Good Afternoon - Today was: Wednesday, 11 March 2026 17:35:20 NZDT
Current: 20.3°C, Max: 21.1°C, Min: 12.0°C. It feels like 18.6°C
FORECAST: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 8C. Winds ESE at 15 to 25 km/h. It feels like 18.6°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Occasional rain, worsening | Sunrise: 07:10 | Sunset: 19:45 | Dawn: 06:43 | Dusk: 20:12
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.1 °C/hr 20.3°C, 53%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.3 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 Light breeze (F2) from ENE (78°) 10km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 26km/h
Air Quality :  4 AQI  1.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 35.6kLux, 6.1hrs   Solar UV :  2.0UVI  281W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 11 March 2026 at 17:37:33. 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 2021 Mar
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2021

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  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  20.0  27.2   16:20  14.4   05:47   0.8   2.5   0.4   4.4  46.1   16:20     E
02  21.1  29.1   13:53  16.5   02:23   0.5   3.3   0.0   3.4  39.7   13:55    NW
03  20.7  26.8   14:41  17.0   06:54   0.2   2.5   0.0   6.2  57.7   16:24     W
04  18.2  23.8   12:21  13.0   23:30   1.1   1.0   2.6   5.8  39.7   14:17   WNW
05  16.8  23.0   15:13  12.9   02:21   2.4   0.9   0.8   6.6  48.3   11:16   WNW
06  15.2  22.5   14:23  10.6   06:24   3.6   0.6   3.6   4.3  35.3   11:51   WNW
07  15.7  20.7   15:15  11.7   07:01   2.8   0.2   1.6   8.4  52.6   19:43   WNW
08  15.8  21.8   17:00  11.3   06:05   3.0   0.5   0.0   5.7  44.7   10:28     W
09  16.5  24.7   13:08  12.7   00:00   2.6   0.9   0.0   4.9  36.0   12:56   WNW
10  17.0  24.3   12:55  12.8   05:33   2.0   0.8   0.2   5.6  46.1   10:58    NW
11  15.3  17.8   16:56  12.6   23:55   3.0   0.0  17.6   3.2  37.5   15:25    SE
12  14.3  20.1   14:49   8.1   06:35   4.1   0.1   0.0   4.8  41.8   15:49   ESE
13  15.4  20.5   14:00  12.5   02:33   3.1   0.2   0.0   6.8  57.0   14:12     E
14  16.3  24.0   14:30   8.7   07:22   3.3   1.3   0.0   4.3  40.4   02:35     N
15  17.0  27.1   14:33  10.7   05:57   2.8   1.5   0.0   3.5  35.3   17:07     W
16  16.7  22.2   10:02  13.0   21:28   2.1   0.5   0.0   6.0  51.9   17:25     W
17  15.2  22.2   16:22   9.9   06:59   3.6   0.5   0.0   4.6  43.3   22:45     S
18  14.0  20.6   14:30   9.7   06:37   4.4   0.1   0.0   5.2  36.8   10:57     E
19  13.7  22.0   14:05   5.3   07:02   5.0   0.4   0.0   4.7  38.9   13:50     E
20  13.0  19.3   13:46   6.3   07:01   5.4   0.0   0.0   3.7  36.8   13:12    SE
21  14.8  20.8   15:57  11.7   22:55   3.6   0.0   0.0   3.2  35.3   15:35    SE
22  13.6  20.3   15:50   8.4   03:42   4.8   0.0   0.0   4.1  31.7   11:14   ESE
23  14.3  23.1   17:09   8.3   08:32   4.5   0.5   0.0   2.9  33.2   12:19    SE
24  14.4  23.6   15:02   7.0   05:29   4.7   0.9   0.0   3.4  48.3   12:40     E
25  16.0  21.1   15:16  12.5   01:02   2.7   0.4   0.0   5.8  44.0   06:53   ESE
26  16.6  24.9   13:28  10.2   07:26   3.2   1.5   0.0   3.8  38.2   14:05   WSW
27  17.6  27.9   15:28  12.0   07:45   2.7   1.9   0.0   2.8  24.5   16:36   WSW
28  18.2  26.2   14:00  13.5   02:30   1.8   1.7   0.0   3.2  36.0   16:11   WSW
29  18.3  24.2   15:23  15.4   06:15   1.1   1.1   3.6   2.5  23.8   15:27   WNW
30  20.4  27.9   15:16  16.2   01:10   0.6   2.7   3.8   2.9  20.9   15:34   NNW
31  18.6  25.8   15:55  15.6   07:06   0.9   1.2  22.4   3.2  44.7   14:43   ENE
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    16.5  29.1     2     5.3    19    86.4  29.7  56.6   4.5  57.7     3     WNW

Max >=  27.0  5
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 22.4 on day 31
Days of Rain: 10 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration