Good Afternoon - Today is: Thursday, 15 October 2026 15:04:46 NZDT
FORECAST:
Cloudy with occasional light rain throughout the day. High 13C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. It feels like 9.9°C. 3 clothing layers recommended.
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Weather Forecast
Today
13°C |
Tonight
7°C |
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Cloudy with occasional light rain throughout the day. High 13C. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 80%.
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Moon & Sun Forecast
Moonrise
08:29
Moonset
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Visibility
19%
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Sunrise
06:30
Sunset
19:38
Day Length
13.07 hrs
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Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 36s more daylight tomorrow
System Information
Station Is Online Updated: 15:06:45 15/10/2026
Time Zone: UTC +13:00(NZDT)
System Up: 64 days 18 hours
Prgm Up: 13 days 19 hours
System Rollover: Midnight
City: Palmerston North
State: Manawatū/Wanganui
Country: New Zealand
Lat:S40°21'32.2"(-40.35894°)
Lon:E175°34'21.9"(175.57275°)
Elevation: 27m (89ft)
Station Environment: Urban
Hardware: Ecowitt Wittboy WS90, GW3000, WH31, WH45, WH51, WH40H, WN34S, WH57
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
Annual Climatological Summary for 2012
Name: City Centre City: Palmerston North State: Manawatu
Elevation: 23 m Lat: S 40° 21' 15" Lon: E 175° 37' 34"
Temperature (°C), Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3
Dep. Heat Cool Max Max Min Min
Mean Mean From Deg Deg >= <= <= <=
YR MO Max Min Mean Norm Days Days Hi Date Low Date 27.0 0.0 0.0 -18.0
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12 1 24.3 13.1 18.1 0.2 53 48 30.8 10 5.2 28 5 0 0 0
12 2 24.3 13.3 18.0 -0.2 52 42 29.4 17 6.9 29 4 0 0 0
12 3 23.4 11.9 16.7 0.1 84 33 29.8 11 5.9 5 8 0 0 0
12 4 23.9 9.8 15.4 1.3 112 26 28.0 27 4.5 20 2 0 0 0
12 5 19.1 5.1 10.9 -0.5 233 3 24.9 8 -1.2 30 0 0 2 0
12 6 15.8 4.5 9.1 -0.2 276 0 22.5 4 -3.2 17 0 0 6 0
12 7 13.8 5.5 9.4 0.8 275 0 17.3 21 0.9 8 0 0 0 0
12 8 15.5 7.0 10.7 1.3 235 0 18.0 15 2.8 11 0 0 0 0
12 9 16.7 7.0 11.5 0.4 205 1 22.5 26 0.6 13 0 0 0 0
12 10 18.1 8.6 13.1 0.4 165 3 26.3 30 2.1 24 0 0 0 0
12 11 20.2 9.5 14.2 -0.2 135 12 27.2 22 2.3 7 1 0 0 0
12 12 24.3 14.2 18.6 2.2 47 56 32.2 26 7.8 8 9 0 0 0
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20.0 9.1 13.8 0.5 1878 227 32.2 Dec -3.2 Jun 29 0 8 0
Precipitation (mm)
Dep. Max Days of Rain
From Obs. >=
YR MO Total Norm Day Date 0.2 2.0 20.0
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12 1 149.1 84.1 42.6 8 15 11 3
12 2 126.9 64.9 47.7 14 13 9 1
12 3 80.4 6.4 28.2 3 13 8 1
12 4 56.4 -19.6 21.0 30 8 5 1
12 5 64.5 -29.5 16.2 14 13 8 0
12 6 82.8 -4.2 17.1 6 18 9 0
12 7 109.5 15.5 28.8 16 14 6 1
12 8 99.3 17.3 22.8 12 14 12 1
12 9 79.2 -3.8 26.7 9 12 8 1
12 10 75.0 -15.0 29.1 13 13 8 1
12 11 28.2 -49.8 11.7 18 9 6 0
12 12 133.2 50.2 43.2 30 14 9 2
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1084.5 116.5 47.7 Feb 156 99 12
Wind Speed (km/h)
Dom
YR MO Avg. Hi Date Dir
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12 1 13.1 56.2 14 W
12 2 11.4 51.5 23 ENE
12 3 10.4 54.0 22 E
12 4 7.3 52.6 30 NNW
12 5 6.5 47.9 15 NNW
12 6 8.6 51.5 9 NW
12 7 8.9 46.4 30 E
12 8 8.0 46.4 27 E
12 9 12.1 56.2 6 WNW
12 10 14.6 69.8 13 WNW
12 11 11.0 47.9 18 WNW
12 12 12.5 58.7 7 WNW
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10.4 69.8 Oct NW
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