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  2. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E
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    Now in Cairns

    Updated at 16:20 EST

    PAST 24 HOURS

    26.9 °C

    Feels like 27.2 °C
    Dew Point
    19.8 °C
    Gusts
    20km/h
    Relative Humidity
    65%
    Pressure
    1012.5hPa
    Wind
    E 17km/h
    Rainfall
    0.0mm

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    Cairns Sunday Forecast

    Mostly sunny
    Mostly sunny
    21 °C
    30 °C
    5%
    < 1mm
    Cairns for Sunday
    Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower about the Atherton Tablelands, becoming less likely later this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds E/SE 15 to 20 km/h.
    Fire Danger
    No Rating
    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 about the Atherton Tablelands, becoming less likely later this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds E/SE 15 to 20 km/h.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    Summary Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
    Minimum 21° 21° 20° 18° 18° 18° 19°
    Maximum 30° 28° 27° 28° 28° 28° 29°
    Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 10% 20% 30%
    Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
    UV index Very High High High High Very High Very High Very High
    Fire Danger Rating No 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)     		28
    (km/h)     		23
    (km/h)     		27
    (km/h)     		22
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)     		19
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		16
    (km/h)     		22
    (km/h)     		15
    (km/h)     		18
    (km/h)
    Wind direction SSE SE S SSE SSE SSE S SSE S SSE S SE SSE SE
    Relative humidity 68% 55% 63% 57% 65% 55% 68% 58% 72% 61% 77% 67% 84% 74%
    Dew point 21°C 18°C 17°C 17°C 17°C 16°C 17°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 19°C 20°C 20°C 22°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
    6:11am EST 6:34am EST 5:52pm EST 6:15pm EST 10:30pm EST 11:07am EST Waning gibbous Last quarter May 20 New moon May 27 First quarter Jun 03 Full moon Jun 11

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  11. Cairns Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Wednesday
    May 14     		21.7 °C 28.6 °C
    9.2 mm
    Thursday
    May 15     		19.0 °C 29.6 °C
    0.0 mm
    Friday
    May 16     		19.8 °C 30.2 °C
    0.0 mm
    Saturday
    May 17     		21.3 °C 29.2 °C
    0.0 mm
    Sunday
    May 18     		21.0 °C 29.6 °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 30.2° 16/05/2025 Coldest this month 18.3° 01/05/2025
    Hottest on record Coldest on record
    Hottest this year 36.8° 17/01/2025 Coldest this year 18.3° 01/05/2025
    Long term average 28.0° Long term average 19.9°
    Average this month 28.3° Average this month 21.5°
    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 26.2mm 05/05/2025 Total This Month 88.6mm
    10.0 days
    Long Term Average 105.1mm 15.1 days Wettest - on record - -
    Driest on record 34.2mm 2015

  13. Cairns Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To May 1621.1mm 88.6 day(s)
    Total For 2025 1871.0mm 84.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 2018.4mm 108.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 18.3°C May 1
    Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan17

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