A late Good Evening - Today was: Saturday, 19 September 2026 21:11:42 NZST
Current: 13.5°C, Max: 14.9°C, Min: 5.1°C. It feels like 9.9°C
FORECAST: Rain and wind. Low 9C. Winds WNW at 30 to 50 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h. It feels like 9.9°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain, very unsettled | Sunrise: 06:13 | Sunset: 18:11 | Dawn: 05:46 | Dusk: 18:38
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.1 °C/hr 13.5°C, 86%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 995.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Moderate breeze (F4) from WNW (284°) 21km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 41km/h
Air Quality :  46 AQI  19.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.3mm
Sun Light : 0lx, 2.7hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 21:11:39. 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 2025
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2025

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 27 m  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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 25  1  22.2  12.2  16.6  -1.3    81    29  28.4  25   6.5   13    1    0    0    0
 25  2  25.4  14.1  18.8   0.6    37    52  27.6  10   9.0   22    3    0    0    0
 25  3  21.9  11.7  16.1  -0.5    88    19  25.3   1   5.7    7    0    0    0    0
 25  4  20.4  11.5  15.4   1.3   101    12  28.1  19   4.4   25    2    0    0    0
 25  5  16.8   7.0  11.5   0.1   207     0  21.3   8   1.1    6    0    0    0    0
 25  6  14.2   5.4   9.5   0.2   263     0  19.3  26  -0.5    9    0    0    2    0
 25  7  14.1   4.4   8.7   0.1   297     0  18.8  10  -1.1   26    0    0    3    0
 25  8  13.7   3.4   8.2  -1.2   314     0  18.6  27  -0.5   22    0    0    4    0
 25  9  15.7   6.8  11.2   0.1   213     0  18.6  28   0.4   20    0    0    0    0
 25 10  17.5   9.3  13.1   0.4   161     1  21.0  10   3.0    2    0    0    0    0
 25 11  21.7  11.6  16.3   1.9    81    21  26.3  26   7.3   17    0    0    0    0
 25 12  22.0  12.2  16.8   0.4    72    25  27.9   9   8.7   21    1    0    0    0
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        18.7   9.1  13.5   0.1  1913   159  28.4 Jan  -1.1  Jul    7    0    9    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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 25  1  37.6 -27.4  11.0  30     9    7    0
 25  2   5.8 -56.2   3.6  26     4    1    0
 25  3  37.2 -36.8  26.2  28     7    4    1
 25  4  36.6 -39.4   9.8  21     9    7    0
 25  5  48.4  -0.6  16.4   9    12    5    0
 25  6  59.0 -28.0  14.0  28    14    6    0
 25  7  77.6 -16.4  45.5   3    15    8    1
 25  8  11.8 -70.2   5.5  31    10    2    0
 25  9  46.2 -36.8  16.8   6    15    5    0
 25 10  66.9 -23.1  12.2   3    17   10    0
 25 11  19.3 -58.7   6.7  12     8    4    0
 25 12  59.2 -33.8  25.9   3    13    8    1
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       505.6-427.4  45.5  Jul  133   67    3

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 25  1   5.3  61.0    3     E
 25  2   5.5  75.0   17   ENE
 25  3   4.9  58.0    5   WNW
 25  4   5.0  69.0   18    NE
 25  5   4.4  78.0    1    NW
 25  6   3.9  61.0    5    NW
 25  7   3.4  52.0    6   ENE
 25  8   4.3  53.0   29   NNW
 25  9   8.1  78.0   14   WNW
 25 10   9.8  78.0   20   WNW
 25 11   5.9  80.0   15   WNW
 25 12   7.3  73.0   24     W
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         5.7  80.0  Nov    NW