Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 19 August 2025 20:06:34 NZST
Current: 6.7°C, Max: 12.1°C, Min: 6.6°C. It feels like 3.0°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy. Low 2C. Winds S at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of frost or heavy dew. It feels like 3.0°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:02 | Sunset: 17:42 | Dawn: 06:33 | Dusk: 18:10
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.4 °C/hr 6.7°C, 62%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising quickly, changing by 1.3 hPa/hr 1011.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SSE  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from SSE (160°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 22km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 4.0hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 19 August 2025 at 20:06:25. 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 2012 Sep
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Sep 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  10.6  19.4   13:10   4.2   06:12   7.7   0.0   0.0   5.3  17.3   13:09     E
 2   9.9  17.1   12:51   3.9   06:49   8.4   0.0   0.0   4.1  15.8   15:54   SSW
 3  10.2  12.4   12:42   6.9   00:12   8.1   0.0   8.4   6.8  47.9   23:55     E
 4  11.9  14.8   14:04  10.3   23:54   6.4   0.0   1.8  26.9  54.0   15:48   WNW
 5  12.0  15.8   12:02   7.7   03:49   6.3   0.0   0.3  25.3  54.0   13:24   WNW
 6  13.5  17.5   13:19  11.4   00:35   4.8   0.0   0.3  22.5  56.2   12:35   WNW
 7  14.0  15.4   16:15  11.8   00:21   4.3   0.0   5.7  21.9  50.0   16:21    NW
 8  14.2  20.2   12:43   9.9   23:03   4.2   0.1  15.0  18.8  52.6   12:16    NW
 9  10.5  14.7   13:52   8.5   06:00   7.8   0.0  26.7  19.2  47.9   02:28    NW
10  11.6  15.4   12:59   9.4   05:54   6.7   0.0   4.8  24.4  51.5   15:28   WNW
11   9.9  13.4   09:47   4.0   23:28   8.4   0.0   3.3  18.5  45.4   06:38     W
12   5.6  10.6   11:30   0.9   06:49  12.7   0.0   1.5   4.1  19.4   11:34   ESE
13   7.7  15.6   13:23   0.6   06:43  10.6   0.0   0.0   9.6  28.1   14:20   WNW
14  10.7  15.0   12:42   6.7   01:18   7.6   0.0   0.0  14.6  39.2   11:11   WNW
15  12.4  17.2   11:36   8.5   03:23   5.9   0.0   0.0   8.4  28.1   09:38     N
16  13.0  18.3   11:15   9.2   23:54   5.3   0.0   6.3   5.6  15.8   12:54     E
17  12.1  16.0   14:10   8.6   00:34   6.1   0.0   5.1  15.1  39.2   19:47   WNW
18  10.3  15.3   12:18   5.7   23:52   8.0   0.0   0.0   6.2  19.4   12:54   ESE
19   8.9  14.9   12:25   2.0   06:14   9.4   0.0   0.0   6.9  30.6   11:48   WNW
20  10.0  15.3   13:00   5.9   05:22   8.3   0.0   0.0   9.1  33.1   21:23   ESE
21   9.0  13.9   13:45   5.0   06:14   9.3   0.0   0.0  12.2  31.7   14:48   ESE
22  10.2  17.6   11:33   4.0   06:21   8.1   0.0   0.0   7.0  27.0   12:50     E
23  10.7  19.5   14:34   2.8   05:52   7.6   0.0   0.0   5.8  18.4   15:52   SSE
24  11.9  17.8   13:47   7.3   05:12   6.4   0.0   0.0  11.2  29.5   11:57     E
25  12.8  21.2   13:25   5.8   06:08   5.9   0.3   0.0   5.7  25.6   11:01     N
26  13.9  22.5   12:30   5.4   05:56   4.9   0.5   0.0   8.7  31.7   14:35    NW
27  14.7  19.7   12:09  11.7   05:56   3.7   0.1   0.0   6.1  28.1   20:45    SE
28  13.5  15.5   15:39  11.6   05:00   4.8   0.0   0.0  14.4  41.8   10:47   ESE
29  15.1  20.5   15:38  11.8   23:11   3.4   0.3   0.0   6.1  23.4   09:14     S
30  13.7  19.4   13:01   7.6   07:21   4.6   0.0   0.0  12.7  37.8   17:41     W
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    11.5  22.5    26     0.6    13   205.7   1.3  79.2  12.1  56.2     6     WNW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 26.7 on day 9
Days of Rain: 12 (> 0.2 mm)  8 (> 2.0 mm)  1 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration