Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 21 May 2026 07:39:57 NZST
Current: 4.6°C, Max: 5.3°C, Min: 3.5°C. It feels like 2.7°C
FORECAST: A mix of clouds and sun. High 18C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. Frost or heavy dew may be present. It feels like 2.7°C. 5 or more clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 07:22 | Sunset: 17:06 | Dawn: 06:52 | Dusk: 17:36
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 4.6°C, 91%   Pressure : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1023.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SE (144°) 2km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 4km/h
Air Quality :  40 AQI  16.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 1.9kLux, 0.5hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  15W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 21 May 2026 at 07:43:06. 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 2015
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 14 21 15   Lon: E 175 37 32

                  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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 15  1  26.4  14.7  19.9   2.0    31    82  30.6  25  10.2   21   11    0    0    0
 15  2  23.8  14.0  18.6   0.4    40    49  28.9  20   8.0    7    2    0    0    0
 15  3  23.7  13.6  18.0   1.4    53    44  27.9   5   5.8   20    4    0    0    0
 15  4  19.6  10.7  14.8   0.7   117    12  25.7   6   3.8   15    0    0    0    0
 15  5  17.0   7.0  11.7   0.3   204     1  23.6  24  -0.5   13    0    0    2    0
 15  6  14.0   6.8  10.4   1.1   238     0  19.1  13   0.5   17    0    0    0    0
 15  7  13.3   4.6   8.6   0.0   300     0  21.6  27  -0.7   14    0    0    4    0
 15  8  15.1   5.0   9.4   0.0   275     0  20.4  17  -1.6   12    0    0    3    0
 15  9  15.3   7.2  10.9  -0.2   222     0  18.8  13  -0.3    5    0    0    1    0
 15 10  18.0   9.5  13.4   0.7   154     2  21.6  23   3.5    9    0    0    0    0
 15 11  19.7  10.0  14.5   0.1   128    13  26.7  30   2.5    6    0    0    0    0
 15 12  22.7  12.8  16.2  -0.2    61    31  29.7  28   9.3   18    3    0    0    0
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        19.0   9.7  13.9   0.5  1821   233  30.6 Jan  -1.6  Aug   17    0    9    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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 15  1  17.7 -47.3  11.4  15     5    2    0
 15  2  75.3  13.3  24.9   1     7    7    1
 15  3  64.5  -9.5  16.8  29     8    8    0
 15  4 173.1  97.1  43.2   9    13    9    3
 15  5 104.4  55.4  43.8  15    13    7    1
 15  6 181.7  94.7  91.8  20    17   10    1
 15  7  45.6 -48.4  10.8   6    14    7    0
 15  8  86.0   4.0  22.5   4    15    6    1
 15  9  75.2  -7.8  17.4  23    15   11    0
 15 10  80.1  -9.9  21.2  22    13    8    1
 15 11  50.7 -27.3  14.7  28    12    6    0
 15 12  71.1 -21.9  20.4   1    14    7    2
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      1025.4  92.4  91.8  Jun  146   88   10

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 15  1  11.3  46.4   25   NNE
 15  2  11.2  57.6    5     W
 15  3   7.1  58.7    7     E
 15  4   8.2  55.1   29    NW
 15  5   6.7  50.0   13   WNW
 15  6   9.4  64.8   29   WNW
 15  7   3.0  40.3    3   WNW
 15  8   0.5  35.6   19    NW
 15  9   4.1  99.0    3   SSE
 15 10   8.4  54.0   16   WNW
 15 11   7.0  56.2   22     W
 15 12   6.4  58.4   13   WSW
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         6.9  99.0  Sep   WNW