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16.93°S 145.78°E 3m AMSL

Cairns Forecast

Today 30°C
Tonight 21°C
Late shower

Now

27.4°C rising
Updated at 12:20 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Thursday Mostly fine. Isolated showers developing late in the day with patchy rain areas in the south. Isolated thunderstorms on and west of the Tablelands this afternoon. Light to moderate NE/NW winds shifting SW/SE late in the day. shifting SW to SE late in the day.

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Currently at Cairns Ap

Temperature 27.4°C rising
Dew Point 23.1°C rising
Feels Like 30.3°C
Relative Humidity 77%
Wind icon
 N 12km/h falling
Wind Gusts 17km/h
Pressure 1010.7hPa falling
Fire Danger 3.0
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -
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Sun on Thursday

Sunrise sunrise
 06:36 EST
Sunset sunset
 17:51 EST

Nearby Now

Mareeba Ap 27.4°C
Low Isles 30.2°C
South Johnstone 27.5°C
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Next 12 hours in Cairns

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shower

3pm

Shower
28°C
possible shower

6pm

Chance shower
25°C
possible shower

9pm

Chance shower
25°C
possible shower

12am

Chance shower
24°C
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Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Thu
May 23		 Fri
May 24		 Sat
May 25		 Sun
May 26		 Mon
May 27		 Tue
May 28		 Wed
May 29
late shower
Late shower 		clearing shower
Clearing shower 		mostly sunny
Mostly sunny 		mostly sunny
Mostly sunny 		possible shower
Possible shower 		possible shower
Possible shower 		possible shower
Possible shower
Maximum 30°C 27°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C
Minimum 21°C 21°C 17°C 18°C 19°C 20°C 20°C
Chance of Rain 90% 10% 20% 80% 90% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 1-5mm
UV Index Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High
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 13
km/h		 17
km/h		 20
km/h		 23
km/h		 23
km/h		 28
km/h		 23
km/h		 30
km/h		 24
km/h		 30
km/h		 24
km/h		 30
km/h		 22
km/h		 28
km/h
Wind Direction W 13km/h
W 		ENE 17km/h
ENE 		S 20km/h
S 		SE 23km/h
SE 		S 23km/h
S 		SE 28km/h
SE 		S 23km/h
S 		SE 30km/h
SE 		S 24km/h
S 		SE 30km/h
SE 		S 24km/h
S 		SE 30km/h
SE 		S 22km/h
S 		SE 28km/h
SE
Relative Humidity 70% 77% 66% 57% 62% 55% 70% 68% 85% 75% 78% 72% 80% 72%
Dew Point 22°C 24°C 17°C 17°C 13°C 15°C 17°C 18°C 20°C 20°C 19°C 20°C 19°C 20°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set full moon last quarter new moon first quarter
first light
06:13 EST		 sunrise
06:36 EST		 sunset
17:51 EST		 last light
18:14 EST		 moon
 rise
Thu 16:08 EST 		set
Fri 05:15 EST 		moon
Sat
May 25		 moon
Sat
Jun 1		 moon
Sun
Jun 9		 moon
Mon
Jun 17

Cairns Ap Past 5 Days

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  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
May 23		 20.9°C - 0.0mm
Wed
May 22		 21.3°C 28.3°C 0.4mm
Tue
May 21		 22.2°C 28.8°C 0.6mm
Mon
May 20		 21.7°C 29.1°C 0.0mm
Sun
May 19		 23.0°C 26.6°C 0.8mm

Cairns Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to May
1565.7mm
87.9 day(s)
total for 2013
857.0mm
85 day(s)
total to this day 2012
1732.6mm
81 day(s)
wettest day
109.0mm
Jan 23
lowest temperature
19.3°C
Mar 16
highest temperature
38.6°C
Jan 29

Cairns Ap Almanac

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May minimum temperature
lowest this month
20.1°C
6th
lowest on record
10.1°C
26th 1953
average this month
21.4°C
+1.5°C
long-term average
19.9°C
May maximum temperature
highest this month
29.5°C
1st
highest on record
31.3°C
29th 1958
average this month
28.0°C
+0.4°C
long-term average
27.6°C
May rainfall
wettest this month
37.8mm
9th
total this month
146.4mm
13 day(s)
long-term average
89.4mm
13.6 day(s)
wettest on record
322.3mm
1964
driest on record
3.2mm
2001

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