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  1. Cairns Local Weather

    16.93°S, 145.78°E

    Now in Cairns

    Updated at 05:20 EST

    26.6 °C

    Feels like 30.2 °C
    Dew Point
    24.4 °C
    Gusts
    15km/h
    Relative Humidity
    88%
    Pressure
    1004.2hPa
    Wind
    S 13km/h
    Rainfall
    0.2mm

    Cairns Sunday Forecast

    Possible thunderstorm
    Possible thunderstorm
    25 °C
    35 °C
    60%
    1-5mm
    Cairns for Sunday
    Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.
    Fire Danger
    No Rating

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  3. Cairns 48 HOUR FORECAST

    TEMP WIND RAIN CHANCE
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  5. 7 day forecast

    Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.

    Forecast for Cairns (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
      Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    Summary Possible thunderstorm Late thunder Possible thunderstorm Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Possible shower Rain
    Minimum 25° 25° 25° 24° 23° 23° 24°
    Maximum 35° 33° 31° 31° 31° 30° 30°
    Chance of rain 60% 50% 60% 30% 40% 70% 80%
    Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 5-10mm
    UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
    Fire Danger 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 8
    (km/h)
    11
    (km/h)
    8
    (km/h)
    17
    (km/h)
    16
    (km/h)
    24
    (km/h)
    18
    (km/h)
    24
    (km/h)
    19
    (km/h)
    25
    (km/h)
    22
    (km/h)
    27
    (km/h)
    21
    (km/h)
    26
    (km/h)
    Wind direction W NNE SE ESE SSE SE SSE SE S SE S SSE SSE SSE
    Relative humidity 73% 75% 71% 72% 78% 75% 73% 67% 69% 63% 71% 70% 77% 74%
    Dew point 25°C 27°C 24°C 26°C 25°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 23°C 23°C
  6. 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
    5:50am EST 6:12am EST 6:50pm EST 7:12pm EST 9:04pm EST 8:54am EST Waning gibbous Last quarter Feb 21 New moon Feb 28 First quarter Mar 07 Full moon Mar 14
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  10. Cairns Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Tuesday
    Feb 11
    24.9 °C 28.9 °C
    5.6 mm
    Wednesday
    Feb 12
    25.0 °C 31.0 °C
    9.8 mm
    Thursday
    Feb 13
    24.7 °C -
    2.0 mm
    Friday
    Feb 14
    - 34.0 °C
    -
    Saturday
    Feb 15
    24.0 °C 35.3 °C
    18.8 mm
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  11. Almanac


    Cairns minimum temp history (16.9254°S, 145.7752°E, 3m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 35.3° 15/02/2025 Coldest this month 24.0° 15/02/2025
    Hottest on record Coldest on record
    Hottest this year 36.8° 17/01/2025 Coldest this year 22.0° 09/01/2025
    Long term average 32.1° Long term average 23.9°
    Average this month 31.3° Average this month 24.8°
    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 144.2mm 04/02/2025 Total This Month 577.4mm
    14.0 days
    Long Term Average 355.8mm 17.9 days Wettest - on record - -
    Driest on record 126.8mm 2016
  12. Cairns Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Feb 817.4mm 37.9 day(s)
    Total For 2025 1113.6mm 29.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 550.0mm 33.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 22.0°C Jan 9
    Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan17