Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 16 July 2026 15:06:19 NZST
Current: 14.9°C, Max: 15.9°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 12.0°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. High 16C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. It feels like 12.0°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine, becoming less settled | Sunrise: 07:37 | Sunset: 17:11 | Dawn: 07:07 | Dusk: 17:41
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.2 °C/hr 14.9°C, 78%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1022.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from W (266°) 17km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 41km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 14.1kLux, 3.3hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  111W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 15:09:20. 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 2015 Aug
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Aug 2015

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Mawatu
Elevation: 25 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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01  11.0  15.0   15:10   7.5   00:01   7.3   0.0   0.0   0.3  17.3   01:11    NW
02  12.0  15.8   13:15  10.3   22:11   6.3   0.0  69.3   0.0  24.5   13:01     W
03  13.0  17.3   15:19   8.5   02:38   5.3   0.0   0.0   0.1  23.4   13:11    NW
04  12.8  18.0   11:27   9.3   23:42   5.5   0.0  22.5   2.9  30.6   13:09   WNW
05  10.0  15.3   12:39   6.6   07:45   8.3   0.0   0.0   0.4  17.3   00:13   WNW
06  10.7  14.6   10:26   8.6   23:50   7.6   0.0  72.3   0.0  27.0   11:37   WNW
07   8.3  12.1   12:03   5.0   23:27  10.0   0.0   0.9   4.1  31.7   10:01    NW
08   5.3   7.7   09:42   2.6   22:56  13.0   0.0   0.0   0.0  13.3   09:53    NW
09   5.7  11.3   14:06   2.6   00:16  12.6   0.0   0.0   0.0   8.6   12:56    SE
10   5.3  11.8   14:14   0.7   23:57  13.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   7.2   13:54     N
11   4.2  12.0   16:26  -1.1   02:41  14.1   0.0   0.3   0.0   3.6   14:17     N
12   5.6  14.1   15:42  -1.6   06:51  12.6   0.0   0.0   0.0   9.7   14:21    SW
13   6.9  18.1   15:54  -0.8   06:56  11.4   0.0   0.0   0.0  11.2   13:51     N
14   9.2  12.8   12:14   4.7   00:28   9.1   0.0 418.5   0.1  33.1   17:06     E
15  11.2  16.4   12:57   8.3   07:26   7.1   0.0   0.3   0.0   6.1   19:58    SE
16  10.4  15.4   14:40   7.6   20:26   7.9   0.0  20.1   0.0  28.1   11:49     E
17  10.6  20.4   16:10   4.9   06:45   7.7   0.0   0.0   0.0   9.7   11:09     E
18  11.0  16.8   13:08   5.0   03:38   7.3   0.0   0.0   0.0  24.5   13:04    NW
19  10.3  14.3   10:26   6.9   02:52   8.0   0.0  32.7   1.1  35.6   15:41    NW
20   9.1  14.1   13:35   2.4   23:56   9.2   0.0   0.0   0.0  30.6   11:38    SE
21   7.2  15.1   15:19   0.3   06:57  11.1   0.0   0.0   0.0  19.4   12:50   ESE
22   8.4  16.0   14:26   2.1   02:55   9.9   0.0   0.0   0.0  18.4   15:15   WNW
23   9.9  14.8   10:20   5.5   00:50   8.4   0.0   0.0   0.2  14.8   11:11   WNW
24  11.8  17.1   12:04   8.5   06:39   6.5   0.0   0.0   0.6  28.1   12:16   WNW
25  10.4  12.3   13:57   8.3   23:37   7.9   0.0   0.3   0.7  17.3   02:52    NW
26  10.7  18.5   15:25   6.0   07:24   7.6   0.0 216.3   0.3  27.0   16:34   WNW
27   8.4  18.5   14:52   1.6   06:55   9.9   0.0   0.0   0.0   6.1   00:31     E
28   9.4  17.7   13:37   1.2   03:22   8.9   0.0   0.0   0.0  18.4   12:07     W
29  10.8  16.4   12:24   5.8   07:00   7.5   0.0   0.3   0.0  15.8   12:15    NW
30  12.7  16.4   11:22  10.3   00:00   5.6   0.0  42.3   1.8  25.6   02:15    NW
31  10.0  12.9   10:20   8.6   21:23   8.3   0.0 252.6   1.2  31.7   20:52     E
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     9.4  20.4    17    -1.6    12   274.9   0.01148.7   0.5  35.6    19      NW

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  3
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 418.5 on day 14
Days of Rain: 14 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  9 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration