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16.93°S 145.78°E 3m AMSL

Cairns Forecast

This morning 24°C
Today 31°C
Thunderstorms

Now

23.8°C rising
Updated at 05:40 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Wednesday Humid with isolated showers and isolated thunderstorms about the coast and ranges at first extending inland in the afternoon. Light to moderate SE to NE winds.

Currently at Cairns Ap

Temperature 23.8°C rising
Dew Point 22.8°C steady
Feels Like 23.8°C
Relative Humidity 94%
Wind icon
SSW 1km/h falling
Wind Gusts 9km/h
Pressure 1011.4hPa rising
Fire Danger 1.1 Low
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.6mm / -

Sun on Wednesday

Sunrise sunrise
06:10 EST
Sunset sunset
18:53 EST

Nearby Now

Mareeba Ap 21.4°C
Low Isles 27.4°C
South Johnstone 22.9°C
Cooktown Ap 25.4°C

Next 12 hours in Cairns

possible thunderstorm

9am

Chance shower or storm
28°C
thunderstorm

12pm

Shower. Chance storm
30°C
thunderstorm

3pm

Shower. Chance storm
29°C
possible thunderstorm

6pm

Chance shower or storm
28°C
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Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings

There are no warnings current.

Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Wed
Feb 10
Thu
Feb 11
Fri
Feb 12
Sat
Feb 13
Sun
Feb 14
Mon
Feb 15
Tue
Feb 16
thunderstorms
Thunder-
storms
thunderstorms
Thunder-
storms
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
showers
Showers
showers
Showers
mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
Maximum 31°C 31°C 31°C 31°C 31°C 32°C 32°C
Minimum 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C
Chance of Rain 90% 90% 90% 80% 80% 80% 10%
Rain Amount 10-20mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme 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 10
km/h
18
km/h
10
km/h
16
km/h
7
km/h
15
km/h
5
km/h
15
km/h
7
km/h
19
km/h
6
km/h
14
km/h
10
km/h
12
km/h
Wind Direction S 10km/h
S
SSE 18km/h
SSE
S 10km/h
S
SE 16km/h
SE
S 7km/h
S
SE 15km/h
SE
S 5km/h
S
E 15km/h
E
NE 7km/h
NE
NNE 19km/h
NNE
NE 6km/h
NE
NNE 14km/h
NNE
N 10km/h
N
N 12km/h
N
Relative Humidity 78% 79% 77% 74% 82% 79% 82% 77% 83% 74% 78% 77% 77% 77%
Dew Point 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 23°C 23°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon set moon rise new moon first quarter full moon last quarter
first light
05:47 EST
sunrise
06:10 EST
sunset
18:53 EST
last light
19:15 EST
moon
set
Wed 16:09 EST
rise
Thu 03:31 EST
moon
Sun
Feb 14
moon
Mon
Feb 22
moon
Mon
Mar 1
moon
Mon
Mar 8

Cairns Ap Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 9
23.6°C 32°C 0.0mm
Mon
Feb 8
24.5°C 31.0°C 2.4mm
Sun
Feb 7
25.2°C 33.3°C 0.0mm
Sat
Feb 6
24.1°C 31.6°C 54.8mm
Fri
Feb 5
24.4°C 36.4°C 0.0mm

Cairns Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to Feb
842.1mm
37.2 day(s)
total for 2010
763.2mm
29 day(s)
total to this day 2009
1284.0mm
33 day(s)
wettest day
121.0mm
Jan 1
lowest temperature
22.4°C
Jan 20
highest temperature
36.9°C
Feb 4

Cairns Ap Almanac

February minimum temperature
lowest this month
23.6°C
9th
lowest on record
17.9°C
1st 1975
average this month
24.5°C
+0.8°C
long-term average
23.7°C
February maximum temperature
highest this month
36.9°C
4th
highest on record
38.9°C
12th 1969
average this month
33.8°C
+2.6°C
long-term average
31.2°C
February rainfall
wettest this month
54.8mm
6th
total this month
57.8mm
4 day(s)
long-term average
449.9mm
19.0 day(s)
wettest on record
1287.0mm
2000
driest on record
30.4mm
1990

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