Good Morning - Today is: Thursday, 16 July 2026 07:47:06 NZST
Current: 13.2°C, Max: 13.3°C, Min: 10.8°C. It feels like 10.7°C
FORECAST: Cloudy and damp with rain this morning...then becoming partly cloudy. High near 15C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. It feels like 10.7°C. A windproof and 3 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:37 | Sunset: 17:11 | Dawn: 07:07 | Dusk: 17:41
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.5 °C/hr 13.2°C, 88%   Pressure : Current trend is Falling slowly, changing by -0.1 hPa/hr 1022.2hPa
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 (280°) 15km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 32km/h
Air Quality :  12 AQI  3.2ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 759.5Lux, 0.4hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  6W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 07:50:11. 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 2022
                   Annual Climatological Summary for 2022

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40° 21' 32"   Lon: E 175° 34' 22"

                  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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 22  1  26.3  14.3  19.8   1.9    32    80  31.0   2   9.0    8   11    0    0    0
 22  2  23.6  17.3  20.0   1.8    12    59  30.0   4  13.9   28    6    0    0    0
 22  3  21.8  16.2  18.7   2.1    20    33  26.0   8  13.0   19    0    0    0    0
 22  4  19.8  12.4  15.8   1.7    83     9  23.4  25   6.0   30    0    0    0    0
 22  5  18.1   9.0  13.0   1.6   168     3  22.4   5   2.2   13    0    0    0    0
 22  6  15.6   7.4  10.9   1.6   222     0  19.3   1   1.3   23    0    0    0    0
 22  7  14.6   7.1  10.4   1.8   246     0  19.1   8   0.3   17    0    0    0    0
 22  8  16.1   7.3  11.1   1.7   224     0  19.8  16   0.8   13    0    0    0    0
 22  9  17.8   8.2  12.2   1.1   183     2  22.4  27   3.2    6    0    0    0    0
 22 10  19.7   9.2  13.5   0.8   158     9  27.7  29   2.2    7    1    0    0    0
 22 11  22.2  13.9  17.2   2.8    54    22  30.2   8   8.5    2    2    0    0    0
 22 12  22.8  15.7  18.8   2.4    23    39  28.1  16   0.0    4    1    0    1    0
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        19.8  11.5  15.1   1.8  1425   256  31.0 Jan   0.0  Dec   21    0    1    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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 22  1   8.8 -56.2   3.2  26     6    3    0
 22  2 114.2  52.2  42.4   6     9    5    3
 22  3  46.6 -27.4  18.4  21     5    4    0
 22  4  11.6 -64.4   5.8  22     4    2    0
 22  5  86.8  37.8  24.4  30    15    8    1
 22  6  85.8  -1.2  20.4  13    17   10    1
 22  7 127.4  33.4  23.8  12    21   15    1
 22  8  66.8 -15.2  20.4  23    16    8    1
 22  9  39.8 -43.2   9.6   3    14    8    0
 22 10  36.0 -54.0   7.2  12    15    7    0
 22 11  72.2  -5.8  13.8  19    17    9    0
 22 12  52.6 -40.4  14.6  23    15    8    0
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       748.6-184.4  42.4  Feb  154   87    7

                                Wind Speed (km/h)
                          Dom
 YR MO   Avg.  Hi   Date  Dir
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 22  1   5.9  69.0    9   SSW
 22  2   5.4  68.0   13   SSE
 22  3   5.0  60.0   21    SE
 22  4   4.1  60.0   22   WSW
 22  5   4.3  78.0   20   WNW
 22  6   5.2  78.0   11    NW
 22  7   6.4  68.0   25   NNW
 22  8   4.5  58.0    9    NW
 22  9   6.2  73.0    4   NNW
 22 10   6.9  62.0    5   WNW
 22 11   6.8  76.0   23   WNW
 22 12   5.0  58.0    7   NNE
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         5.5  78.0  May   WNW