Good Evening - Today was: Thursday, 24 September 2026 20:36:37 NZST
FORECAST:
Some clouds. Low 4C. Winds N at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 6.3°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Tonight
4°C Partly Cloudy |
Tomorrow
15°C Mostly Cloudy |
Some clouds. Low 4C. Winds N at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of Rain: 8%
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 15:34
Moonset 04:43
Visibility 94%
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Sunrise
06:05
Sunset
18:16
Day Length
12.11 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Below Horizon
There will be 2min 36s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 20:36:51 24/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 44 days 1 hours
Prgm Up: 44 days 1 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 2017
Annual Climatological Summary for 2017
Name: City Centre City: Palmerston North State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m Lat: S 40 20 57 Lon: E 175 36 55
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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17 1 21.9 13.2 17.0 -0.9 61 22 27.8 28 6.2 5 1 0 0 0
17 2 24.2 14.1 18.5 0.3 39 44 28.9 28 9.7 10 3 0 0 0
17 3 22.5 13.8 17.4 0.8 56 28 28.5 10 9.1 16 1 0 0 0
17 4 19.9 10.4 13.4 -0.7 169 8 23.9 11 5.0 21 0 0 0 0
17 5 16.1 7.0 11.3 -0.1 216 0 21.8 10 1.1 21 0 0 0 0
17 6 14.5 5.4 9.6 0.3 260 0 17.4 20 0.9 15 0 0 0 0
17 7 13.5 4.9 9.1 0.5 284 0 17.4 19 0.0 29 0 0 1 0
17 8 15.8 6.7 10.7 1.3 235 0 21.8 28 1.1 24 0 0 0 0
17 9 16.7 8.4 12.0 0.9 189 1 22.2 15 2.7 12 0 0 0 0
17 10 18.4 10.5 13.8 1.1 142 4 23.8 31 3.6 19 0 0 0 0
17 11 21.9 11.1 15.6 1.2 101 21 28.4 28 7.5 16 2 0 0 0
17 12 24.9 13.3 18.4 2.0 50 55 30.6 7 7.3 28 6 0 0 0
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19.2 9.9 13.9 0.6 1803 183 30.6 Dec 0.0 Jul 13 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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17 1 69.5 4.5 29.3 3 15 7 1
17 2 64.2 2.2 28.4 17 10 5 2
17 3 76.0 2.0 13.4 30 12 9 0
17 4 163.4 87.4 40.8 4 13 9 3
17 5 92.2 43.2 29.8 24 14 8 1
17 6 22.0 -65.0 8.0 6 12 4 0
17 7 79.3 -14.7 23.3 13 19 10 1
17 8 55.3 -26.7 10.0 1 15 11 0
17 9 85.0 2.0 24.8 9 21 10 1
17 10 44.7 -45.3 8.4 11 18 7 0
17 11 8.8 -69.2 6.2 8 5 1 0
17 12 32.0 -61.0 28.0 20 4 2 1
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792.4-140.6 40.8 Apr 158 83 10
Wind Speed (km/h)
Dom
YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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17 1 9.7 103.8 15 WNW
17 2 6.6 77.1 13 WNW
17 3 5.4 103.8 4 NNW
17 4 3.2 99.5 6 NE
17 5 3.0 98.8 19 WNW
17 6 3.6 80.8 14 NNE
17 7 4.1 88.0 15 N
17 8 4.6 88.0 20 NNW
17 9 7.4 95.9 8 WNW
17 10 9.9 95.2 23 WNW
17 11 6.2 86.5 4 WNW
17 12 6.8 64.2 19 W
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5.9 103.8 Jan NW