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  2. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E
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    Updated at 09:30 EST

    PAST 24 HOURS

    28.4 °C

    Feels like 29.2 °C
    Dew Point
    20.7 °C
    Gusts
    30km/h
    Relative Humidity
    63%
    Pressure
    1012.1hPa
    Wind
    SE 17km/h
    Rainfall
    0.0mm

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    Cairns Saturday Forecast

    Clearing shower
    Clearing shower
    24 °C
    31 °C
    30%
    < 1mm
    Cairns for Saturday
    Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the N in the late morning and afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 28 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 in the N in the late morning and afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 28 to 34.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
    Summary Clearing shower Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
    Minimum 24° 22° 22° 23° 24° 24° 23°
    Maximum 31° 32° 32° 32° 32° 32° 32°
    Chance of rain 30% 10% 20% 40% 40% 50% 60%
    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 28
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)     		15
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		11
    (km/h)     		19
    (km/h)     		18
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)     		21
    (km/h)     		26
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		25
    (km/h)     		19
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)
    Wind direction SSE ESE SSE ESE SSE ESE SE ESE SE SE SSE SE SSE SE
    Relative humidity 68% 58% 65% 64% 63% 58% 65% 60% 67% 62% 68% 64% 69% 63%
    Dew point 22°C 20°C 22°C 23°C 21°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 23°C 23°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
    5:11am EST 5:35am EST 6:41pm EST 7:04pm EST 8:16pm EST 6:23am 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
    Tuesday
    Dec 02     		23.5 °C 33.4 °C
    1.2 mm
    Wednesday
    Dec 03     		23.8 °C 31.9 °C
    0.0 mm
    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 29.1 °C
    1.2 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 33.4° 02/12/2025 Coldest this month 23.3° 04/12/2025
    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 31.6° Average this month 24.1°
    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 52.0mm
    3.0 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 2444.4mm 152.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 2572.6mm 187.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 7.9°C Aug 4
    Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan17

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