Good Afternoon - Today is: Sunday, 1 November 2026 13:46:42 NZDT
Current: 16.2°C, Max: 16.6°C, Min: 4.3°C. It feels like 12.6°C
FORECAST: Mostly sunny. High 17C. Winds W at 15 to 30 km/h. It feels like 12.6°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.6 °C/hr 16.2°C, 58%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.5 hPa/hr 1028.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed : Current wind speed is Gentle breeze (F3) from SW (236°)   SW  16km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 30km/h
Air Quality :  13 AQI  3.6ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 118.6klx, 6.6hrs   Solar UV :  8.0UVI  937W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 01 November 2026 at 13:46:54. 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 2020 Dec
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Dec 2020

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  13.7  17.4   17:08   9.3   23:56   4.6   0.0   0.2   9.0  51.9   10:26     S
02  13.8  21.2   16:06   5.6   03:38   4.7   0.2   0.0   6.5  57.0   14:42   WNW
03  16.0  22.0   15:08  10.9   23:36   2.7   0.4   1.0  11.1  60.6   10:48   WNW
04  14.8  20.2   08:00  10.8   00:23   3.6   0.0   0.0  10.0  51.2   08:40   WNW
05  14.3  20.9   13:34  10.6   04:45   4.1   0.1   0.6  12.0  77.1   16:47   WNW
06  16.1  23.1   07:32   9.8   05:49   2.8   0.6   0.2   6.5  52.6   12:38     W
07  17.3  23.3   12:59  12.0   01:27   1.9   1.0   1.8   9.4  56.2   13:16   WNW
08  17.8  20.1   15:24  16.0   22:50   0.7   0.2  14.4   9.8  54.8   01:51   WNW
09  18.5  23.7   10:16  15.7   02:54   0.8   1.1  10.6   4.5  33.9   13:32   WNW
10  18.8  26.8   10:54  13.2   23:32   0.9   1.4   8.4   7.1  51.2   11:56   WNW
11  15.8  21.3   12:15  12.1   23:02   2.6   0.2   0.0  13.4  61.3   16:05   WNW
12  15.2  21.5   14:30  10.8   23:40   3.3   0.2   0.0  13.4  75.7   08:56   WNW
13  15.0  21.7   07:35   9.7   04:53   3.6   0.3   0.0   5.3  42.5   17:46    NE
14  15.8  25.3   14:57   6.3   05:23   3.9   1.3   0.0   3.0  40.4   17:37   WNW
15  17.1  24.7   13:36   9.2   04:55   2.9   1.7   0.0   4.3  38.9   17:55     W
16  16.1  20.5   14:15  13.9   05:09   2.3   0.1   0.0   7.6  44.7   16:27     W
17  17.8  25.2   16:14  13.0   05:46   1.9   1.3   0.0   5.6  48.3   23:41     S
18  18.8  25.5   11:50  15.2   04:12   1.1   1.6   0.0   6.7  43.3   00:08     W
19  17.6  23.0   14:14  13.4   23:39   1.5   0.9   0.0   8.1  51.2   12:58     W
20  18.6  26.2   16:43  12.5   02:47   1.6   2.0   0.0   5.4  41.1   10:39     W
21  18.8  25.4   14:12  14.1   02:36   1.0   1.6   0.0   3.3  39.7   05:12     E
22  19.5  26.5   15:00  15.9   05:12   0.6   1.8   2.8   4.1  43.3   14:49   WNW
23  17.0  20.2   12:31  15.3   06:11   1.4   0.1   8.2   3.1  30.3   11:30   WSW
24  16.9  21.4   14:45  15.2   04:32   1.6   0.2  10.0   7.5  49.7   16:37   WNW
25  17.9  23.9   15:35  11.7   23:54   1.9   1.5   0.0   7.6  43.3   11:13   WNW
26  15.9  24.2   08:00  10.7   23:17   3.2   0.8   0.0   6.0  47.6   11:53   WNW
27  12.5  18.5   13:32   8.1   04:25   5.8   0.0   0.0   5.9  49.7   18:30     S
28  13.0  20.6   15:53   7.5   05:37   5.3   0.0   0.0   3.2  36.8   14:51    SW
29  13.9  20.3   11:18   7.9   06:02   4.4   0.0   0.0   2.4  23.1   14:14    NW
30  16.6  23.5   16:07   8.5   05:37   2.9   1.2   0.0   4.4  46.1   12:51    SE
31  17.3  23.7   15:27  10.8   05:21   2.3   1.3   0.0   5.9  54.1   13:33     E
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    16.4  26.8    10     5.6     2    81.9  23.1  58.2   6.8  77.1     5       W

Max >=  27.0  0
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 14.4 on day 8
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  6 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration