Atherton, Qld Weather

• Weather News

  Mercury dropping with icy brrr-eeze

  Tue May 15, 00:00 EST CHILLY and dry winds out of deep southern latitudes combined to give Brisbane its coldest conditions of the year and more low temperatures are expected.

  The weekend - and the rain - is here

  Sat Apr 28, 08:29 EST THE heavens opened across south east coast of Queensland with almost 100mm falling in some areas since midnight.

  Br-r-risbane: Record-breaking cold snap

  Thu Apr 26, 12:14 EST EXPECT colder weather, as a record-breaking cold snap heads our way, with towns in northwest recording lowest daytime temperatures in decades.

  Brollies up as a gloomy week looms

  Heavy rain today, a drought tomorrow?

  Showers, cool change coming

• Next 24 Hours in Mareeba

  Date	Temperature	Wind Direction	Wind Degrees	Wind Speed	Precip Prob	Precip Rate	Icon
  2012-05-17T12:00:00.000+10:00	24.3	SE	135	21.5	30	0.3	mostly_cloudy
  2012-05-17T15:00:00.000+10:00	25.4	SE	135	20.4	70	0.3	rain
  2012-05-17T18:00:00.000+10:00	22.1	SSE	158	16.4	48	0.2	possible_shower
  2012-05-17T21:00:00.000+10:00	20.1	SSE	158	16.5	74	0.2	rain
  2012-05-18T00:00:00.000+10:00	19.7	SSE	158	17.7	60	0.2	possible_shower
  2012-05-18T03:00:00.000+10:00	18.8	SSE	158	16.7	77	0.1	rain
  2012-05-18T06:00:00.000+10:00	18.3	SSE	158	17.8	61	0.2	possible_shower
  2012-05-18T09:00:00.000+10:00	22.2	ESE	113	23.5	84	0.2	rain

• 7 Day Forecast for Atherton

  	Thu May 17	Fri May 18	Sat May 19	Sun May 20	Mon May 21	Tue May 22	Wed May 23
  Summary	Mostly sunny Mostly sunny	Showers Showers	Showers Showers	Possible shower Possible shower	Rain Rain	Rain Rain	Showers increasing Showers increasing
  Maximum	24°C	24°C	24°C	24°C	24°C	24°C	24°C
  Minimum	14°C	17°C	16°C	16°C	16°C	17°C	18°C
  Chance of Rain	90%	80%	80%	90%	90%	90%	60%
  Rain Amount	1-5mm	1-5mm	< 1mm	1-5mm	1-5mm	1-5mm	1-5mm
  UV Index	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High

• Warnings for Queensland

  Issue Time	State	Warning
  There are no warnings current.

• Walkamin Almanac

  Month to date »

  Past 5 Days

  	Min	Max	Rain to 9am
  Thu 17/05	12.0°C	-	0.0mm
  Wed 16/05	14.5°C	24.0°C	0.0mm
  Tue 15/05	16.0°C	24.0°C	0.0mm
  Mon 14/05	16.5°C	25.0°C	0.0mm
  Sun 13/05	17.6°C	26.5°C	0.0mm

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  Year to Date

  Average rainfall to May	760.4mm	77.2 day(s)
  Total for 2012	657.3mm	61 day(s)
  Total to this day 2011	978.7mm	69 day(s)
  Wettest day	86.0mm	Mar 19
  Lowest temperature	12.0°C	May 17
  Highest temperature	34.9°C	Jan 12

  Full climatology »

  Climatology

  May minimum temperature
  Lowest this month	12.0°C	17th
  Lowest on record	5.6°C	26th1974
  Average this month	16.1°C	-0.1°C
  Long-term average	16.2°C

  May maximum temperature
  Highest this month	26.7°C	1st
  Highest on record	31.5°C	26th2010
  Average this month	25.6°C	+0.7°C
  Long-term average	24.9°C

  May rainfall
  Wettest this month	1.0mm	3rd
  Total this month	1.3mm	2 day(s)
  Long-term average	26.2mm	11.2 day(s)
  Wettest on record	114.8mm	1990
  Driest on record	0.0mm	2001

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