Good Morning - Today is: Sunday, 14 December 2025 08:40:25 NZDT
Current: 16.5°C, Max: 16.5°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 15.1°C
FORECAST: Sunny to partly cloudy. High around 25C. ENE winds shifting to W at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 15.1°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 05:42 | Sunset: 20:43 | Dawn: 05:09 | Dusk: 21:16
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 1.9 °C/hr 16.5°C, 67%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1023.6hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Moderate Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from NE (54°) 8km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 19km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 49.1kLux, 0.6hrs   Solar UV :  3.6UVI  388W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 14 December 2025 at 08:45:25. 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 2024 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2024

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  17.7  21.5   17:22  14.6   06:01   1.2   0.6   0.0   7.5  45.0   13:53     W
02  18.2  22.0   17:17  15.2   04:11   0.9   0.7   0.0   5.9  50.0   14:23   WNW
03  20.1  25.5   15:50  17.0   02:17   0.2   2.0   0.0   3.7  31.0   12:31     W
04  19.3  23.0   15:53  17.4   06:42   0.1   1.1   0.0   7.0  45.0   13:03     W
05  18.5  20.7   13:35  16.9   05:27   0.3   0.6   1.6   5.2  37.0   10:27     W
06  18.4  20.0   11:59  17.0   06:41   0.3   0.4   1.0   3.4  36.0   16:23   ESE
07  19.4  25.7   17:31  15.7   05:09   0.7   1.8   0.0   4.1  34.0   17:02   ENE
08  20.6  27.3   15:41  16.9   06:00   0.2   2.5   0.0   5.6  43.0   17:19     W
09  19.8  26.1   15:55  15.0   03:54   0.8   2.3   0.0   6.3  48.0   13:39     W
10  20.3  25.7   15:25  15.5   00:59   0.6   2.6   0.0   6.2  48.0   11:42     E
11  20.6  25.4   13:21  17.0   06:47   0.2   2.5   0.0   7.5  54.0   14:32     W
12  20.1  26.3   15:35  15.1   04:49   0.7   2.4   0.0   5.5  42.0   09:17   WNW
13  19.4  24.7   15:08  15.3   06:01   0.7   1.7   0.0   6.4  48.0   18:13     W
14  21.0  26.4   15:40  15.2   06:40   0.4   3.1   0.0   9.8  53.0   15:50     W
15  18.8  23.5   14:08  14.8   23:14   0.6   1.1   0.2   6.6  50.0   11:33   WNW
16  18.5  23.7   15:33  14.2   04:38   1.3   1.6   0.0  10.9  63.0   16:04   ENE
17  21.7  28.8   16:32  16.4   04:58   0.5   3.9   0.0   5.2  37.0   15:45   SSW
18  22.7  29.3   16:22  18.2   05:17   0.0   4.4   0.0   3.7  27.0   16:07   WSW
19  23.7  30.5   13:49  19.4   05:16   0.0   5.4   0.0   4.7  43.0   12:21     W
20  22.2  26.8   13:02  18.9   04:08   0.0   3.9   0.0   5.5  47.0   17:26     W
21  23.6  30.2   16:06  19.8   04:10   0.0   5.3   0.4   3.6  29.0   18:47     W
22  23.2  28.4   14:59  19.5   04:03   0.0   4.9   0.0   5.0  53.0   13:28   ENE
23  19.9  24.4   13:53  15.6   22:15   0.4   1.9   3.2  10.2  58.0   11:20     W
24  16.5  21.2   14:00  12.4   07:11   2.2   0.4   0.0   6.5  50.0   13:23     W
25  17.2  22.8   14:21  12.2   01:28   2.2   1.1   0.0   6.3  48.0   10:13     E
26  17.9  25.7   15:03  10.0   05:20   2.3   1.9   0.0   5.0  48.0   10:43   WNW
27  17.8  22.8   14:06  13.4   00:56   1.5   1.0   1.8   6.9  48.0   14:24    NW
28  15.1  19.7   10:21  12.1   06:43   3.3   0.1   9.4   3.2  31.0   16:58    NW
29  17.3  23.1   13:23  12.7   00:46   2.1   1.0   0.0   6.5  49.7   14:56   SSE
30  20.2  27.0   15:26  16.0   05:54   0.5   2.4   0.0   5.8  41.8   00:32    SE
31  19.9  25.5   16:34  16.0   05:57   0.7   2.2   0.0   5.3  43.3   09:00    SE
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    19.7  30.5    19    10.0    26    24.8  66.9  17.6   6.0  63.0    16       W

Max >=  27.0  7
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 9.4 on day 28
Days of Rain: 7 (>= 0.2 mm)  2 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration