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  1. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E

    Now in Cairns

    Updated at 19:40 EST

    22.2 °C

    Feels like 24.4 °C
    Dew Point
    22.0 °C
    Gusts
    17km/h
    Relative Humidity
    99%
    Pressure
    1015.9hPa
    Wind
    S 13km/h
    Rainfall
    2.2mm

    Cairns Sunday Forecast

    Showers
    Showers
    23 °C
    28 °C
    80%
    1-5mm
    Cairns for Sunday
    Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 28.
    Fire Danger
    No Rating

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  3. Cairns 48 HOUR FORECAST

    TEMP WIND RAIN CHANCE
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  5. 7 day forecast

    Today: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 28.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    Summary Showers Late shower Clearing shower Possible shower Showers Showers Possible shower
    Minimum 23° 22° 23° 23° 23° 23° 22°
    Maximum 28° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29°
    Chance of rain 80% 80% 60% 70% 90% 70% 60%
    Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm
    UV index Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High
    Fire Danger Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating - - -
    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 24
    (km/h)
    31
    (km/h)
    24
    (km/h)
    30
    (km/h)
    25
    (km/h)
    31
    (km/h)
    25
    (km/h)
    31
    (km/h)
    26
    (km/h)
    31
    (km/h)
    24
    (km/h)
    29
    (km/h)
    21
    (km/h)
    27
    (km/h)
    Wind direction SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
    Relative humidity 84% 75% 78% 69% 83% 73% 79% 74% 79% 73% 76% 71% 76% 64%
    Dew point 22°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 20°C
  6. Sunrise and sunset times

    Sunrise / Sunset for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
    First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon
    6:06am EST 6:29am EST 6:00pm EST 6:22pm EST 9:16pm EST 10:04am EST Waning gibbous Last quarter May 01 New moon May 08 First quarter May 15 Full moon May 23
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  10. Cairns Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Tuesday
    Apr 23
    20.1 °C 29.4 °C
    0.0 mm
    Wednesday
    Apr 24
    23.2 °C 28.9 °C
    45.0 mm
    Thursday
    Apr 25
    20.2 °C 29.3 °C
    3.6 mm
    Friday
    Apr 26
    18.9 °C 29.0 °C
    0.0 mm
    Saturday
    Apr 27
    22.0 °C 29.2 °C
    5.4 mm
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  11. Almanac


    Cairns minimum temp history (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 32.9° 09/04/2024 Coldest this month 18.4° 12/04/2024
    Hottest on record Coldest on record
    Hottest this year 37.4° 30/01/2024 Coldest this year 18.4° 12/04/2024
    Long term average 30.1° Long term average 21.9°
    Average this month 30.2° Average this month 22.7°
    Hottest - On Record Avg. max. temp. - - Coldest - on record Avg. min. temp. - -
    Cairns rainfall history (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
    RAINFALL
    Wettest This Month 116.4mm 16/04/2024 Total This Month 283.8mm
    19.0 days
    Long Term Average 257.1mm 16.2 days Wettest - on record - -
    Driest on record 35.0mm 2020
  12. Cairns Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Apr 1485.4mm 72.8 day(s)
    Total For 2024 1882.0mm 89.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2023 1437.0mm 73.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 163.4mm Feb18
    Lowest Temperature 18.4°C Apr12
    Highest Temperature 37.4°C Jan30