HOME     MENUMENU
Day ThemeAuto ThemeNight Theme
Good Afternoon - Today is: Sunday, 23 August 2026 16:06:49 NZST
Current: 13.6°C, Max: 15.4°C, Min: 11.4°C. It feels like 8.4°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy skies. Gusty winds during the evening. Low 8C. WNW winds at 40 to 55 km/h, decreasing to 15 to 30 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 80 km/h. It feels like 8.4°C. A windproof and 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Becoming fine | Sunrise: 06:56 | Sunset: 17:46 | Dawn: 06:28 | Dusk: 18:13
Weather Forecast
 Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 °C/hr 13.6°C, 65%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising slowly, changing by 0.4 hPa/hr 1013.3hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  W  Current wind speed is Moderate breeze (F4) from W (268°) 23km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 57km/h
Air Quality :  34 AQI  10.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 15.8mm
Sun Light : 19.7klx, 3.4hrs   Solar UV :  1.0UVI  156W/m2
Last weather station contact: Sunday, 23 August 2026 at 16:12:50. Updated in seconds

 The Palmy Sun: Palmy Weather Newsroom
  News  

⛅ 23 Aug 2026 2:45PM: Otago oncology professor calls ACT's cancer centre policy 'magical thinking' (rnz.co.nz) 1/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 2:20PM: Officials keep quiet after botched Lake Alice compensation (rnz.co.nz) 2/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 2:02PM: Hospital security appeared powerless against 'intimidating' patient, witness says (rnz.co.nz) 3/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 1:09PM: Meat sector unclear what Trump's tariff's mean for New Zealand (rnz.co.nz) 4/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 12:57PM: 'The astounding thing was the speed': Residents survey aftermath of Albert Town fire (rnz.co.nz) 5/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 12:31PM: Severe Wellington winds of 168 km/h bring unseasonal warm weather (rnz.co.nz) 6/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 12:25PM: Teens charged after fleeing driver crash left cop critically injured in Palmerston North (rnz.co.nz) 7/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 9:51AM: Hundreds across Wellington, South Island without power (rnz.co.nz) 8/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 9:05AM: Government to retain Labour's clean car standard for imported high-emissions vehicles (rnz.co.nz) 9/10 ⛅ 23 Aug 2026 8:45AM: Firefighters investigating cause of large Wānaka blaze (rnz.co.nz) 10/10


 Weather Warnings
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
High wind gust levels have been detected
Warning WEATHER STATION WARNING
High continuous wind levels have been detected
 Weather Forecast
Tonight
Partly Cloudy, Wind
8°C
Partly Cloudy, Wind		 Tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
15°C
Mostly Sunny
Partly cloudy skies. Gusty winds during the evening. Low 8C. WNW winds at 40 to 55 km/h, decreasing to 15 to 30 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 80 km/h.
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous       Day & Night Ratio Clock Graph
Moonrise
12:33
Moonset
03:50
Visibility
78% 		Sunrise
06:56
Sunset
17:46
Day Length
10.49 Hrs
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Sun Phase: Above Horizon
There will be 2min 26s more daylight tomorrow
 System Information
Station Is Online
Updated: 16:12:50 23/08/2026
Time Zone: UTC +12:00(NZST)
System Up: 11 days 20 hours
Prgm Up: 11 days 20 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


Contact Us - Report Site Errors

Please feel free to use the following form to inform us about site errors or outages. Remember to click "Send Your Email" once you have finished. Alternatively you can send us your email to palmyweather@gmail.com.
Please be as descriptive as possible so that we can solve the problem in a timely manner.

It looks like you have accessed this page directly without completing a security check.

Before proceeding to the contact form, please complete the following puzzle.
Click on one (1) of the nine (9) coloured boxes which matches the single sample coloured box below:


  SAMPLE