Climate averages 1991–2020
Palmerston North weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Palmerston North: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (112 km away). In February its highs average 19.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Palmerston North, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Palmerston North ranks 6th of 11 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; Palmerston North is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Wellington in FebruaryNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- New Plymouth in FebruaryNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Manukau City in FebruaryNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Auckland in FebruaryNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 65 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.