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  2. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E
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    Updated at 05:10 EST

    PAST 24 HOURS

    22.5 °C

    Feels like 26.6 °C
    Dew Point
    20.8 °C
    Gusts
    0km/h
    Relative Humidity
    90%
    Pressure
    1009.5hPa
    Wind
    N 0km/h
    Rainfall
    0.0mm

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    Cairns Tuesday Forecast

    Possible shower
    Possible shower
    23 °C
    31 °C
    30%
    < 1mm
    Cairns for Tuesday
    Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the S during this afternoon and evening. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 27 to 34.
    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: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the S during this afternoon and evening. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 27 to 34.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
    Summary Possible shower Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
    Minimum 23° 24° 23° 22° 23° 23° 24°
    Maximum 31° 32° 32° 32° 32° 33° 33°
    Chance of rain 30% 60% 20% 20% 40% 10% 20%
    Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
    UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
    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 21
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		23
    (km/h)     		27
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		16
    (km/h)     		21
    (km/h)     		14
    (km/h)     		18
    (km/h)     		11
    (km/h)     		17
    (km/h)     		10
    (km/h)     		17
    (km/h)
    Wind direction SE ESE SSE SE SE ESE SE ESE SE E SE E ESE ENE
    Relative humidity 67% 64% 66% 59% 68% 59% 64% 61% 63% 62% 62% 61% 64% 62%
    Dew point 22°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 23°C 23°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
    5:12am EST 5:36am EST 6:42pm EST 7:06pm EST 10:56pm EST 9:41am EST Waning gibbous Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28

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  11. Cairns Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Thursday
    Dec 04     		23.3 °C 30.7 °C
    47.6 mm
    Friday
    Dec 05     		24.8 °C 31.8 °C
    0.0 mm
    Saturday
    Dec 06     		23.5 °C 31.4 °C
    1.2 mm
    Sunday
    Dec 07     		19.7 °C 31.8 °C
    0.0 mm
    Monday
    Dec 08     		20.5 °C 32.0 °C
    0.0 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 33.4° 02/12/2025 Coldest this month 19.7° 07/12/2025
    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 32.1° Long term average 23.1°
    Average this month 31.7° Average this month 23.0°
    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 47.6mm 04/12/2025 Total This Month 53.2mm
    4.0 days
    Long Term Average 304.7mm 14.9 days Wettest - on record - -
    Driest on record 11.4mm 2014

  13. Cairns Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Dec 2265.1mm 165.3 day(s)
    Total For 2025 2445.6mm 153.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 2634.0mm 190.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 7.9°C Aug 4
    Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan17

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