Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 23 April 2026 14:11:09 NZST
Current: 12.9°C, Max: 13.2°C, Min: 4.1°C. It feels like 10.2°C
FORECAST: Generally cloudy. High 14C. Winds SE at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 10.2°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 0.4 °C/hr 12.9°C, 71%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.2 hPa/hr 1025.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SE (138°) 11km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 22km/h
Air Quality :  7 AQI  2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 19.4kLux, 1.8hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  153W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 23 April 2026 at 14:12:05. 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 May
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for May 2025

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 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  11.7  16.2   00:00   6.6   23:59   6.6   0.0  12.0   9.9  78.0   13:48   WSW
02   9.4  11.5   12:52   6.6   00:00   8.9   0.0   1.0   1.5  11.0   16:59     N
03  10.3  16.2   16:04   6.6   04:27   8.0   0.0   0.2   2.2  35.0   13:49   WNW
04  10.4  15.3   13:10   6.8   00:33   7.9   0.0   0.0   3.9  43.0   12:18   ESE
05   8.2  15.7   14:51   2.4   07:08  10.1   0.0   0.0   2.1  17.0   15:32   ENE
06   9.5  17.5   14:21   1.1   07:04   8.8   0.0   0.0   3.4  35.0   11:48   WNW
07  13.3  17.3   13:49   9.8   23:59   5.0   0.0   0.0   4.8  30.0   14:00    NW
08  13.6  21.3   15:50   6.4   07:04   5.1   0.3   0.0   2.5  40.0   11:50    NW
09  13.9  18.0   11:13  11.8   23:54   4.4   0.0  16.4   2.0  22.0   16:48   NNE
10  11.5  17.7   15:20   6.0   23:58   6.8   0.0   0.0   2.9  19.0   04:39   NNE
11  10.7  17.9   14:38   4.6   03:52   7.6   0.0   0.0   3.2  48.0   12:04     E
12  10.7  17.5   14:28   4.2   06:35   7.5   0.0   0.0   2.4  19.0   12:47    NW
13  13.2  16.4   14:11  11.1   00:00   5.1   0.0   0.2   6.1  49.0   13:36    NW
14  12.8  18.3   13:16   8.7   20:23   5.5   0.0   0.0   3.4  35.0   11:28   ENE
15  12.8  16.7   13:07   8.2   00:56   5.5   0.0   0.0   6.1  43.0   12:47   WNW
16  15.5  18.1   13:08  13.8   00:23   2.8   0.0   0.0   9.9  53.0   14:42   WNW
17  14.3  18.8   14:35  10.7   23:10   4.0   0.0   0.0   5.9  41.0   11:08   WNW
18  15.1  18.2   16:01  11.1   00:00   3.1   0.0   2.6   6.1  59.0   16:58   WNW
19   8.8  13.3   14:45   5.6   23:41   3.7   0.0   4.4   2.8  26.0   16:23    SE
20   8.8  16.1   14:46   3.3   06:06   9.5   0.0   0.0   2.0  21.0   11:33   WNW
21   5.9  16.7   00:21   3.4   06:38  12.9   0.0   0.0   0.9  22.7   00:19   NNW
22  10.0  14.6   15:19   4.7   01:11   8.3   0.0   0.0   2.9  40.0   12:26     N
23  12.6  18.9   13:58   7.7   23:47   5.7   0.0   0.0   3.1  28.1   10:13   NNE
24   9.3  17.3   13:41   3.4   06:54   9.0   0.0   0.0   1.7  13.0   13:39   NNE
25   9.8  18.1   13:58   3.4   03:58   8.5   0.0   0.2   2.8  44.0   12:43    NW
26  11.4  16.4   10:44   5.9   05:34   6.9   0.0   1.8   3.4  44.7   12:36   NNW
27  13.1  17.9   14:20   7.7   23:36   5.2   0.0   0.0   3.3  43.3   00:38    NW
28  10.1  14.3   13:46   6.2   05:35   8.2   0.0   9.0   2.9  35.3   20:11    NE
29  12.0  17.3   12:39   8.0   07:09   6.3   0.0   0.4   2.4  26.7   23:31   ENE
30  12.8  15.8   12:27  10.0   05:48   5.5   0.0   0.2  11.1  67.1   12:30   WNW
31  13.8  15.9   13:00  11.9   01:58   4.5   0.0   0.0  16.9  69.2   13:14   WNW
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    11.5  21.3     8     1.1     6   206.9   0.3  48.4   4.4  78.0     1      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 16.4 on day 9
Days of Rain: 12 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration