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Midday - Today is: Sunday, 27 September 2026 12:10:59 NZDT
FORECAST:
Windy with rain likely. Morning high of 16C with temps falling to 8 to 10. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around 6mm. Locally heavy rainfall possible. It feels like 13.5°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
16°C Rain, Wind |
Tonight
2°C Partly Cloudy |
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Windy with rain likely. Morning high of 16C with temps falling to 8 to 10. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around 6mm. Locally heavy rainfall possible.
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 19:57
Moonset 06:51
Visibility 100%
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Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
18:19
Day Length
12.18 hrs
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Moon Phase: Full Moon
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 3min 8s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 12:11:27 27/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 46 days 15 hours
Prgm Up: 46 days 15 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 2013
Annual Climatological Summary for 2013
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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13 1 25.7 13.3 19.1 1.2 47 70 31.9 30 7.5 18 11 0 0 0
13 2 26.4 13.9 19.4 1.1 38 67 30.4 19 7.5 6 13 0 0 0
13 3 25.4 13.0 18.3 1.7 56 57 29.9 11 8.2 21 10 0 0 0
13 4 20.4 11.7 15.6 1.5 93 11 27.0 3 4.5 11 1 0 0 0
13 5 17.5 8.0 12.1 0.7 194 2 24.2 4 0.0 30 0 0 1 0
13 6 14.6 6.8 10.2 0.9 243 0 20.0 17 1.2 24 0 0 0 0
13 7 14.5 7.0 10.2 1.6 252 0 17.7 29 1.4 16 0 0 0 0
13 8 16.2 7.6 11.6 2.2 207 0 19.5 8 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
13 9 17.1 8.5 12.2 1.1 184 0 20.7 20 0.7 18 0 0 0 0
13 10 19.2 10.2 14.3 1.6 129 5 23.1 31 5.1 10 0 0 0 0
13 11 22.4 12.8 16.8 2.4 72 28 28.9 24 8.2 2 3 0 0 0
13 12 24.2 13.8 18.3 1.9 46 44 30.6 30 8.6 20 5 0 0 0
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20.3 10.6 14.8 1.5 1566 290 31.9 Jan 0.0 May 43 0 1 0
Precipitation (mm)
Dep. Max Days of Rain
From Obs. >=
YR MO Total Norm Day Date 0.2 2.0 20.0
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13 1 35.1 -29.9 13.2 3 9 6 0
13 2 31.8 -30.2 25.5 4 2 2 1
13 3 49.8 -24.2 37.8 18 4 2 1
13 4 117.9 41.9 32.4 9 18 10 2
13 5 60.3 -33.7 20.7 18 12 4 1
13 6 85.5 -1.5 22.8 20 17 8 1
13 7 31.8 -62.2 10.2 11 15 4 0
13 8 46.8 -35.2 14.7 17 11 6 0
13 9 111.3 28.3 22.8 28 16 11 2
13 10 125.7 35.7 53.1 15 14 9 2
13 11 76.2 -1.8 27.9 28 7 7 2
13 12 65.7 -17.3 12.6 4 16 9 0
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837.9-130.1 53.1 Oct 141 78 12
Wind Speed (km/h)
Dom
YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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13 1 12.9 61.2 8 WNW
13 2 9.5 41.8 16 NE
13 3 8.0 46.4 4 E
13 4 10.6 47.9 26 NNW
13 5 6.4 49.0 26 NNE
13 6 6.8 40.3 16 NNE
13 7 8.9 51.5 25 NW
13 8 10.3 46.4 14 ENE
13 9 12.4 55.1 28 WNW
13 10 13.3 64.8 14 WNW
13 11 10.7 51.5 30 ENE
13 12 10.7 55.1 1 WNW
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10.0 64.8 Oct NNW