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  1. Cooktown Local Weather

    15.47°S, 145.25°E

    Now in Cooktown

    Updated at 18:10 EST

    29.1 °C

    Feels like 33.6 °C
    Dew Point
    24.2 °C
    Gusts
    9km/h
    Relative Humidity
    75%
    Pressure
    1008.4hPa
    Wind
    N 7km/h
    Rainfall
    0.0mm

    Cooktown Sunday Forecast

    Late thunder
    Late thunder
    25 °C
    35 °C
    80%
    5-10mm
    Cooktown for Sunday
    Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. A thunderstorm likely, possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding inland. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 25 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 34.
    Fire Danger
    No Rating

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  3. Cooktown 48 HOUR FORECAST

    TEMP WIND RAIN CHANCE
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  5. 7 day forecast

    Today: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. A thunderstorm likely, possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding inland. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 25 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 34.

    Forecast for Cooktown (15.4675°S, 145.2495°E, 0m AMSL)
      Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    Summary Late thunder Possible thunderstorm Possible shower Possible thunderstorm Possible thunderstorm Windy Mostly sunny
    Minimum 25° 24° 24° 25° 25° 25° 25°
    Maximum 35° 33° 33° 32° 31° 32° 32°
    Chance of rain 80% 80% 60% 80% 90% 30% 40%
    Likely amount 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 1-5mm < 1mm
    UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
    Fire Danger Rating No Rating No Rating 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 9
    (km/h)
    20
    (km/h)
    11
    (km/h)
    15
    (km/h)
    9
    (km/h)
    18
    (km/h)
    16
    (km/h)
    23
    (km/h)
    27
    (km/h)
    30
    (km/h)
    31
    (km/h)
    32
    (km/h)
    29
    (km/h)
    29
    (km/h)
    Wind direction NNW ENE NNW NE WNW ENE E ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE
    Relative humidity 68% 65% 80% 71% 73% 68% 76% 69% 76% 70% 67% 61% 62% 55%
    Dew point 25°C 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 21°C
  6. Sunrise and sunset times

    Sunrise / Sunset for Cooktown (15.4675°S, 145.2495°E, 0m AMSL)
    First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
    5:15am EST 5:39am EST 6:37pm EST 7:00pm EST 1:49pm EST 1:23am EST Waxing gibbous Full moon Dec 05 Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28
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  10. Cooktown Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Tuesday
    Nov 25
    21.6 °C 36.6 °C
    0.0 mm
    Wednesday
    Nov 26
    22.2 °C 34.0 °C
    0.0 mm
    Thursday
    Nov 27
    22.8 °C 35.7 °C
    0.0 mm
    Friday
    Nov 28
    24.1 °C 35.7 °C
    0.0 mm
    Saturday
    Nov 29
    24.9 °C 35.0 °C
    0.0 mm
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  11. Almanac


    Cooktown minimum temp history (15.4675°S, 145.2495°E, 0m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 36.6° 25/11/2025 Coldest this month 20.2° 09/11/2025
    Hottest on record 41.4 23/11/2008 Coldest on record 17.9 05/11/2007
    Hottest this year 37.7° 16/01/2025 Coldest this year 8.2° 04/08/2025
    Long term average 31.8° Long term average 23.9°
    Average this month 33.6° Average this month 24.4°
    Hottest November On Record Avg. max. temp. 33.4° 2008 Coldest November on record Avg. min. temp. 22.8° 2006
    Cooktown rainfall history (15.4675°S, 145.2495°E, 0m AMSL)
    RAINFALL
    Wettest This Month 18.8mm 18/11/2025 Total This Month 27.4mm
    7.0 days
    Long Term Average 57.2mm 9.1 days Wettest November on record 316.4mm 2000
    Driest on record 0.6mm 2019
  12. Cooktown Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Nov 1405.1mm 138.8 day(s)
    Total For 2025 1010.2mm 130.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 1649.6mm 172.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 59.0mm Jan27
    Lowest Temperature 8.2°C Aug 4
    Highest Temperature 37.7°C Jan16