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16.85°S 145.75°E 0m AMSL

Cairns Forecast

Tonight 24°C
Tomorrow 33°C
Late thunder

Now

26.2°C rising
Updated at 22:40 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Thursday Isolated showers and isolated thunderstorms. Locally moderate to heavy falls possible. Light to moderate SW/SE winds with an afternoon NE sea breeze, gusty in thunderstorm squalls. winds with a moderate afternoon NE sea breeze.
Friday Isolated showers and thunderstorms with locally moderate to heavy falls possible during the afternoon and evening. Light to moderate SE winds with a moderate afternoon NE sea breeze, gusty in thunderstorm squalls. moderate afternoon NE sea breeze.

Currently at Cairns Ap

Temperature 26.2°C rising
Dew Point 22.8°C rising
Feels Like 28.2°C
Relative Humidity 82%
Wind icon
SE 12km/h falling
Wind Gusts 17km/h
Pressure 1008.6hPa steady
Fire Danger 2.4
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Thursday

Sunrise sunrise
06:09 EST
Sunset sunset
18:53 EST

Nearby Now

Low Isles 27.6°C
Mareeba Ap 24.0°C
South Johnstone 26.4°C

Next 12 hours in Cairns

possible shower

12am

Slight chance shower
26°C
possible shower

3am

Slight chance shower
25°C
mostly clear

6am

Mostly clear
24°C
possible shower

9am

Slight chance shower
29°C
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Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Thu
Feb 9
Fri
Feb 10
Sat
Feb 11
Sun
Feb 12
Mon
Feb 13
Tue
Feb 14
Wed
Feb 15
late thunder
Late thunder
late thunder
Late thunder
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
possible shower
Possible shower
possible shower
Possible shower
late shower
Late shower
possible shower
Possible shower
Maximum 33°C 33°C 33°C 33°C 32°C 32°C 31°C
Minimum 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C
Chance of Rain 90% 80% 50% 70% 40% 50% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme 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 11
km/h
24
km/h
6
km/h
16
km/h
7
km/h
14
km/h
10
km/h
18
km/h
11
km/h
20
km/h
14
km/h
23
km/h
17
km/h
24
km/h
Wind Direction SSE 11km/h
SSE
ESE 24km/h
ESE
SSE 6km/h
SSE
ESE 16km/h
ESE
SE 7km/h
SE
ESE 14km/h
ESE
S 10km/h
S
SE 18km/h
SE
SSE 11km/h
SSE
SE 20km/h
SE
S 14km/h
S
SE 23km/h
SE
ESE 17km/h
ESE
E 24km/h
E
Relative Humidity 68% 56% 75% 68% 73% 66% 73% 66% 70% 67% 73% 70% 77% 71%
Dew Point 23°C 24°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 24°C 24°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Friday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon set moon rise last quarter new moon first quarter full moon
first light
05:47 EST
sunrise
06:10 EST
sunset
18:53 EST
last light
19:15 EST
moon
set
Fri 08:02 EST
rise
Fri 20:26 EST
moon
Wed
Feb 15
moon
Wed
Feb 22
moon
Thu
Mar 1
moon
Thu
Mar 8

Cairns Ap Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
Feb 9
23.6°C 34°C 13.8mm
Wed
Feb 8
25.2°C 33.2°C 0.0mm
Tue
Feb 7
24.7°C 34.9°C 0.0mm
Mon
Feb 6
25.1°C 34.3°C 0.0mm
Sun
Feb 5
22.4°C 32.8°C 0.4mm

Cairns Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to Feb
853.7mm
37.4 day(s)
total for 2012
485.6mm
25 day(s)
total to this day 2011
804.6mm
30 day(s)
wettest day
87.8mm
Jan 25
lowest temperature
19.6°C
Jan 6
highest temperature
34.9°C
Feb 7

Cairns Ap Almanac

February minimum temperature
lowest this month
22.4°C
5th
lowest on record
17.9°C
1st 1975
average this month
24.5°C
+0.7°C
long-term average
23.8°C
February maximum temperature
highest this month
34.9°C
7th
highest on record
38.9°C
12th 1969
average this month
32.7°C
+1.5°C
long-term average
31.2°C
February rainfall
wettest this month
70.8mm
4th
total this month
118.0mm
6 day(s)
long-term average
458.1mm
19.1 day(s)
wettest on record
1287.0mm
2000
driest on record
30.4mm
1990

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