Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 29 October 2026 16:17:07 NZDT
FORECAST:
Windy with a steady light rain this evening. Showers continuing overnight. Low 9C. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Chance of rain 90%. It feels like 10.3°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Tonight
9°C Showers, Wind |
Tomorrow
15°C Thunderstorms, Wind |
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Windy with a steady light rain this evening. Showers continuing overnight. Low 9C. Winds WNW at 40 to 55 km/h. Chance of rain 90%.
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 23:50
Moonset 07:40
Visibility 88%
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Sunrise
06:10
Sunset
19:53
Day Length
13.42 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 25s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 16:17:09 29/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 78 days 19 hours
Prgm Up: 27 days 21 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 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)
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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