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Kuranda Weather
16.82°S 145.63°E
336m AMSL
Cairns Forecast
| Tonight | 19°C |
|---|---|
| Tomorrow | 26°C |
Now
24.7°C
Updated at 22:10 EST
Nth Cst & Tableland for Thursday
Scattered showers about the coast and ranges. Isolated showers inland. Light to moderate S/SE winds.
Friday
Showers, tending to rain at times with some moderate falls possible about the coast. Moderate E/SE winds, tending fresh and gusty at times during the day. times during the day.
Currently at Cairns Ap
| Temperature | 24.7°C |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Dew Point | 22.6°C |
|
|
| Feels Like | 24.7°C | ||
| Relative Humidity | 88% | ||
| Wind |
 |
SSE 12km/h |
|
| Wind Gusts | 19km/h | ||
| Pressure | 1014.0hPa |
|
|
| Fire Danger | 1.9 | ||
| Rain since 9am/last hr | 13.0mm / - | ||
Sun on Thursday
| Sunrise |  |
06:37 EST |
|---|---|---|
| Sunset |  |
17:51 EST |
Nearby Now
| Mareeba Ap | 20.9°C |
|---|---|
| Low Isles | 24.1°C |
| South Johnstone | 24.0°C |
Next 12 hours in Cairns
12am
Rain
23°C
3am
Chance shower
21°C
6am
Rain
21°C
9am
Chance shower
23°C
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Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings
Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast
| Summary | Thu May 24 |
Fri May 25 |
Sat May 26 |
Sun May 27 |
Mon May 28 |
Tue May 29 |
Wed May 30 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Showers |
 Rain |
 Cloudy |
 Mostly cloudy |
 Sunny |
 Possible shower |
Showers |
||||||||
| Maximum | 27°C | 26°C | 27°C | 27°C | 27°C | 26°C | 27°C | |||||||
| Minimum | 20°C | 19°C | 18°C | 18°C | 16°C | 19°C | 20°C | |||||||
| Chance of Rain | 90% | 70% | 50% | 5% | 40% | 90% | 90% | |||||||
| Rain Amount | 5-10mm | 5-10mm | 1-5mm | < 1mm | 1-5mm | 5-10mm | 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 | 17 km/h |
13 km/h |
12 km/h |
26 km/h |
22 km/h |
26 km/h |
19 km/h |
26 km/h |
21 km/h |
28 km/h |
20 km/h |
27 km/h |
21 km/h |
27 km/h |
| Wind Direction |
SSE |
SSE |
SSE |
 S |
S |
S |
 S |
S |
S |
 SSE |
S |
SSE |
S |
SSE |
| Relative Humidity | 85% | 83% | 94% | 79% | 68% | 58% | 60% | 51% | 61% | 52% | 73% | 67% | 77% | 70% |
| Dew Point | 22°C | 23°C | 22°C | 21°C | 16°C | 17°C | 14°C | 15°C | 13°C | 15°C | 17°C | 19°C | 19°C | 20°C |
Cairns Sun & Moon Times
| Friday | Next Occurrence | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last Light | Moon Phase | moon rise | moon set | first quarter | last quarter | new moon | first quarter |
 06:14 EST |
06:37 EST |
17:51 EST |
 18:14 EST |
 |
 Fri 09:46 EST |
 Fri 21:23 EST |
 Tue May 29 |
 Mon Jun 11 |
 Wed Jun 20 |
Wed Jun 27 |
Cairns Ap Past 5 Days
| Minimum | Maximum | Rainfall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu May 24 |
21.9°C | 28°C | 0.8mm |
| Wed May 23 |
21.6°C | 24.9°C | 2.0mm |
| Tue May 22 |
20.2°C | 27.8°C | 8.6mm |
| Mon May 21 |
20.5°C | 25.3°C | 15.6mm |
| Sun May 20 |
19.9°C | 28.4°C | 0.2mm |
Cairns Ap Year To Date
average rainfall to May
1565.7mm
87.9 day(s)
total for 2012
1775.2mm
84 day(s)
total to this day 2011
1890.6mm
89 day(s)
wettest day
161.6mm
Mar 20
lowest temperature
17.3°C
Apr 4
highest temperature
34.9°C
Feb 7
Cairns Ap Almanac
lowest this month
17.4°C
16th
lowest on record
10.1°C
26th 1953
average this month
20.6°C
+0.7°C
long-term average
19.9°C
highest this month
30.1°C
4th
highest on record
31.3°C
29th 1958
average this month
28.5°C
+0.9°C
long-term average
27.6°C
wettest this month
15.6mm
21st
total this month
45.2mm
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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