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Charters Towers Forecast

Today 32°C
Tonight 23°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

31.3°C falling
Updated at 12:40 EST

Nth Goldfields for Tuesday Partly cloudy. High chance of showers in the east, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm with locally heavy falls possible in the east. Winds W/NW 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day. Daytime maximum temperatures 31 to 37.

Currently at Townsville Fta

24-hour graph
Temperature 31.3°C falling
Dew Point 22.0°C falling
Feels Like 34.7°C
Relative Humidity 57%
Wind icon
SW 11km/h rising
Wind Gusts 15km/h
Pressure -
Fire Danger 6.5
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:12 EST
Sunset sunset
18:44 EST

Nearby Now

Townsville Ap 30.6°C
Ayr 29.0°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Mingela

48-hour forecast

3pm

Chance shower or storm
27°C

6pm

Mostly cloudy
25°C

9pm

Mostly cloudy
24°C

12am

Slight chance storm
23°C

Nth Goldfields Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Charters Towers 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Feb 27
Wed
Feb 28
Thu
Mar 1
Fri
Mar 2
Sat
Mar 3
Sun
Mar 4
Mon
Mar 5

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny
Maximum 32°C 29°C 30°C 30°C 32°C 32°C 32°C
Minimum 23°C 23°C 23°C 22°C 21°C 21°C 21°C
Chance of Rain 70% 80% 70% 60% 40% 50% 40%
Rain Amount 5-10mm 20-40mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm < 1mm
UV Index 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 0
km/h
0
km/h
2
km/h
2
km/h
6
km/h
7
km/h
4
km/h
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km/h
4
km/h
5
km/h
3
km/h
5
km/h
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km/h
6
km/h
Wind Direction Calm
WNW
Calm
SE
ESE 2km/h
ESE
E 2km/h
E
E 6km/h
E
ENE 7km/h
ENE
ENE 4km/h
ENE
ENE 5km/h
ENE
ENE 4km/h
ENE
ENE 5km/h
ENE
E 3km/h
E
E 5km/h
E
E 4km/h
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E 6km/h
E
Relative Humidity 79% 66% 88% 80% 89% 78% 86% 69% 84% 65% 84% 63% 83% 58%
Dew Point 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 26°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 25°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 23°C

Charters Towers Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:49 EST
sunrise
06:12 EST
sunset
18:44 EST
last light
19:06 EST
moon
rise
Tue 16:29 EST
set
Wed 04:00 EST
moon
Fri
Mar 2
moon
Fri
Mar 9
moon
Sun
Mar 18
moon
Sun
Mar 25

Charters Towers Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 27
23°C - 13mm
Mon
Feb 26
22°C 32°C 9mm
Sun
Feb 25
21.5°C 30°C 15.8mm
Sat
Feb 24
21.4°C 27.1°C 6.0mm
Fri
Feb 23
21.7°C 28.2°C 6.6mm

Charters Towers Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
292.1mm
21.1 Day(s)
Total For 2018
305.4mm
20 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2017
197.2mm
17 Day(s)
Wettest Day
81.6mm
Jan 16
Lowest Temperature
18.2°C
Jan 20
Highest Temperature
41.0°C
Jan 3

Charters Towers Ap Almanac

full climatology
February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
18.8°C
9th
Lowest On Record
17.1°C
3rd 2013
Average This Month
21.7°C
-0.7°C
Long-term Average
22.4°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
40.2°C
13th
Highest On Record
41.1°C
13th 2017
Average This Month
33.8°C
+0.8°C
Long-term Average
33.0°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
56.0mm
4th
Total This Month
199.8mm
11 Day(s)
Long-term Average
137.8mm
10.3 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
430.6mm
2009
Driest On Record
9.0mm
2005
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