CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:
TOWNSVILLE - FANNING RIVER (DEFENCE)
Temperature Dew Point Rel. Humidity Feels Like Wind Gusts Pressure Rainfall
23.0°C 20.3°C 85% 26.9°C - 4km/h 1011.9hPa 0.0mm / -<

Lower Burdekin for Tuesday Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm inland in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming NE 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late evening.
Wednesday Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming NE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening.

7-DAY WEATHER FORECAST: CHARTERS TOWERS 28 DAY RAINFALL FORECAST: CLICK HERE

TUE
Dec 31
WED
Jan 1
THU
Jan 2
FRI
Jan 3
SAT
Jan 4
SUN
Jan 5
MON
Jan 6
Summary mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
late thunder
Late thunder
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
possible shower
Possible shower
Maximum 37°C 35°C 33°C 31°C 31°C 31°C 32°C
Minimum 22°C 23°C 22°C 21°C 21°C 21°C 20°C
Chance of Rain
Likely Amount
20%
< 1mm
70%
10-20mm
60%
10-20mm
70%
1-5mm
70%
1-5mm
80%
1-5mm
60%
< 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
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 12km/h
NNE
9km/h
NE
12km/h
NE
10km/h
NE
9km/h
NE
11km/h
ESE
11km/h
ESE
14km/h
ESE
15km/h
ESE
15km/h
ESE
16km/h
SE
19km/h
E
17km/h
ESE
18km/h
E
Relative Humidity 68% 38% 69% 46% 80% 58% 79% 61% 79% 60% 77% 59% 74% 52%
Dew Point 22°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 24°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 21°C
SATELLITE QLD
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SYNOPTIC AUSTRALIA

Lower Burdekin Weather Warnings

There are no warnings current.

Next 12 hours in Charters Towers

mostly clear

3am

Mostly clear
23°C
mostly clear

6am

Mostly clear
22°C
mostly clear

9am

Mostly clear
28°C
mostly clear

12pm

Mostly clear
34°C
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Charters Towers Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set first quarter full moon last quarter new moon
first light
05:14 EST
sunrise
05:38 EST
sunset
18:58 EST
last light
19:22 EST
moon
rise
Tue 05:29 EST
set
Tue 19:27 EST
moon
Tue
Jan 7
moon
Tue
Jan 14
moon
Wed
Jan 22
moon
Wed
Jan 29

Townsville - Fanning River (Defence) Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Mon
Dec 30
23.4°C 33.8°C 0.2mm
Sun
Dec 29
22.1°C 34.8°C 0.2mm
Sat
Dec 28
22.6°C 34.7°C 0.4mm
Fri
Dec 27
20.4°C 34.4°C 0.0mm
Thu
Dec 26
23.5°C 31.5°C 0.0mm

Charters Towers Year To Date

average rainfall to Dec
651.6mm
64.9 day(s)
total for 2024
327.7mm
39 day(s)
total to this day 2023
690.0mm
62 day(s)
wettest day
52.5mm
Nov 30
lowest temperature
0.0°C
Aug 11
highest temperature
40.0°C
Nov 8

Charters Towers Almanac

December minimum temperature
lowest this month
20.0°C
13th
lowest on record
17.3°C
7th 1999
average this month
22.1°C
+0.1°C
long-term average
22.0°C
December maximum temperature
highest this month
39.0°C
24th
highest on record
42.8°C
20th 1995
average this month
34.9°C
+0.1°C
long-term average
34.8°C
December rainfall
wettest this month
52.2mm
13th
total this month
83.0mm
9 day(s)
long-term average
78.3mm
7.3 day(s)
wettest on record
272.5mm
2000
driest on record
9.4mm
2013

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