Weather Forecast for Palmerston North
Partly cloudy. Light Sou'East winds.
Now
Today
13°
Palmerston North
Partly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
10%traceSE 4km/h2 (Low)7:27pm5:02am
Tonight
3°
Palmerston North
Mostly clear. Calm/Variable winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
20%traceENE 6km/h3:50pm3:16amWaning Crescent
Next 24 Hours in Palmerston North
Next 9 Days in Palmerston North
Fri 27 May
Fri 27 May
15°
Day
Day
4°
Night
Night
Mostly sunny. Calm/Variable winds.
NNW
8km/h
8km/h
10%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
trace
Mostly sunny. Calm/Variable winds.
Sat 28 May
Sat 28 May
16°
Day
Day
9°
Night
Night
Partly cloudy. Light Easterly winds.
E
9km/h
9km/h
20%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
2.9mm
Partly cloudy. Light Easterly winds.
Sun 29 May
Sun 29 May
17°
Day
Day
13°
Night
Night
Light rain. Breezy East to Nor'East winds.
ENE
16km/h
16km/h
90%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
8.4mm
Light rain. Breezy East to Nor'East winds.
Mon 30 May
Mon 30 May
18°
Day
Day
13°
Night
Night
Showers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
21km/h
21km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
7.4mm
Showers. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
Tue 31 May
Tue 31 May
17°
Day
Day
11°
Night
Night
Rain and thunder. Fairly breezy North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
23km/h
23km/h
80%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
9.7mm
Rain and thunder. Fairly breezy North to Nor'West winds.
Wed 1 Jun
Wed 1 Jun
14°
Day
Day
9°
Night
Night
Rain. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
22km/h
22km/h
70%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
10.1mm
Rain. Fairly breezy Nor'West winds.
Thu 2 Jun
Thu 2 Jun
13°
Day
Day
10°
Night
Night
Showers. Breezy West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
19km/h
19km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
4.4mm
Showers. Breezy West to Nor'West winds.
Fri 3 Jun
Fri 3 Jun
14°
Day
Day
9°
Night
Night
Light rain. Breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
17km/h
17km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
5.1mm
Light rain. Breezy Nor'West winds.
Sat 4 Jun
Sat 4 Jun
14°
Day
Day
9°
Night
Night
Showers. Breezy Nor'West winds.
NW
14km/h
14km/h
60%
chance
of rain
chance
of rain
3.5mm
Showers. Breezy Nor'West winds.
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Stu on 19/05/2022 4:31am
I live on the hauraki plains and refer to your rural weather website but I find the rainfall totals to be wildly in accurate. I have never been a fan of met service but they are more realistic in there totals and even met Vue forcasting you can tell a week out that there forecast totals are more than double yours why could this be so, cheers for your response
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WW Forecast Team on 19/05/2022 9:03am
Hi Stu, thanks for your feedback. Appreciate you’re in drought and so rain is crucial right now, and most rain bands for the past few years have been falling apart over Waikato and the Hauraki Plains, which makes every rainfall total so much more critical. We use the same data as MetVue, so they can’t be more accurate than us. Our data has been rated as the most accurate by both NZ Govt Agency and an independent international body. Most accurate doesn’t mean always perfect. If rain is critical to you, make sure you read our daily stories and weekday videos to help make sense of all the factors that go into a rainfall forecast. Feel free to use us with other forecasters too. WeatherWatch and RuralWeather provide a lot of extra context on top of “just a forecast” to help you work out the most likely chances of rain.
Cheers
Phil D
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Stu on 19/05/2022 8:09pm
Thanks for the reply Phil much appreciated.keep up the good work I really like and find your weather forecast videos the best in the business.
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Ian Taylor on 15/05/2022 9:59am
I’ve been a long time supporter of WW in Northeast Waikato. But since you teamed up with Metservice I have found that you have been over- forecasting rain that has not arrived during the summer / autumn period. I found your forecasts more accurate before you joined Metservice.
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WW Forecast Team on 15/05/2022 8:18pm
H Ian, we haven’t teamed up with MetService, we simply display the public rain radar. Our data has been independently rated as most accurate rainfall forecaster in NZ by both the NZ Government and by an international firm that measured IBM. No forecaster is perfect but we’re pleased to be leading the way as most accurate in NZ, even if not perfect (yet!).
Kind regards
WW
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Carole parker on 8/05/2022 12:15am
Can you tell me what the weather for Saturday for queens birthday weekend is likely to be please as looking at holding a carboot sale
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WW Forecast Team on 8/05/2022 1:31am
Hi Carole
Much to far away at the moment to know sorry. Come back and ask us 4 to 7 days out if possible?
Also a location would be handy too! 🙂
Best wishes for the sale if we don’t hear back from you.
WW
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Alexa on 4/05/2022 10:47pm
Any guesses on what the winter will be like in Queenstown snow-wise?
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WW Forecast Team on 4/05/2022 11:02pm
Hi Alexa, thanks for the question. At this stage we don’t have a strong forecast for this but there are signs that it may be a later start this year. Too mild at the moment (and dry) – but actually sometimes a milder winter can create more snow in southern areas. The month of May doesn’t look too snowy around Queenstown, but there is a temp drop coming next week which bring a dusting on the mountains.
Cheers
WW
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