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Townsville Forecast

Today 32°C
Tonight 25°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

30.5°C falling
Updated at 12:30 EST

Lower Burdekin for Tuesday Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely from late this morning. The chance of a thunderstorm with locally heavy falls possible. Light winds becoming NE 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low 30s.

Currently at Townsville Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 30.5°C falling
Dew Point 23.4°C falling
Feels Like 35.2°C
Relative Humidity 66%
Wind icon
NNE 14km/h falling
Wind Gusts 17km/h
Pressure 1006.5hPa falling
Fire Danger 5.1
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:10 EST
Sunset sunset
18:41 EST

Nearby Now

Ayr 29.3°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Townsville

48-hour forecast

3pm

Slight chance storm
32°C

6pm

Slight chance storm
30°C

9pm

Chance shower or storm
29°C

12am

Slight chance storm
27°C

Lower Burdekin Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Townsville 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Feb 27
Wed
Feb 28
Thu
Mar 1
Fri
Mar 2
Sat
Mar 3
Sun
Mar 4
Mon
Mar 5

Possible thunderstorm

Showers

Showers

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Mostly sunny
Maximum 32°C 30°C 30°C 31°C 32°C 32°C 32°C
Minimum 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 24°C
Chance of Rain 70% 80% 70% 70% 60% 80% 60%
Rain Amount 10-20mm 10-20mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 5
km/h
15
km/h
8
km/h
16
km/h
10
km/h
19
km/h
8
km/h
19
km/h
10
km/h
21
km/h
11
km/h
22
km/h
14
km/h
24
km/h
Wind Direction SSW 5km/h
SSW
NE 15km/h
NE
ESE 8km/h
ESE
ENE 16km/h
ENE
E 10km/h
E
ENE 19km/h
ENE
ENE 8km/h
ENE
ENE 19km/h
ENE
SE 10km/h
SE
E 21km/h
E
SE 11km/h
SE
E 22km/h
E
SE 14km/h
SE
E 24km/h
E
Relative Humidity 73% 69% 79% 74% 80% 74% 77% 70% 75% 68% 76% 67% 74% 63%
Dew Point 25°C 26°C 24°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C

Townsville Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:48 EST
sunrise
06:10 EST
sunset
18:41 EST
last light
19:03 EST
moon
rise
Tue 16:26 EST
set
Wed 03:59 EST
moon
Fri
Mar 2
moon
Fri
Mar 9
moon
Sun
Mar 18
moon
Sun
Mar 25

Townsville Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 27
25.0°C - 8.8mm
Mon
Feb 26
24.0°C 31.5°C 5.6mm
Sun
Feb 25
23.5°C 31.7°C 43.8mm
Sat
Feb 24
22.4°C 28.2°C 27.0mm
Fri
Feb 23
22.7°C 27.5°C 20.8mm

Townsville Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
565.5mm
29.9 Day(s)
Total For 2018
304.6mm
29 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2017
303.0mm
29 Day(s)
Wettest Day
43.8mm
Feb 25
Lowest Temperature
19.0°C
Feb 11
Highest Temperature
36.9°C
Jan 3

Townsville Ap Almanac

full climatology
February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
19.0°C
11th
Lowest On Record
17.9°C
16th 1951
Average This Month
23.8°C
-0.3°C
Long-term Average
24.1°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
35.7°C
16th
Highest On Record
42.7°C
13th 1969
Average This Month
32.3°C
+1.1°C
Long-term Average
31.2°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
43.8mm
25th
Total This Month
189.2mm
12 Day(s)
Long-term Average
296.8mm
15.4 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
960.8mm
2009
Driest On Record
4.2mm
1983
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