.3  11     2    0    0
 10  8
 10  9
 10 10
 10 11 621.9 543.9 550.2   9     8    4    3
 10 12  60.6 -22.4  15.9  18    12    7    0
---------------------------------------------
      1019.4 306.4 550.2  Nov   97   52    7

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
------------------------------
 10  1  10.1  45.4    4     W
 10  2   8.0  64.8   13    NW
 10  3  10.4 189.0   11    NW
 10  4   9.0  47.9   14    NW
 10  5   6.3  42.8   28     E
 10  6   7.2  49.0    1   NNE
 10  7   6.6  42.8    6   ESE
 10  8
 10  9
 10 10
 10 11  11.3  45.4   19   ENE
 10 12  10.2  55.1    4   WNW
------------------------------
         8.8 189.0  Mar   NNW