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  2. Cardwell Local Weather

    18.27°S, 146.03°E
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    Now in Cardwell

    Updated at 08:50 EST

    PAST 24 HOURS

    26.9 °C

    Feels like 29.9 °C
    Dew Point
    20.9 °C
    Gusts
    9km/h
    Relative Humidity
    69%
    Pressure
    1014.1hPa
    Wind
    NE 6km/h
    Rainfall
    0.0mm

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    Cardwell Thursday Forecast

    Mostly sunny
    Mostly sunny
    20 °C
    28 °C
    5%
    < 1mm
    Cardwell for Thursday
    Sunny. The chance of fog inland early this morning. The chance of smoke haze in the S this morning. Light winds becoming E 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 29 to 37.
    Fire Danger
    Moderate
    DAM LEVELS

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  4. Cardwell 48 HOUR FORECAST

    TEMP WIND RAIN CHANCE

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  6. 7 day forecast

    Today: Sunny. The chance of fog inland early this morning. The chance of smoke haze in the S this morning. Light winds becoming E 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 29 to 37.

    Forecast for Cardwell (18.2657°S, 146.0279°E, 0m AMSL)
      Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
    Summary Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Late thunder Possible thunderstorm Thunderstorms
    Minimum 20° 21° 22° 23° 23° 24° 24°
    Maximum 28° 29° 29° 29° 30° 29° 29°
    Chance of rain 5% 5% 40% 30% 90% 90% 80%
    Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 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 5
    (km/h)     		11
    (km/h)     		5
    (km/h)     		11
    (km/h)     		5
    (km/h)     		11
    (km/h)     		6
    (km/h)     		13
    (km/h)     		6
    (km/h)     		16
    (km/h)     		4
    (km/h)     		11
    (km/h)     		5
    (km/h)     		10
    (km/h)
    Wind direction NNE ENE NE ENE NE ENE NNE ENE NE ENE NNE ENE ENE ENE
    Relative humidity 65% 58% 64% 59% 69% 62% 67% 66% 68% 69% 71% 73% 71% 71%
    Dew point 19°C 19°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 20°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 23°C

  7. Sunrise and sunset times

    Sunrise / Sunset for Cardwell (18.2657°S, 146.0279°E, 0m AMSL)
    First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
    5:20am EST 5:42am EST 6:19pm EST 6:41pm EST 6:24am EST 7:47pm EST Waxing crescent First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 New moon Nov 20

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  11. Cardwell Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Saturday
    Oct 18     		20.0 °C 31.6 °C
    0.0 mm
    Sunday
    Oct 19     		16.5 °C 32.1 °C
    0.0 mm
    Monday
    Oct 20     		18.2 °C 32.3 °C
    0.0 mm
    Tuesday
    Oct 21     		18.5 °C 32.2 °C
    0.0 mm
    Wednesday
    Oct 22     		17.0 °C 31.9 °C
    0.0 mm
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  12. Almanac

    Cardwell minimum temp history (18.2657°S, 146.0279°E, 0m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 33.1° 03/10/2025 Coldest this month 16.9° 01/10/2025
    Hottest on record 36.3 29/10/1976 Coldest on record 9.6 14/10/1965
    Hottest this year 37.3° 16/02/2025 Coldest this year 7.8° 03/08/2025
    Long term average 29.1° Long term average 19.2°
    Average this month 29.8° Average this month 20.5°
    Hottest October On Record Avg. max. temp. 31.7° 1971 Coldest October on record Avg. min. temp. 16.2° 1972
    Cardwell rainfall history (18.2657°S, 146.0279°E, 0m AMSL)
    RAINFALL
    Wettest This Month 10.6mm 15/10/2025 Total This Month 29.8mm
    15.0 days
    Long Term Average 90.0mm 11.9 days Wettest October on record 431.1mm 1930
    Driest on record 0.0mm 1923

  13. Cardwell Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Oct 2874.7mm 170.6 day(s)
    Total For 2025 3882.0mm 188.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 3677.4mm 205.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 211.8mm Jan29
    Lowest Temperature 7.8°C Aug 3
    Highest Temperature 37.3°C Feb16

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