Good Afternoon - Today was: Wednesday, 11 March 2026 17:19:44 NZDT
Current: 19.9°C, Max: 21.1°C, Min: 12.0°C. It feels like 17.2°C
FORECAST: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 8C. Winds ESE at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 17.2°C. A windproof and 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 07:10 | Sunset: 19:45 | Dawn: 06:43 | Dusk: 20:12
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 °C/hr 19.9°C, 54%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.4 hPa/hr 1015.8hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  ENE  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from ENE (65°) 14km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 32km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 41.8kLux, 5.8hrs   Solar UV :  3.0UVI  330W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 11 March 2026 at 17:21:53. 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 2019 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2019

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  19.8  28.6   14:39  15.3   05:28   0.6   2.2   0.0   3.9  34.6   16:07     W
02  19.0  23.1   15:37  16.7   22:56   0.5   1.1   0.0   8.9  47.6   16:24   WNW
03  18.5  22.0   14:31  16.2   23:41   0.6   0.8   0.0  10.3  52.6   14:03   WNW
04  18.3  24.1   16:49  14.6   06:07   1.2   1.2   0.0   6.6  41.1   04:14   WNW
05  17.2  22.6   14:40  12.6   05:22   1.9   0.8   0.0   6.0  45.4   14:54     W
06  18.9  23.6   17:21  16.3   06:38   0.6   1.2   0.0  10.1  59.8   17:59     W
07  17.8  20.9   17:35  14.8   23:15   0.8   0.3   3.6   7.0  40.4   11:13     W
08  17.1  21.9   14:48  13.9   03:30   1.9   0.6   0.0   4.8  46.1   14:03   WNW
09  18.1  24.7   14:07  12.2   06:03   1.6   1.3   0.0   5.1  40.4   14:51     W
10  18.4  22.5   14:36  16.1   03:13   0.8   0.9   0.6   7.5  41.1   16:10     W
11  19.2  23.4   15:29  17.0   20:45   0.3   1.2   0.0   9.4  47.6   01:10     W
12  18.6  22.3   14:47  15.5   05:29   0.7   1.0   0.0   7.7  52.6   16:56     E
13  18.5  23.8   14:18  16.0   22:50   0.7   1.0   0.0   5.4  55.5   14:59   WNW
14  15.6  18.5   14:24  12.8   04:41   2.7   0.0   1.8   4.9  36.0   20:04    SE
15  16.4  20.2   14:09  14.8   00:00   2.0   0.1   0.0  10.8  49.0   14:29   SSE
16  17.4  23.6   17:36  14.1   07:42   1.8   0.9   0.0   6.3  48.3   13:18   SSE
17  17.7  24.7   15:35  14.1   06:12   1.6   1.0   0.0   3.4  29.6   15:51   WSW
18  19.0  24.9   14:49  15.2   05:03   0.8   1.5   0.0   4.6  30.3   09:36    NW
19  19.4  24.4   17:14  17.0   05:13   0.3   1.3   0.0   6.8  43.3   17:34   WSW
20  17.4  19.6   14:40  15.0   06:30   1.1   0.2   0.0  13.4  44.0   17:40   WNW
21  18.3  21.8   13:30  15.8   23:55   0.8   0.9   0.0  14.9  61.3   11:40   WNW
22  18.2  23.6   14:50  14.8   04:10   1.2   1.0   0.0   9.4  38.2   00:25   WNW
23  20.0  24.1   15:30  17.0   00:35   0.2   1.9   0.0  13.8  47.6   18:45   WNW
24  18.3  22.4   16:50  15.5   07:05   0.8   0.8   0.0   8.3  41.8   18:04     E
25  17.8  25.0   15:40  10.8   06:07   2.1   1.5   0.0   4.1  28.1   16:56     W
26  17.9  22.5   15:43  15.4   03:54   1.2   0.8   0.0   7.7  54.1   14:22     W
27  18.5  20.5   16:22  16.4   02:37   0.7   0.8   3.6   5.6  36.0   03:31   WNW
28  20.5  23.8   14:40  19.3   04:52   0.0   2.2   1.2   6.8  40.4   11:05     W
29  22.6  29.1   18:43  18.9   03:28   0.0   4.3   0.0   6.5  41.1   12:53     E
30  22.9  29.4   13:13  18.2   23:51   0.0   4.7   0.0   3.9  29.6   13:47   WSW
31  22.2  30.8   13:48  15.6   06:14   0.5   4.4   0.0   4.0  37.5   14:19   WSW
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    18.7  30.8    31    10.8    25    30.0  41.9  10.8   6.7  61.3    21       W

Max >=  27.0  4
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 3.6 on day 7
Days of Rain: 5 (>= 0.2 mm)  2 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration