Good Afternoon - Today is: Monday, 12 October 2026 13:49:55 NZDT
FORECAST:
Partly cloudy. High 21C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 19.8°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom
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Weather Forecast
Today
21°C Partly Cloudy |
Tonight
11°C Light Rain Late |
Partly cloudy. High 21C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of Rain: 2%
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 06:49
Moonset 21:22
Visibility 2%
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Sunrise
06:35
Sunset
19:34
Day Length
12.59 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 38s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 13:51:34 12/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 61 days 17 hours
Prgm Up: 10 days 18 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 2019
Annual Climatological Summary for 2019
Name: City Centre City: Palmerston North State: Manawatu
Elevation: 25 ft Lat: S 40 21 32 Lon: E 175 34 22
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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19 1 23.6 15.4 18.7 0.8 30 42 30.8 31 10.8 25 4 0 0 0
19 2 25.2 12.6 18.0 -0.2 57 49 31.1 11 4.5 26 10 0 0 0
19 3 25.1 13.1 18.1 1.5 55 50 28.2 18 4.3 1 5 0 0 0
19 4 19.3 8.6 13.2 -0.9 154 5 26.8 1 2.5 19 0 0 0 0
19 5 18.1 7.6 12.3 0.9 187 1 22.3 9 3.6 2 0 0 0 0
19 6 14.2 3.8 8.6 -0.7 285 0 17.8 14 -2.3 28 0 0 7 0
19 7 14.9 4.4 9.7 1.1 240 0 18.3 25 0.0 18 0 0 5 0
19 8 14.2 4.3 8.9 -0.5 289 0 17.7 20 -0.7 1 0 0 2 0
19 9 16.3 6.5 10.9 -0.2 220 0 22.0 14 -0.1 11 0 0 1 0
19 10 18.3 8.3 12.7 0.0 176 1 22.0 13 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
19 11 23.0 10.7 16.3 1.9 89 28 28.2 9 7.8 19 3 0 0 0
19 12 23.9 12.6 17.7 1.3 59 41 29.3 1 6.8 22 3 0 0 0
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19.7 9.0 13.8 0.4 1839 217 31.1 Feb -2.3 Jun 25 0 15 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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19 1 10.8 -54.2 3.6 7 5 2 0
19 2 18.2 -43.8 12.0 24 5 3 0
19 3 26.4 -47.6 7.2 14 6 4 0
19 4 60.0 -16.0 18.4 11 10 8 0
19 5 48.2 -0.8 15.4 31 13 7 0
19 6 67.0 -20.0 32.2 13 16 7 1
19 7 58.4 -35.6 11.6 4 18 8 0
19 8 74.2 -7.8 19.2 12 14 6 0
19 9 28.2 -54.8 7.4 6 13 5 0
19 10 60.0 -30.0 15.2 5 17 9 0
19 11 41.8 -36.2 20.2 10 9 5 1
19 12 72.4 -20.6 25.4 8 8 6 1
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565.6-367.4 32.2 Jun 134 70 3
Wind Speed (km/h)
Dom
YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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19 1 6.7 61.3 21 W
19 2 5.7 60.6 27 WSW
19 3 4.8 55.5 21 SSE
19 4 4.4 49.7 10 WSW
19 5 4.8 87.2 29 WNW
19 6 4.1 92.3 5 NW
19 7 4.8 55.5 17 NW
19 8 6.2 87.2 5 WNW
19 9 7.4 80.8 25 WNW
19 10 6.8 75.0 24 WNW
19 11 6.3 64.9 20 W
19 12 6.7 68.5 3 WNW
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5.7 92.3 Jun W