A very early Good Morning - Today is: Wednesday, 30 September 2026 05:48:31 NZDT
Current: 9.8°C, Max: 10.9°C, Min: 9.7°C. It feels like 8.2°C
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy skies. High 16C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 8.2°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 06:55 | Sunset: 19:22 | Dawn: 06:27 | Dusk: 19:49
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.3 °C/hr 9.8°C, 84%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.2 hPa/hr 1023.7hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  NNE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from NNE (13°) 5km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 14km/h
Air Quality :  12 AQI  3.5ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0lx, 0.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at 05:49:12. 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 2026 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2026

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 27 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  18.7  23.7   11:07  15.5   23:38   0.7   1.1   1.3   7.5  40.0   15:50     W
02  18.1  22.6   16:02  15.1   06:46   1.3   1.0   0.0   8.5  31.0   12:53   WSW
03  16.3  19.0   13:38  14.5   23:49   2.0   0.0   0.7  10.1  36.0   16:17     E
04  16.4  20.9   16:41  13.0   06:06   2.2   0.4   0.0   8.7  36.0   12:48     E
05  17.0  24.5   14:26   9.0   06:20   2.7   1.4   0.0   6.0  32.0   17:37   WSW
06  17.3  22.6   15:16  11.6   03:18   2.2   1.2   0.0   8.1  34.0   14:47   WSW
07  17.9  22.9   15:02  13.7   06:29   1.5   1.1   0.0   8.1  38.0   15:36   WSW
08  19.8  26.5   14:54  15.7   05:30   0.7   2.2   0.0   6.7  30.0   17:11     W
09  19.2  23.0   14:38  16.4   00:24   0.3   1.2   3.1  13.2  40.0   15:23     W
10  19.9  23.0   14:07  18.3   05:15   0.0   1.6   0.0  14.9  50.0   12:26     W
11  21.2  25.0   14:24  18.1   07:00   0.0   2.9   0.0  17.8  56.0   13:42   WSW
12  19.3  22.3   16:36  15.4   23:46   0.4   1.4   5.8  12.6  57.0   04:40     W
13  17.7  26.0   13:10  10.6   05:20   2.1   1.5   0.0   7.3  35.0   15:07   WSW
14  18.1  22.2   18:51  13.7   06:28   1.3   1.0   0.0   5.8  26.0   11:00    SW
15  17.5  19.5   16:56  16.0   06:53   1.0   0.1  45.2   5.4  31.3   21:50     E
16  18.7  24.5   12:42  15.4   23:56   1.1   1.4   6.4   6.3  38.2   14:57   SSW
17  16.5  20.9   15:31  13.6   22:35   2.1   0.3   0.0   8.6  41.0   19:00   ESE
18  15.2  18.6   15:16  12.7   05:25   3.1   0.0   0.0   9.8  43.2   15:11    SE
19  16.7  20.7   14:09  13.5   02:37   2.0   0.4   0.0  10.4  41.8   11:59   ESE
20  17.1  19.7   12:41  15.4   22:41   1.4   0.2   0.1  10.7  46.1   16:34     E
21  16.8  19.3   14:55  15.3   03:10   1.5   0.0   6.7  13.9  52.9   15:32   ENE
22  18.7  21.7   11:46  16.7   03:22   0.3   0.7   3.8  14.4  50.8   01:55    NW
23  18.8  22.7   14:47  15.9   23:11   0.6   1.0   1.4  15.8  58.7   11:58     W
24  15.4  18.8   16:50  12.1   08:20   2.9   0.0  11.4  12.4  44.6   13:25     W
25  16.3  19.9   14:00  13.0   03:02   2.2   0.1  11.1  15.4  52.9   15:06     W
26  17.2  21.7   15:39  14.1   03:36   1.7   0.6   5.9  10.4  34.6   13:33     W
27  17.3  22.4   17:05  14.7   06:17   1.7   0.7   1.7   6.3  28.1   11:13    SW
28  19.4  26.4   15:16  14.7   06:26   1.2   2.3   0.0   8.0  33.5   17:59   SSW
29  17.4  21.6   13:41  13.0   05:17   1.6   0.7   0.0  10.6  45.7   15:21     W
30  18.9  23.9   17:15  15.0   23:59   0.9   1.6   0.0   6.6  41.8   15:31     E
31  18.0  22.4   14:44  14.7   00:09   1.3   1.0   0.0   8.8  36.4   16:49   WSW
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    17.8  26.5     8     9.0     5    43.9  29.2 104.6  10.0  58.7    23     WSW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 45.2 on day 15
Days of Rain: 13 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  1 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration