A late Good Evening - Today was: Tuesday, 30 September 2025 21:17:26 NZDT
Current: 10.9°C, Max: 15.4°C, Min: 5.6°C. It feels like 8.1°C
FORECAST: Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain after midnight. Low near 10C. Winds WNW at 25 to 40 km/h. Chance of rain 50%. It feels like 8.1°C. A windproof and 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine, possible showers | Sunrise: 06:54 | Sunset: 19:22 | Dawn: 06:27 | Dusk: 19:50
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Falling, changing by -0.5 °C/hr 10.9°C, 68%   Pressure : Current trend is Steady, changing by 0.0 hPa/hr 1012.1hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  WNW  Current wind speed is Light breeze (F2) from WNW (300°) 9km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Rising 45km/h
Air Quality :  1 AQI  0.3ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 0.0mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 5.9hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Tuesday, 30 September 2025 at 21:18:25. Updated in seconds

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The Seasons and Climate Summary
Season Months Temperature Rain Wind Sun UV
High Low Mean
Summer

1 Dec - 28 Feb
Solstice: 22 December
December
January
February
29.6°C
30.7°C
31.2°C
18.0°C
19.5°C
19.9°C
23.6°C
24.9°C
25.5°C
88.4mm
60.9mm
77.5mm
19.8kph
21.6kph
18.9kph
176Hrs
191Hrs
166Hrs
13.4UVI
13.0UVI
12.1UVI
(Average) 30.5°C 19.1°C 24.7°C 75.6mm 20.2kph 166Hrs 12.9UVI
Autumn

1 Mar - 31 May
Equinox: 20 March
March
April
May
29.7°C
26.0°C
23.4°C
17.0°C
14.1°C
11.6°C
23.6°C
20.5°C
17.5°C
58.5mm
91.3mm
88.7mm
17.6kph
17.5kph
16.5kph
164Hrs
144Hrs
128Hrs
9.8UVI
7.0UVI
4.4UVI
(Average) 26.4°C 14.2°C 20.5°C 79.5mm 33.1kph 129Hrs 7.0UVI
Winter

1 Jun - 31 Aug
Solstice: 21 June
June
July
August
19.6°C
18.8°C
20.1°C
9.9°C
10.0°C
10.4°C
14.8°C
14.1°C
15.5°C
86.0mm
73.4mm
77.3mm
15.9kph
17.1kph
17.0kph
106Hrs
126Hrs
129Hrs
3.3UVI
4.2UVI
5.8UVI
(Average) 19.5°C 10.1°C 15.5°C 78.9mm 31.7kph 130Hrs 4.3UVI
Spring

1 Sep - 30 Nov
Equinox: 23 September
September
October
November
22.3°C
23.8°C
26.8°C
11.4°C
13.1°C
15.3°C
17.0°C
18.6°C
21.0°C
66.8mm
95.8mm
80.4mm
20.1kph
21.3kph
20.5kph
107Hrs
135Hrs
171Hrs
8.4UVI
11.7UVI
14.7UVI
(Average) 24.3°C 13.3°C 18.9°C 80.9mm 38.0kph 172Hrs 11.8UVI

Data averaged over a 10 year period from 2009 to 2019 based upon data gathered from Palmy Weather.


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Historic NIWA Climate Data
Climate data for Palmerston North (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1928–Dec 2024)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 32.5
(90.5)
33.0
(91.4)
31.3
(88.3)
28.4
(83.1)
25.6
(78.1)
20.9
(69.6)
19.6
(67.3)
22.8
(73.0)
22.4
(72.3)
26.2
(79.2)
28.7
(83.7)
31.7
(89.1)
33.0
(91.4)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 28.3
(82.9)
28.0
(82.4)
26.9
(80.4)
23.6
(74.5)
20.8
(69.4)
17.9
(64.2)
16.7
(62.1)
17.5
(63.5)
19.6
(67.3)
21.3
(70.3)
24.1
(75.4)
26.3
(79.3)
29.3
(84.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7)
23.2
(73.8)
21.6
(70.9)
18.7
(65.7)
16.0
(60.8)
13.5
(56.3)
12.9
(55.2)
13.8
(56.8)
15.1
(59.2)
16.5
(61.7)
18.3
(64.9)
20.9
(69.6)
17.8
(64.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.9
(64.2)
18.4
(65.1)
16.7
(62.1)
14.0
(57.2)
11.7
(53.1)
9.4
(48.9)
8.8
(47.8)
9.5
(49.1)
11.0
(51.8)
12.5
(54.5)
14.0
(57.2)
16.5
(61.7)
13.4
(56.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 13.1
(55.6)
13.6
(56.5)
11.7
(53.1)
9.2
(48.6)
7.3
(45.1)
5.2
(41.4)
4.7
(40.5)
5.2
(41.4)
6.8
(44.2)
8.4
(47.1)
9.7
(49.5)
12.1
(53.8)
8.9
(48.0)
Mean minimum °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4)
7.1
(44.8)
4.5
(40.1)
1.8
(35.2)
−0.6
(30.9)
−1.6
(29.1)
−2.0
(28.4)
−1.1
(30.0)
−0.4
(31.3)
0.8
(33.4)
2.7
(36.9)
5.7
(42.3)
−2.8
(27.0)
Record low °C (°F) 0.5
(32.9)
0.0
(32.0)
−1.5
(29.3)
−3.6
(25.5)
−3.9
(25.0)
−6.9
(19.6)
−6.7
(19.9)
−6.0
(21.2)
−3.9
(25.0)
−3.6
(25.5)
−2.1
(28.2)
0.0
(32.0)
−6.9
(19.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 58.7
(2.31)
68.6
(2.70)
57.4
(2.26)
83.6
(3.29)
87.2
(3.43)
95.5
(3.76)
87.5
(3.44)
83.5
(3.29)
89.0
(3.50)
96.3
(3.79)
86.3
(3.40)
89.9
(3.54)
983.5
(38.71)
Average rainy days(≥ 1.0 mm) 8.2 6.8 7.3 9.1 10.4 12.0 11.6 12.7 11.8 12.4 9.9 10.2 122.4
Average relative humidity (%) 77.2 78.1 80.7 80.9 85.7 87.8 87.4 84.9 78.9 80.5 77.2 76.6 81.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours 207.3 186.5 184.1 146.3 116.0 91.3 110.9 126.1 130.4 139.1 163.4 170.3 1,771.7
Mean daily daylight hours 14.7 13.6 12.3 11.0 9.9 9.3 9.6 10.6 11.8 13.2 14.4 15.0 12.1
Percent possible sunshine 45 49 48 44 38 33 37 38 37 34 38 37 40
Source: NIWA Climate Data

Climate data for Palmerston North (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Average high °C (°F)

23.0
(73.4)

23.5
(74.3)

21.5
(70.7)

18.6
(65.5)

15.8
(60.4)

13.3
(55.9)

12.7
(54.9)

13.5
(56.3)

15.3
(59.5)

16.7
(62.1)

18.3
(64.9)

20.9
(69.6)

17.8
(64.0)

Daily mean °C (°F)

17.8
(64.0)

18.3
(64.9)

16.4
(61.5)

13.6
(56.5)

11.4
(52.5)

9.1
(48.4)

8.6
(47.5)

9.2
(48.6)

11.0
(51.8)

12.4
(54.3)

13.8
(56.8)

16.2
(61.2)

13.1
(55.6)

Average low °C (°F)

12.5
(54.5)

13.0
(55.4)

11.2
(52.2)

8.6
(47.5)

6.9
(44.4)

4.9
(40.8)

4.6
(40.3)

5.0
(41.0)

6.6
(43.9)

8.1
(46.6)

9.3
(48.7)

11.5
(52.7)

8.5
(47.3)

Average precipitation mm (inches)

55.0
(2.17)

67.8
(2.67)

51.8
(2.04)

65.9
(2.59)

71.5
(2.81)

95.1
(3.74)

82.5
(3.25)

76.9
(3.03)

86.1
(3.39)

96.4
(3.80)

80.9
(3.19)

87.5
(3.44)

918.2
(36.15)

Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)

7.1

6.9

7.7

8.2

9.9

12.2

11.6

13.0

11.9

11.8

10.3

11.1

121.7

Average relative humidity (%)

75.3

77.7

79.4

81.2

85.8

86.8

86.8

84.6

79.7

80.5

76.7

76.0

80.9

Mean monthly sunshine hours

212.4

191.0

173.5

145.6

109.3

79.1

103.8

119.9

124.2

142.6

165.3

176.7

1,743.5

Source: NIWA Climate Data


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