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Good Afternoon - Today is: Monday, 26 October 2026 15:29:53 NZDT
Current: 17.8°C, Max: 18.9°C, Min: 10.0°C. It feels like 13.0°C
FORECAST: Windy and becoming cloudy late. Low 13C. Winds NW at 40 to 55 km/h. It feels like 13.0°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 17.8°C, 61%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.8 hPa/hr 1012.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Moderate breeze (F4) from WSW (244°)   WSW  25km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 49km/h
Air Quality :  10 AQI  2.9ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 93.4klx, 6.0hrs   Solar UV :  6.0UVI  738W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 26 October 2026 at 15:32:43. Updated in seconds

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⛅ 26 Oct 2026 3:05PM: PNG communities stuggle with El Niño drought (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 3:00PM: 'Everything's pretty charred' - police seek cause of fire that gutted Napier church (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 3:00PM: Luxon responds to claims La'auli snubbed him, says Samoa treaty 'not priority for us at this time' (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 2:50PM: Strong winds in Canterbury, flights cancelled in Wellington as bad weather moves up country (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 2:46PM: One dead following North Otago crash (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 2:07PM: Fiji 'worse off today', former PM warns, as Rabuka's constitution overhaul faces backlash (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 1:00PM: Southland scrub fire still burning as wind hampers firefighting efforts (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 12:58PM: 'I said no': Samoan PM told Luxon treaty refresh must wait until new NZ government elected (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 12:42PM: Candidates push back on ACT's plan to abolish 'done nothing' Pacific ministry (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 26 Oct 2026 12:07PM: Fire in Auckland Kainga Ora property deemed suspicious: FENZ (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 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