A late Good Evening! - Today was: Saturday, 10 January 2026 23:52:45 NZDT
Current: 19.3°C, Max: 23.0°C, Min: 18.3°C. It feels like 18.1°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies. Low 17C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 18.1°C. 1 clothing layer recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 05:59 | Sunset: 20:50 | Dawn: 05:27 | Dusk: 21:23
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.1 °C/hr 19.3°C, 79%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.3 hPa/hr 1016.5hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WSW  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from WSW (252°) 15km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 28km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 2.6hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Saturday, 10 January 2026 at 23:53:34. 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 2012 Apr
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Apr 2012

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 15"   Lon: E 175° 37' 34"

                  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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 1  16.9  23.4   12:33  10.6   06:28   2.7   1.2   0.0   6.0  28.1   19:53     E
 2  17.6  22.4   12:38  14.6   06:27   1.5   0.8   0.0  11.4  42.8   15:47     E
 3  17.5  24.0   12:03  15.1   06:35   1.5   0.7   0.3   6.3  35.6   13:04     E
 4  17.4  24.1   11:43  15.1   05:08   1.8   0.9   0.3  11.8  41.8   12:39     E
 5  16.9  24.6   11:34  13.2   20:51   2.4   1.0   0.0   7.5  43.9   06:21     E
 6  16.1  24.0   13:31  12.5   01:08   3.0   0.7   0.0   5.1  27.0   12:07     E
 7  15.4  21.8   08:47  10.4   06:02   3.3   0.4   0.0   7.7  33.1   09:39     E
 8  16.9  27.3   10:48   8.9   06:51   3.1   1.7   0.0   2.3  23.4   16:00     W
 9  16.5  26.9   11:44   8.1   06:51   3.7   1.8   0.0   5.1  28.1   16:02   WNW
10  17.6  25.2   12:19  12.3   01:35   2.1   1.3   0.0   6.9  31.7   15:11   WNW
11  18.3  26.3   13:54  14.3   21:23   1.6   1.6   3.9   4.1  35.6   22:50     E
12  16.7  25.7   10:49  13.1   22:17   2.5   0.9   6.3   3.4  30.6   00:15     E
13  14.6  22.4   12:15   7.3   05:49   4.1   0.4   0.0   6.3  34.2   15:23   WNW
14  15.8  24.8   09:20  10.4   05:08   3.6   1.2   0.0   7.6  36.7   14:10   ESE
15  14.3  25.6   11:07   4.7   06:51   5.3   1.4   0.0   4.6  19.4   13:42    NW
16  14.4  19.7   14:56   9.3   23:38   3.9   0.0   0.0   6.6  24.5   13:37   WNW
17  14.1  25.1   10:30   5.6   07:08   5.2   1.0   0.0   6.2  24.5   21:52     S
18  13.7  21.4   11:26   8.5   06:26   4.9   0.3   0.0   7.7  33.1   13:11   ESE
19  13.5  19.9   08:28   9.2   07:04   4.8   0.0   0.0   5.6  20.9   15:25   ESE
20  12.5  23.0   12:44   4.5   07:07   6.4   0.5   0.0   4.7  19.4   14:53   NNE
21  12.9  24.5   10:58   4.6   03:13   6.2   0.8   0.0   5.6  27.0   13:54     W
22  15.0  26.3   12:13   9.1   23:09   4.5   1.2   0.0   3.8  17.3   14:05    NE
23  14.4  25.6   09:43   5.7   06:09   5.3   1.4   0.0   8.4  24.5   11:19     W
24  15.7  24.9   10:18   6.7   06:52   4.1   1.4   0.0   8.2  31.7   13:07   WNW
25  15.1  24.2   12:14   8.6   23:15   3.9   0.7   0.0   8.8  30.6   11:54   WNW
26  14.5  26.4   10:23   5.5   07:09   5.3   1.6   0.0   5.6  25.6   13:30    NW
27  15.9  28.0   11:07  12.1   01:32   3.4   1.1  14.4   8.7  28.1   13:21   WNW
28  14.3  20.5   14:24  11.1   23:09   4.1   0.1   9.0  10.8  35.6   09:00   WNW
29  13.9  20.1   12:47  11.7   00:09   4.4   0.0   1.2  13.6  37.8   12:02    NW
30  14.1  19.5   11:00  11.5   20:24   4.2   0.0  21.0  21.6  52.6   10:34   WNW
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    15.4  28.0    27     4.5    20   112.8  26.1  56.4   7.3  52.6    30      NW

Max >=  27.0:  2
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 21.0 on day 30
Days of Rain: 8 (> 0.2 mm)  5 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration