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Cairns Forecast

Today 33°C
Tonight 25°C
showers

Now

31.3°C falling
Updated at 12:30 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Tuesday Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely from late this morning. The chance of a thunderstorm, mainly inland, with locally heavy falls possible. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures 29 to 34.

Currently at Cairns

24-hour graph
Temperature 31.3°C falling
Dew Point 24.9°C falling
Feels Like 38.1°C
Relative Humidity 69%
Wind icon
NE 11km/h steady
Wind Gusts 20km/h
Pressure -
Fire Danger 4.3
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:16 EST
Sunset sunset
18:44 EST

Nearby Now

Cairns Ap 30.7°C
Mareeba Ap 27.5°C
Low Isles 32.6°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Cairns

48-hour forecast

3pm

Chance shower or storm
32°C

6pm

Mostly clear
30°C

9pm

Mostly clear
28°C

12am

Mostly clear
27°C

Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Cairns 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

Showers

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower
Maximum 33°C 31°C 31°C 30°C 31°C 31°C 31°C
Minimum 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 23°C
Chance of Rain 80% 70% 70% 70% 60% 80% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 10-20mm
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 8
km/h
13
km/h
5
km/h
13
km/h
6
km/h
14
km/h
7
km/h
14
km/h
10
km/h
16
km/h
12
km/h
17
km/h
14
km/h
20
km/h
Wind Direction W 8km/h
W
NNE 13km/h
NNE
NW 5km/h
NW
NE 13km/h
NE
NE 6km/h
NE
NE 14km/h
NE
ESE 7km/h
ESE
E 14km/h
E
SE 10km/h
SE
E 16km/h
E
SSE 12km/h
SSE
ESE 17km/h
ESE
SSE 14km/h
SSE
SE 20km/h
SE
Relative Humidity 76% 77% 78% 81% 83% 83% 84% 81% 85% 80% 85% 78% 81% 78%
Dew Point 26°C 27°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 27°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 27°C 25°C 26°C 24°C 27°C

Cairns 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
05:54 EST
sunrise
06:16 EST
sunset
18:44 EST
last light
19:06 EST
moon
rise
Tue 16:26 EST
set
Wed 04:07 EST
moon
Fri
Mar 2
moon
Fri
Mar 9
moon
Sun
Mar 18
moon
Sun
Mar 25

Cairns Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 27
25°C - 10mm
Mon
Feb 26
23°C 33°C 21mm
Sun
Feb 25
23°C 31°C 6mm
Sat
Feb 24
23°C 31°C 74mm
Fri
Feb 23
24°C 31°C 9mm

Cairns Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
837.3mm
37.3 Day(s)
Total For 2018
957.6mm
37 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2017
858.2mm
39 Day(s)
Wettest Day
142.4mm
Jan 17
Lowest Temperature
19.6°C
Feb 12
Highest Temperature
36.3°C
Jan 4

Cairns Ap Almanac

full climatology
February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
19.6°C
12th
Lowest On Record
17.9°C
1st 1975
Average This Month
23.2°C
-0.6°C
Long-term Average
23.8°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
33.6°C
17th
Highest On Record
38.9°C
12th 1969
Average This Month
30.9°C
-0.3°C
Long-term Average
31.2°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
71.6mm
6th
Total This Month
293.0mm
15 Day(s)
Long-term Average
447.1mm
18.8 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
1287.0mm
2000
Driest On Record
30.4mm
1990
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