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Home › Queensland › Nth Cst & Tableland › North Cairns

North Cairns Weather

16.91°S 145.76°E 8m AMSL

Cairns Forecast

Tonight	21°C
Tomorrow	28°C

Now

23.6°C

Updated at 20:40 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Sunday Isolated showers. Light to moderate SE winds. winds.
Monday Mostly cloudy with isolated showers, mainly about the coast and ranges. Light to moderate SE winds. winds.

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Currently at Cairns Ap

Temperature		23.6°C
Dew Point		20.2°C
Feels Like		23.6°C
Relative Humidity		81%
Wind		SSE 16km/h
Wind Gusts		24km/h
Pressure		1016.2hPa
Fire Danger		2.5
Rain since 9am/last hr		0.0mm / -

Sunrise		06:35 EST
Sunset		17:52 EST

Nearby Now

Low Isles	24.7°C
Mareeba Ap	21.1°C
South Johnstone	21.6°C

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Next 12 hours in Cairns

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12am

Mostly cloudy

23°C

3am

Mostly cloudy

22°C

6am

Mostly cloudy

22°C

9am

Slight chance shower

25°C

Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings

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There are no warnings current.

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Cairns 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary	Sun May 19		Mon May 20		Tue May 21		Wed May 22		Thu May 23		Fri May 24		Sat May 25
Summary	Possible shower		Mostly cloudy		Mostly sunny		Mostly sunny		Mostly sunny		Clearing shower		Mostly cloudy
Maximum	28°C		28°C		28°C		29°C		30°C		26°C		26°C
Minimum	21°C		21°C		21°C		20°C		21°C		20°C		18°C
Chance of Rain	80%		30%		10%		50%		90%		70%		5%
Rain Amount	1-5mm		1-5mm		< 1mm		< 1mm		5-10mm		1-5mm		< 1mm
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	33 km/h	16 km/h	23 km/h	14 km/h	19 km/h	6 km/h	14 km/h	4 km/h	12 km/h	16 km/h	21 km/h	19 km/h	24 km/h
Wind Direction	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	ESE	SSE	ENE	NE	NNE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE
Relative Humidity	84%	76%	79%	72%	83%	72%	80%	67%	77%	72%	82%	66%	66%	59%
Dew Point	21°C	21°C	21°C	21°C	21°C	21°C	21°C	21°C	22°C	23°C	19°C	18°C	15°C	16°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Monday					Next Occurrence
First Light	Sunrise	Sunset	Last Light	Moon Phase	moon set	moon rise	full moon	last quarter	new moon	first quarter
06:12 EST	06:35 EST	17:52 EST	18:15 EST		Mon 01:25 EST	Mon 13:50 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
Sun May 19	23.0°C	27°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
Thu May 16	20.2°C	29.0°C	0.0mm
Wed May 15	20.2°C	28.7°C	0.0mm

Cairns Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to May

1565.7mm

87.9 day(s)

total for 2013

856.8mm

83 day(s)

total to this day 2012

1706.6mm

77 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

27.8°C

+0.2°C

long-term average

27.6°C

May rainfall

wettest this month

37.8mm

9th

total this month

145.4mm

11 day(s)

long-term average

89.4mm

13.6 day(s)

wettest on record

322.3mm

1964

driest on record

3.2mm

2001