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Home › Queensland › Nth Cst & Tableland › Cairns Orchid Plaza

Cairns Orchid Plaza Weather

16.92°S 145.78°E 4m AMSL

Cairns Forecast

Tonight	21°C
Tomorrow	29°C

Now

25.3°C

Updated at 18:10 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Tuesday Isolated showers about the coast and southern Tablelands. Mostly fine inland. Light to moderate E/SE winds. evening. Light to moderate E/SE winds.
Wednesday Mostly fine and mostly sunny. Just some isolated early morning showers or drizzle areas about the coast south of Cairns and also the southern Tablelands. Light to moderate SE/E winds. moderate SE/E winds.

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Currently at Cairns Ap

Temperature		25.3°C
Dew Point		21.7°C
Feels Like		26.4°C
Relative Humidity		81%
Wind		E 12km/h
Wind Gusts		19km/h
Pressure		1013.2hPa
Fire Danger		2.4
Rain since 9am/last hr		0.0mm / -

Sunrise		06:35 EST
Sunset		17:52 EST

Nearby Now

Mareeba Ap	22.3°C
Low Isles	25.4°C
South Johnstone	23.5°C

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Next 12 hours in Cairns

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9pm

Mostly cloudy

24°C

12am

Mostly cloudy

23°C

3am

Mostly cloudy

23°C

6am

Mostly cloudy

22°C

Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings

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Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary	Tue May 21		Wed May 22		Thu May 23		Fri May 24		Sat May 25		Sun May 26		Mon May 27
Summary	Possible shower		Mostly cloudy		Late shower		Clearing shower		Mostly sunny		Possible shower		Possible shower
Maximum	28°C		29°C		30°C		27°C		26°C		25°C		26°C
Minimum	21°C		21°C		21°C		21°C		17°C		18°C		19°C
Chance of Rain	80%		50%		70%		20%		50%		80%		80%
Rain Amount	< 1mm		< 1mm		1-5mm		< 1mm		1-5mm		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	7 km/h	15 km/h	5 km/h	15 km/h	19 km/h	21 km/h	21 km/h	28 km/h	25 km/h	31 km/h	25 km/h	32 km/h
Wind Direction	SSE	E	SSE	NNE	SW	SE	S	SE	S	SE	S	SE	S	SE
Relative Humidity	75%	80%	84%	72%	79%	74%	74%	60%	63%	55%	79%	72%	80%	70%
Dew Point	22°C	23°C	21°C	22°C	22°C	23°C	19°C	18°C	14°C	15°C	18°C	19°C	19°C	19°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday					Next Occurrence
First Light	Sunrise	Sunset	Last Light	Moon Phase	moon set	moon rise	full moon	last quarter	new moon	first quarter
06:13 EST	06:36 EST	17:52 EST	18:15 EST		Wed 03:14 EST	Wed 15:19 EST	Sat May 25	Sat Jun 1	Sun Jun 9	Mon Jun 17

Cairns Ap Past 5 Days

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	Minimum	Maximum	Rainfall
Tue May 21	22.2°C	29°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
Sat May 18	22.0°C	29.1°C	0.0mm
Fri May 17	22.3°C	27.6°C	0.0mm

Cairns Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to May

1565.7mm

87.9 day(s)

total for 2013

857.4mm

84 day(s)

total to this day 2012

1722.0mm

79 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

27.9°C

+0.3°C

long-term average

27.6°C

May rainfall

wettest this month

37.8mm

9th

total this month

146.0mm

12 day(s)

long-term average

89.4mm

13.6 day(s)

wettest on record

322.3mm

1964

driest on record

3.2mm

2001