Good Morning - Today is: Monday, 21 September 2026 08:23:17 NZST
FORECAST:
Overcast skies and windy. High 14C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. It feels like 7.3°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
14°C Cloudy, Wind |
Tonight
10°C Light Rain Late |
Overcast skies and windy. High 14C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of Rain: 13%
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise 12:20
Moonset 03:12
Visibility 68%
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Sunrise
06:09
Sunset
18:13
Day Length
12.03 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 37s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 08:23:16 21/09/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 40 days 12 hours
Prgm Up: 40 days 12 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