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16.82°S 145.63°E 336m AMSL

Cairns Forecast

Today 27°C
Tonight 17°C
Clearing shower

Now

23.3°C rising
Updated at 09:40 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Friday Isolated showers about the coast and ranges, clearing to a fine and mostly sunny afternoon. Light to moderate S/SE winds becoming fresh about the coast during the afternoon. sunny afternoon. Moderate SE winds, fresh at times during the afternoon.

Currently at Cairns Ap

Temperature 23.3°C rising
Dew Point 16.4°C rising
Feels Like 23.3°C
Relative Humidity 65%
Wind icon
S 20km/h steady
Wind Gusts 28km/h
Pressure 1014.9hPa steady
Fire Danger 4.7
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Friday

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

Nearby Now

Mareeba Ap 19.8°C
Low Isles 24.7°C
South Johnstone 20.6°C

Next 12 hours in Cairns

mostly cloudy

12pm

Mostly cloudy
25°C
mostly cloudy

3pm

Mostly cloudy
26°C
mostly cloudy

6pm

Mostly cloudy
23°C
mostly clear

9pm

Mostly clear
21°C
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Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings

Qld - Fri 08:56 EST
Coastal Waters Wind Warning for Torres Strait to Cairns, and for Gladstone to Point Danger Including Hervey and Moreton Bays

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Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Fri
May 24
Sat
May 25
Sun
May 26
Mon
May 27
Tue
May 28
Wed
May 29
Thu
May 30
clearing shower
Clearing shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
possible shower
Possible shower
showers increasing
Showers increasing
showers
Showers
showers easing
Showers easing
Maximum 27°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 27°C
Minimum 21°C 17°C 18°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C
Chance of Rain 10% 5% 90% 90% 90% 90% 80%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm
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 18
km/h
23
km/h
23
km/h
28
km/h
23
km/h
29
km/h
24
km/h
31
km/h
23
km/h
29
km/h
21
km/h
27
km/h
20
km/h
27
km/h
Wind Direction SSE 18km/h
SSE
SE 23km/h
SE
S 23km/h
S
SE 28km/h
SE
SE 23km/h
SE
SE 29km/h
SE
SE 24km/h
SE
SE 31km/h
SE
SE 23km/h
SE
SE 29km/h
SE
SE 21km/h
SE
SE 27km/h
SE
SE 20km/h
SE
SE 27km/h
SE
Relative Humidity 68% 55% 62% 55% 68% 67% 80% 75% 78% 72% 82% 74% 82% 72%
Dew Point 17°C 16°C 14°C 15°C 16°C 18°C 19°C 20°C 19°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Friday 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
Fri 17:02 EST
set
Sat 06:18 EST
moon
Sat
May 25
moon
Sat
Jun 1
moon
Sun
Jun 9
moon
Mon
Jun 17

Cairns Ap Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Fri
May 24
22°C - 0.0mm
Thu
May 23
20.9°C 28°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

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
1733.4mm
82 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

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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