Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 23 April 2026 15:35:58 NZST
Current: 13.1°C, Max: 13.5°C, Min: 4.1°C. It feels like 11.6°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Low 3C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 11.6°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:55 | Sunset: 17:37 | Dawn: 06:27 | Dusk: 18:05
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 13.1°C, 73%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1025.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SSE (149°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 17km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 19.1kLux, 1.8hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  151W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 23 April 2026 at 15:36:55. 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 Sep
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Sep 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   8.9  13.6   15:30   4.9   23:14   9.4   0.0   0.0   8.4  50.0   14:42   ENE
02   9.1  17.8   14:15   2.8   03:02   9.2   0.0   0.0   4.0  40.0   16:57    SE
03   9.0  18.3   15:13   2.0   04:46   9.3   0.0   0.0   2.9  23.0   09:49     N
04  10.0  16.7   13:09   5.1   03:41   8.3   0.0   0.0   6.6  51.0   14:24   WNW
05  10.5  16.7   14:01   5.5   02:00   7.8   0.0   0.0   8.7  56.0   14:43   WNW
06   9.9  18.6   13:44   2.1   05:40   8.4   0.0   0.0   3.2  45.0   11:54    NW
07  12.2  18.2   15:39   8.2   00:40   6.1   0.0   1.2   6.2  46.0   16:34    NW
08   9.2  15.0   13:50   4.4   23:42   9.1   0.0   1.0   7.0  43.0   10:24   WNW
09   9.8  15.7   12:36   2.9   00:58   8.5   0.0   0.2  11.8  64.0   17:05   WNW
10  13.5  17.9   13:49   9.9   23:53   4.8   0.0   2.4  20.0  79.0   04:07   WNW
11  10.7  16.2   11:56   7.0   06:47   7.6   0.0   0.0   7.4  40.0   11:58     W
12  11.2  16.7   14:58   6.6   05:55   7.1   0.0   0.0  10.0  60.0   09:55   WNW
13  11.6  18.3   11:40  10.1   01:46   6.7   0.0  29.8   9.4  61.0   11:30    NW
14  10.2  14.5   12:32   7.1   23:06   8.1   0.0  10.2   7.2  44.0   14:53   ESE
15   8.6  10.4   12:59   6.3   04:24   9.7   0.0   2.0   6.1  42.0   10:37     E
16   8.3  10.2   10:04   6.8   20:59  10.0   0.0   7.2   9.5  64.0   18:25    SE
17   8.3  12.1   10:49   4.5   23:58  10.0   0.0   0.0   8.6  55.0   07:25   SSE
18   7.6  15.8   13:54   1.4   06:05  10.7   0.0   0.0   3.2  31.0   15:44   ESE
19   9.0  16.8   12:18   1.8   05:48   9.3   0.0   0.0   5.7  49.0   15:49   WNW
20  12.3  16.8   13:32   9.7   01:03   6.0   0.0   2.4  11.8  61.0   13:17   WNW
21  12.5  18.0   12:17   8.4   05:14   5.8   0.0   0.2   9.8  52.0   09:28   WNW
22  12.7  21.4   11:17   6.2   03:36   5.7   0.1   2.0   2.7  33.0   11:45    NW
23  14.2  19.1   12:19   8.3   23:57   4.1   0.0   2.8   5.2  47.0   10:44    NE
24  13.1  19.0   14:43   8.2   00:03   5.2   0.0   0.0   9.2  47.0   07:18   WNW
25  14.3  18.9   12:41   9.2   06:30   4.0   0.0   0.0  11.1  58.0   13:38     W
26  13.5  16.3   15:17   8.1   21:30   4.6   0.0   1.0  10.2  45.0   11:32     W
27   9.4  13.8   14:35   4.9   06:27   8.9   0.0   0.0   6.7  44.0   15:02    SE
28   9.0  15.0   14:35   3.9   23:44   9.3   0.0   2.0   3.6  34.0   02:23   WNW
29  10.2  16.2   12:20   3.5   00:28   8.1   0.0   0.0   9.0  68.0   15:06   WNW
30  11.7  18.5   15:55   6.0   23:57   6.6   0.0   2.0  11.9  61.0   05:24   WNW
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    10.7  21.4    22     1.4    18   228.4   0.1  66.4   7.9  79.0    10     WNW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 29.8 on day 13
Days of Rain: 15 (>= 0.2 mm)  10 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration