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  2. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E
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    Updated at 20:40 EST

    PAST 24 HOURS

    24.5 °C

    Feels like 27.4 °C
    Dew Point
    22.7 °C
    Gusts
    13km/h
    Relative Humidity
    90%
    Pressure
    1013.2hPa
    Wind
    S 11km/h
    Rainfall
    38.6mm

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    Cairns Thursday Forecast

    Clearing shower
    Clearing shower
    24 °C
    30 °C
    50%
    1-5mm
    Cairns for Thursday
    Partly cloudy. Medium chance of rain in the N, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 31.
    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. Medium chance of rain in the N, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 31.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
    Summary Clearing shower Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Late shower
    Minimum 24° 24° 23° 23° 22° 23° 24°
    Maximum 30° 31° 31° 32° 33° 33° 32°
    Chance of rain 50% 40% 10% 5% 40% 30% 70%
    Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm
    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 27
    (km/h)     		29
    (km/h)     		27
    (km/h)     		29
    (km/h)     		22
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)     		17
    (km/h)     		22
    (km/h)     		12
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		17
    (km/h)     		23
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)
    Wind direction SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE ESE SSE ESE SE ESE SE ESE SE SE
    Relative humidity 76% 70% 64% 60% 65% 60% 66% 58% 62% 59% 61% 58% 67% 63%
    Dew point 24°C 23°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 22°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 Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
    5:11am EST 5:35am EST 6:39pm EST 7:03pm EST 5:58pm EST 4:19am EST Waxing gibbous Full moon Dec 05 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
    Saturday
    Nov 29     		25.8 °C 33.5 °C
    0.0 mm
    Sunday
    Nov 30     		25.3 °C 33.6 °C
    0.2 mm
    Monday
    Dec 01     		25.2 °C 30.4 °C
    3.2 mm
    Tuesday
    Dec 02     		23.5 °C 33.4 °C
    1.2 mm
    Wednesday
    Dec 03     		23.8 °C 31.9 °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 23.5° 02/12/2025
    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 31.9° Average this month 24.2°
    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 3.2mm 01/12/2025 Total This Month 4.4mm
    2.0 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 2396.8mm 151.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 2443.2mm 185.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 7.9°C Aug 4
    Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan17

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