A late Good Evening - Today was: Wednesday, 28 January 2026 21:27:36 NZDT
Current: 17.7°C, Max: 26.4°C, Min: 14.7°C. It feels like 17.8°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Low 13C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. It feels like 17.8°C. 2 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Settled fine | Sunrise: 06:20 | Sunset: 20:40 | Dawn: 05:50 | Dusk: 21:11
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -1.7 °C/hr 17.7°C, 79%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.7 hPa/hr 1020.0hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from W (269°) 6km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 12km/h
Air Quality :  5 AQI  1.4ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 13.1hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Wednesday, 28 January 2026 at 21:27:50. Updated in seconds

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28 Jan 2026 7:08PM: Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Max Furse-Kee (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 28 Jan 2026 6:13PM: Pilot, passenger dead after helicopter crash in Paekākāriki Hill (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 28 Jan 2026 8:55PM: Police back recommendations for overhaul of 111 emergency call system (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 28 Jan 2026 6:30PM: US firm trialling Huntington's disease treatment says it shows promising early results (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 28 Jan 2026 8:17PM: Man charged in connection to Palmerston North shooting (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 28 Jan 2026 9:04PM: As it happened: Imagery of Mount Maunganui prior to landslide sought by police (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 28 Jan 2026 6:07PM: Roads closed, traffic rerouted in Lower Hutt as $1.5b works continue (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 28 Jan 2026 5:56PM: New Zealander Khol Gillies loses leg after fighting in Ukraine (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 28 Jan 2026 5:18PM: NZ Post mistakenly included rural Waikato community's only post shop on closure list (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 28 Jan 2026 4:49PM: Scale of flood-damage starting to sink in for East Coast (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


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 2022 Nov
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Nov 2022

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  16.7  23.3   18:28  12.2   23:52   2.4   0.7   0.0   6.7  47.0   15:19   WSW
02  16.7  26.0   13:11   8.5   06:26   3.2   1.6   0.0   4.7  43.0   13:36     W
03  17.9  22.2   18:26  14.2   01:33   1.4   0.9   0.2   9.5  52.0   11:53   WSW
04  16.7  22.2   18:32  13.4   05:14   2.2   0.5   0.0  12.3  66.0   16:18     W
05  17.1  25.9   18:45  12.8   23:59   2.3   1.2   0.0   8.7  48.0   00:17     W
06  17.5  28.0   16:35  10.9   05:46   3.0   2.2   0.0   6.5  54.0   09:53    NE
07  16.5  24.9   15:41  10.9   05:54   2.9   1.0   0.0   4.2  44.0   15:53   WSW
08  18.4  30.2   18:17  12.7   06:05   1.9   2.0   0.0   4.4  45.0   18:45     E
09  17.5  20.6   16:25  14.3   06:06   1.4   0.6   0.0   8.1  58.0   10:37    NE
10  16.5  19.2   14:36  13.3   23:16   1.8   0.0   0.2   9.6  59.0   17:45   ENE
11  14.6  15.9   21:08  13.3   00:00   3.7   0.0   4.8  12.2  66.0   09:02    NE
12  18.5  23.0   13:56  15.8   01:44   0.9   1.1   0.8   4.9  43.0   15:50    SW
13  17.5  20.6   17:11  15.8   04:01   1.1   0.2   1.8   4.8  45.0   10:48   WSW
14  17.7  21.1   15:31  15.6   01:18   1.2   0.5   0.0   5.4  43.0   19:14    NE
15  19.3  25.5   18:44  15.0   04:50   1.1   2.1   0.0   5.0  26.0   13:54     W
16  19.5  24.4   15:09  15.9   05:37   0.5   1.7   0.0   3.6  55.0   15:14    SW
17  18.7  22.5   12:26  16.4   03:56   0.4   0.8  11.2   1.8  25.0   13:03   WNW
18  18.6  21.4   13:15  16.7   05:43   0.5   0.7   7.0   5.7  55.0   12:48    NE
19  18.6  22.7   15:49  16.0   02:51   0.6   0.9  13.8   4.2  40.0   11:48     W
20  18.5  21.0   15:46  16.6   05:59   0.4   0.6   1.4   2.5  38.0   17:16    NW
21  17.9  20.2   12:48  16.2   23:43   0.7   0.3   3.2   6.2  49.0   20:32    NW
22  18.2  24.7   16:03  15.4   21:55   1.3   1.1   8.4   5.6  45.0   13:29    NW
23  16.1  19.1   15:53  13.6   06:20   2.2   0.1   7.0  12.4  76.0   14:33     W
24  14.9  18.0   14:37  11.7   20:42   3.4   0.0   7.0  10.8  65.0   11:33   WNW
25  14.7  18.3   15:27  11.8   02:04   3.6   0.0   2.0  10.7  60.0   16:09     W
26  15.9  20.2   15:52  13.2   01:28   2.5   0.2   1.8   8.9  57.0   15:36     W
27  16.7  21.8   13:46  15.0   06:01   1.9   0.4   1.4   3.9  52.0   11:40     W
28  16.0  20.3   15:45  12.2   07:01   2.6   0.2   0.0   6.5  54.0   15:38   WSW
29  16.8  20.8   18:03  13.7   02:31   1.9   0.4   0.0   6.4  37.0   08:36     W
30  17.2  20.6   14:45  13.7   22:41   1.4   0.4   0.2   8.3  54.0   10:07     W
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    17.2  30.2     8     8.5     2    54.4  22.4  72.2   6.8  76.0    23     WNW

Max >=  27.0  2
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 13.8 on day 19
Days of Rain: 17 (>= 0.2 mm)  9 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration