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  2. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E
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    Now in Cairns

    Updated at 06:10 EST

    PAST 24 HOURS

    13.4 °C

    Feels like 13.3 °C
    Dew Point
    13.1 °C
    Gusts
    7km/h
    Relative Humidity
    98%
    Pressure
    1016.9hPa
    Wind
    W 6km/h
    Rainfall
    0.2mm

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    Cairns Friday Forecast

    Mostly sunny
    Mostly sunny
    17 °C
    28 °C
    5%
    < 1mm
    Cairns for Friday
    Mostly sunny. The chance of fog in the S early this morning. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 21 to 28.
    Fire Danger
    Moderate
    DAM LEVELS

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  4. Cairns 48 HOUR FORECAST

    TEMP WIND RAIN CHANCE

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  6. 7 day forecast

    Today: Mostly sunny. The chance of fog in the S early this morning. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 21 to 28.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
    Summary Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Sunny Mostly sunny Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
    Minimum 17° 16° 15° 16° 16° 17° 18°
    Maximum 28° 27° 28° 27° 28° 27° 27°
    Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 10% 20% 10% 60%
    Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
    UV index Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High
    Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate - - -
    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 23
    (km/h)     		26
    (km/h)     		17
    (km/h)     		21
    (km/h)     		14
    (km/h)     		21
    (km/h)     		16
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		19
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		21
    (km/h)     		27
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		26
    (km/h)
    Wind direction S SE SSE ESE S SE SSE SE SSE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE
    Relative humidity 63% 45% 59% 49% 59% 45% 58% 45% 63% 53% 63% 55% 66% 55%
    Dew point 15°C 14°C 14°C 14°C 14°C 14°C 14°C 13°C 16°C 16°C 15°C 16°C 16°C 16°C

  7. 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
    6:14am EST 6:36am EST 6:08pm EST 6:30pm EST 11:49pm EST 10:32am EST Waning gibbous Last quarter Aug 16 New moon Aug 23 First quarter Aug 31 Full moon Sep 08

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  11. Cairns Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Sunday
    Aug 10     		18.2 °C 24.2 °C
    0.6 mm
    Monday
    Aug 11     		17.1 °C 26.9 °C
    1.8 mm
    Tuesday
    Aug 12     		17.2 °C 25.8 °C
    0.0 mm
    Wednesday
    Aug 13     		19.2 °C 24.9 °C
    7.2 mm
    Thursday
    Aug 14     		17.7 °C 26.8 °C
    0.2 mm
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  12. Almanac

    Cairns minimum temp history (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 28.2° 09/08/2025 Coldest this month 7.9° 04/08/2025
    Hottest on record Coldest on record
    Hottest this year 36.8° 17/01/2025 Coldest this year 7.9° 04/08/2025
    Long term average 27.0° Long term average 16.4°
    Average this month 25.8° Average this month 15.8°
    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 7.2mm 13/08/2025 Total This Month 15.2mm
    5.0 days
    Long Term Average 31.5mm 8.9 days Wettest - on record - -
    Driest on record 2.0mm 2017

  13. Cairns Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Aug 1781.0mm 121.7 day(s)
    Total For 2025 1967.2mm 114.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 2219.2mm 148.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 7.9°C Aug 4
    Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan17

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