Good Evening - Today was: Monday, 9 February 2026 20:57:46 NZDT
Current: 17.9°C, Max: 24.9°C, Min: 12.1°C. It feels like 18.3°C
FORECAST: Mainly clear. Low 12C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 18.3°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:35 | Sunset: 20:28 | Dawn: 06:06 | Dusk: 20:57
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.9 °C/hr 17.9°C, 79%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.5 hPa/hr 1021.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from WSW (243°) 5km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 8km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 11.8hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Monday, 09 February 2026 at 20:58:54. 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 2017 Oct
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 2017

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 m  Lat: S 40 20 57   Lon: E 175 36 55

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
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01  12.0  17.7   12:43   9.1   22:21   6.3   0.0   6.2   5.7  27.4   02:41    NW
02  12.7  17.4   15:25   8.0   04:28   5.6   0.0   0.4  14.5  68.5   11:13   WNW
03  13.9  18.7   13:52  10.6   22:50   4.4   0.0   0.0   9.6  47.6   11:41   WNW
04  13.7  18.0   12:57  11.0   00:00   4.6   0.0   0.0  13.2  57.0   15:53    NW
05  13.1  17.0   14:19   9.9   22:14   5.2   0.0   0.2   8.5  43.3   01:05   ESE
06  12.8  15.8   10:12   9.7   06:14   5.5   0.0   2.2   8.2  51.9   17:28   WNW
07  12.9  15.2   11:53  10.8   06:21   5.4   0.0   0.4   3.1  31.0   21:11     E
08  14.0  16.4   17:03  12.9   08:33   4.2   0.0   5.2  14.5  67.1   12:42     E
09  15.4  19.5   15:41  13.0   07:08   2.9   0.0   1.8  13.0  57.7   11:20     E
10  14.8  20.5   11:52   9.3   06:48   3.6   0.1   8.0   5.8  46.1   14:14     W
11  12.7  15.0   11:55  10.3   23:49   5.6   0.0   8.4  11.4  55.5   10:52   WNW
12  13.1  19.0   14:29   7.4   06:31   5.2   0.0   0.0   4.9  42.5   20:59     W
13  13.2  16.0   14:07  11.4   06:09   5.1   0.0   0.0  10.7  41.8   15:44    NW
14  13.7  18.8   13:22  10.2   05:00   4.6   0.0   0.0  11.9  46.9   15:27   WNW
15  13.0  17.1   13:31  10.8   22:38   5.2   0.0   0.6  11.9  54.8   16:08   WNW
16  13.8  17.4   13:40  10.9   00:54   4.5   0.0   0.2  14.4  57.0   15:02   WNW
17  13.2  18.1   15:19   9.6   06:21   5.0   0.0   0.2   8.0  42.5   15:12    NW
18  11.5  16.7   14:17   7.0   23:55   6.8   0.0   1.2   4.2  31.7   17:48   ESE
19  10.3  16.3   12:40   3.6   06:18   8.0   0.0   0.0   1.6  38.9   11:58     W
20  15.1  22.4   15:55  10.2   05:07   3.8   0.6   0.0  ----  38.6   19:27   WNW
21  14.1  17.7   12:15  12.5   05:06   4.2   0.0   2.0  ----  65.0   15:05   WNW
22  13.8  17.0   13:33  11.6   04:00   4.5   0.0   0.0  33.2  75.5   23:33   WNW
23  14.2  19.4   13:39  11.5   06:28   4.0   0.0   0.0  27.7  95.2   21:37   WNW
24  13.4  18.4   13:56  10.8   23:53   4.9   0.0   1.0  18.3  50.0   10:32   WNW
25  12.9  16.6   13:25  10.6   00:13   5.4   0.0   0.2  12.3  47.6   21:56   WNW
26  13.8  18.5   12:53  11.3   00:49   4.5   0.0   1.6  10.7  39.6   02:12   WNW
27  14.2  19.9   13:03   9.1   06:28   4.2   0.1   0.0   5.8  61.3   21:48     E
28  16.1  21.7   13:12  11.4   04:41   2.8   0.7   0.0   7.9  65.6   16:32     E
29  16.2  21.5   11:57  13.6   01:06   2.5   0.3   4.9   2.2  13.0   15:22   ENE
30  17.1  23.1   14:15  13.8   03:59   1.9   0.7   0.0   3.6  44.7   15:17   WSW
31  17.2  23.8   15:00  12.8   05:33   2.1   1.0   0.0   2.5  26.7   14:21     W
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    13.8  23.8    31     3.6    19   142.5   3.5  44.7   9.9  95.2    23     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 8.4 on day 11
Days of Rain: 18 (>= 0.2 mm)  7 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration