Climate averages 1991–2020
Palmerston North weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Palmerston North: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (112 km away). In August its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Palmerston North, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Palmerston North ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 12.4°C; Palmerston North is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Palmerston North climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 70 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| February | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.714 h |
| March | 19.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 62 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 82 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 79 | 11.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 90 | 13.2 | 9.39 h |
| July | 11.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 89 | 13.2 | 9.610 h |
| August, selected | 12.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 89 | 13.8 | 10.511 h |
| September | 13.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 94 | 14.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 15.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 109 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 87 | 13.6 | 14.314 h |
| December | 19.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 98 | 13.5 | 15.015 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Lower Hutt in AugustNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Wellington in AugustNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in AugustNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 65 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AugustNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AugustNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Tauranga in AugustNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Manukau City in AugustNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Auckland in AugustNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 104 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Palmerston North) is explained once on the Palmerston North year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.