Weather

Cairns, Qld Weather

Cairns 21:20 EST

Current temp:

27.5°C

Feels like:

30.3°C

Dew Point	22.7°C
Humidity	75%
Pressure	-
Wind	NW 7km/h
Gusts	9km/h
Rain since 9am	0.0mm

23°C

Tonight:

33°C

Tomorrow:

Mostly sunny

Nth Cst Tableland for Friday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm inland south of Cairns during this afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Saturday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm inland in the late morning and afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening.

Umbrella:
No

UV Level:
14 - Extreme

Frizz Factor:
2 - Low

Sun

Sunrise
05:35 EST

First Light
05:11 EST

Sunset
18:41 EST

Last Light
19:04 EST

Moon

set: Sat 02:02 EST

rise: Sat 14:25 EST

Waxing gibbous

On this day in Cairns Ap - December 6

Highest maximum temperature	39.1°C	1991
Lowest minimum temperature	18.1°C	1998
Wettest	210.8mm	1964

Fire Danger:

High

Details

Now:

28°C

Mostly sunny
Radar
Satellite
Synoptic

Next 24 Hours in Cairns

Date	Temperature	Wind Direction	Wind Degrees	Wind Speed	Precip Prob	Icon
2019-12-07T00:00:00.000+11:00	26.0	NE	45	1.9	5	mostly_cloudy
2019-12-07T03:00:00.000+11:00	23.8	NE	45	1.0	5	mostly_cloudy
2019-12-07T06:00:00.000+11:00	23.8	NNW	338	0.6	5	mostly_cloudy
2019-12-07T09:00:00.000+11:00	30.4	ENE	68	4.2	5	mostly_clear
2019-12-07T12:00:00.000+11:00	33.0	ENE	68	15.2	5	mostly_clear
2019-12-07T15:00:00.000+11:00	31.7	ENE	68	15.5	5	mostly_clear
2019-12-07T18:00:00.000+11:00	29.3	ENE	68	9.6	5	mostly_clear
2019-12-07T21:00:00.000+11:00	26.8	ESE	113	1.8	5	mostly_clear

7 Day Forecast for Cairns

	Sat Dec 7	Sun Dec 8	Mon Dec 9	Tue Dec 10	Wed Dec 11	Thu Dec 12	Fri Dec 13
Summary	Mostly sunny Mostly sunny	Sunny Sunny	Mostly sunny Mostly sunny	Possible shower Possible shower	Possible shower Possible shower	Possible shower Possible shower	Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
Maximum	33°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	33°C	34°C
Minimum	23°C	22°C	22°C	23°C	23°C	23°C	23°C
Chance of Rain	5%	30%	50%	70%	40%	70%	50%
Rain Amount	< 1mm	< 1mm	1-5mm	1-5mm	5-10mm	1-5mm	< 1mm
UV Index	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

Marine and Tides for Cairns

Forecast

North to northeasterly 10/15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Outlook Saturday: North to northeasterly 10/15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Outlook Sunday: East to northeasterly about 10 knots tending southeasterly north of Cairns. Winds throughout becoming east to southeasterly 10/15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Outlook Monday: East to southeasterly 10/15 knots increasing to 15/20 knots north of Innisfail in the morning. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1/1.5 metres north of Cairns during the afternoon. Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Winds

Fri:	N/NE 10/15 kt
Sat:	N/NE 10/15 kt
Sun:	E/SE 10/15 kt
Mon:	E/SE increasing 15/20 kt

Warnings for Queensland

Issue Time	State	Warning
Fri 16:09 EST	Qld	Fire Weather Warning for Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast

Cairns Ap Almanac

Month to date »

Past 5 Days

	Min	Max	Rain to 9am
Fri 6/12	24.3°C	33.0°C	0.0mm
Thu 5/12	25.2°C	33.5°C	0.0mm
Wed 4/12	23.3°C	33.4°C	0.0mm
Tue 3/12	23.1°C	35.7°C	0.0mm
Mon 2/12	22.9°C	32.7°C	0.0mm

Year to Date

Average rainfall to Dec	1994.9mm	155.2 day(s)
Total for 2019	1966.6mm	145 day(s)
Total to this day 2018	2059.8mm	126 day(s)
Wettest day	276.8mm	Jan 27
Lowest temperature	8.9°C	Aug 23
Highest temperature	39.5°C	Feb 21

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Climatology

December minimum temperature
Lowest this month	21.3°C	1st
Lowest on record	17.1°C	13th 1972
Average this month	23.9°C	+0.5°C
Long-term average	23.4°C

December maximum temperature
Highest this month	33.6°C	3rd
Highest on record	40.5°C	20th 1995
Average this month	32.7°C	+1.2°C
Long-term average	31.5°C

December rainfall
Wettest this month	0.0mm	1st
Total this month	0.0mm	0 day(s)
Long-term average	176.7mm	13.9 day(s)
Wettest on record	919.4mm	1973
Driest on record	9.0mm	1951

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