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  2. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E
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    Updated at 06:00 EST

    PAST 24 HOURS

    23.8 °C

    Feels like 27.2 °C
    Dew Point
    23.0 °C
    Gusts
    15km/h
    Relative Humidity
    95%
    Pressure
    1014.2hPa
    Wind
    S 9km/h
    Rainfall
    77.4mm

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    Cairns Wednesday Forecast

    Possible shower
    Possible shower
    23 °C
    30 °C
    70%
    1-5mm
    Cairns for Wednesday
    Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers near the coast, slight chance elsewhere. Winds E/SE 25 to 35 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 25 to 32.
    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 showers near the coast, slight chance elsewhere. Winds E/SE 25 to 35 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 25 to 32.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
    Summary Possible shower Possible shower Clearing shower Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Showers easing Clearing shower
    Minimum 23° 23° 22° 22° 20° 23° 22°
    Maximum 30° 30° 30° 31° 31° 30° 30°
    Chance of rain 70% 60% 50% 10% 50% 90% 50%
    Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 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 22
    (km/h)     		27
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)     		28
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		28
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)     		16
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		23
    (km/h)     		26
    (km/h)     		21
    (km/h)     		23
    (km/h)
    Wind direction SE ESE SE ESE SE SE SE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE
    Relative humidity 75% 69% 79% 72% 74% 69% 66% 58% 65% 60% 69% 62% 64% 57%
    Dew point 23°C 22°C 23°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 21°C 21°C 19°C 19°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 New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter
    5:27am EST 5:49am EST 6:17pm EST 6:39pm EST 1:37am EST 1:04pm EST Waning crescent New moon Oct 21 First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12

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  11. Cairns Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Friday
    Oct 10     		23.9 °C 30.6 °C
    5.4 mm
    Saturday
    Oct 11     		21.6 °C 30.1 °C
    0.0 mm
    Sunday
    Oct 12     		22.7 °C 30.9 °C
    0.0 mm
    Monday
    Oct 13     		22.6 °C 31.3 °C
    0.0 mm
    Tuesday
    Oct 14     		24.4 °C 29.3 °C
    6.6 mm
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    Cairns minimum temp history (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 31.9° 03/10/2025 Coldest this month 16.4° 01/10/2025
    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 30.3° Long term average 20.0°
    Average this month 30.1° Average this month 20.9°
    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 6.6mm 14/10/2025 Total This Month 12.6mm
    3.0 days
    Long Term Average 51.7mm 9.0 days Wettest - on record - -
    Driest on record 13.4mm 2018

  13. Cairns Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Oct 1870.7mm 138.4 day(s)
    Total For 2025 2253.0mm 134.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 2305.2mm 170.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 7.9°C Aug 4
    Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan17

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