A new day, a new dawn - Today is: Monday, 16 November 2026 06:30:44 NZDT
FORECAST:
A mix of clouds and sun. High 23C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. It feels like 11.0°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
23°C Partly Cloudy |
Tonight
15°C Rain |
A mix of clouds and sun. High 23C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of Rain: 4%
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 11:00
Moonset 01:15
Visibility 33%
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Sunrise
05:51
Sunset
20:14
Day Length
14.23 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 1min 59s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 06:32:04 16/11/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 96 days 10 hours
Prgm Up: 45 days 11 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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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1019.4 306.4 550.2 Nov 97 52 7
Wind Speed (km/h)
Dom
YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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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
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8.8 189.0 Mar NNW