Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 25 December 2025 10:26:00 NZDT
Current: 18.0°C, Max: 19.0°C, Min: 12.4°C. It feels like 16.0°C
FORECAST: Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 21C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 16.0°C. A windproof and 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Rain at times, very unsettled | Sunrise: 05:46 | Sunset: 20:49 | Dawn: 05:13 | Dusk: 21:23
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.2 °C/hr 18.0°C, 64%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1004.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WNW (287°) 12km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 33km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 38kLux, 1.1hrs   Solar UV :  4.4UVI  300W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 25 December 2025 at 10:31:58. 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 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 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  16.4  19.0   14:24  12.7   23:58   1.9   0.0   0.7  11.5  47.6   05:54     W
02  16.9  22.2   15:17  11.5   05:28   2.3   0.9   0.0   5.7  44.7   16:35     W
03  14.6  18.6   11:11  12.2   07:58   3.7   0.0  25.9   7.8  46.9   18:13    SE
04  14.5  19.7   15:43  10.0   06:26   3.9   0.1   2.6   7.3  49.7   15:25   WSW
05  16.7  20.0   14:43  13.0   05:50   1.8   0.2   0.0   8.0  54.8   14:06   WNW
06  17.9  22.1   14:24  15.5   06:32   0.9   0.6   0.0   8.4  48.3   16:38   WNW
07  18.8  23.9   15:28  14.4   23:50   0.9   1.4   0.0   6.8  45.4   11:38   WNW
08  18.1  23.6   17:02  11.0   05:53   1.9   1.7   0.0   5.1  39.7   12:48     W
09  20.5  27.9   13:48  14.2   04:56   1.1   3.3   0.0   3.8  31.7   17:29     W
10  19.2  25.5   12:57  13.5   04:14   1.3   2.2   0.0   5.0  40.4   16:03     W
11  18.5  25.8   14:54  12.7   06:02   1.6   1.8   0.0   4.5  42.5   16:49    SW
12  17.0  22.1   13:00  12.8   05:35   2.1   0.8   0.0   6.5  46.9   17:21   ESE
13  16.0  22.2   15:10  10.1   05:41   2.9   0.6   0.0   5.3  49.0   11:26     E
14  17.7  24.7   14:54  10.8   05:13   2.3   1.7   0.0   5.3  35.3   15:40     W
15  19.5  25.0   16:15  14.3   06:02   0.8   2.0   0.0   7.2  46.1   18:14     W
16  16.7  23.3   10:43  13.4   05:47   2.5   0.9   1.0   6.5  59.1   09:00    NW
17  13.4  17.7   13:46   9.5   06:22   4.9   0.0   2.9   7.1  49.7   13:49     W
18  15.0  19.7   13:31   9.6   06:07   3.3   0.1   0.0   6.4  54.1   18:06     W
19  15.5  19.5   13:45  13.0   03:03   2.9   0.0   2.9  11.4  52.6   16:27   WNW
20  14.6  18.5   13:47  11.1   07:35   3.7   0.0   1.9  11.7  60.6   12:26   WNW
21  14.6  20.0   14:24   8.7   05:38   3.7   0.1   0.0   5.6  46.1   12:53     W
22  15.7  21.1   15:00  10.3   06:11   2.9   0.4   0.0   5.4  44.0   14:02     W
23  17.5  21.4   15:24  14.5   03:22   1.2   0.4   5.0  10.0  57.0   14:02   WNW
24  17.3  21.9   15:23  13.7   07:30   1.7   0.6   3.1  11.9  72.8   15:16     W
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    16.8  27.9     9     8.7    21    56.3  19.7  46.1   7.3  72.8    24       W

Max >=  27.0  1
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 25.9 on day 3
Days of Rain: 9 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration