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| Temperature | Dew Point | Rel. Humidity | Feels Like | Wind | Gusts | Pressure | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.3°C | 25.3°C | 100% | 29.0°C | S 14km/h | 19km/h | 1004.0hPa | 36.8mm / -< |
North Coast & Tableland for Saturday
Cloudy. High chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Light winds.
Sunday
Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Light winds.
7-DAY WEATHER FORECAST: CAIRNS 
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SUN Dec 22 |
MON Dec 23 |
TUE Dec 24 |
WED Dec 25 |
THU Dec 26 |
FRI Dec 27 |
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| Summary |
 Possible thunderstorm |
Possible thunderstorm |
 Possible shower |
 Mostly sunny |
Mostly sunny |
Possible shower |
 Clearing shower |
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| Maximum | 33°C | 32°C | 33°C | 35°C | 34°C | 32°C | 32°C | |||||||
| Minimum | 25°C | 25°C | 24°C | 23°C | 23°C | 25°C | 23°C | |||||||
| Chance of Rain Likely Amount |
90%
10-20mm |
60%
10-20mm |
40%
< 1mm |
5%
< 1mm |
60%
1-5mm |
90%
1-5mm |
30%
< 1mm |
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| 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 |
9km/h
WNW |
12km/h
ENE |
9km/h
SSE |
13km/h
ESE |
7km/h
S |
14km/h
E |
5km/h
NW |
12km/h
NE |
6km/h
NNE |
16km/h
E |
14km/h
SE |
20km/h
ESE |
14km/h
SE |
19km/h
ESE |
| Relative Humidity | 74% | 81% | 82% | 81% | 77% | 70% | 65% | 59% | 67% | 62% | 78% | 72% | 72% | 60% |
| Dew Point | 26°C | 26°C | 27°C | 27°C | 25°C | 27°C | 23°C | 26°C | 23°C | 25°C | 25°C | 26°C | 23°C | 23°C |
North Coast & Tableland Weather Warnings
QLD - Sat 22:00 EST
Gale Warning for Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters. Strong Wind Warning for Townsville and Mackay coasts. Cancellation for Capricornia Coast
QLD - Sat 13:50 EST
Minor Flood Warning For The Herbert River
Gale Warning for Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters. Strong Wind Warning for Townsville and Mackay coasts. Cancellation for Capricornia Coast
QLD - Sat 13:50 EST
Minor Flood Warning For The Herbert River
Next 12 hours in Ports North
12am
Chance shower or storm
25°C
3am
Slight chance storm
25°C
6am
Slight chance storm
25°C
9am
Chance shower
27°C
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Cairns Sun & Moon Times
| Sunday | Next Occurrence | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last Light | Moon Phase | moon rise | moon set | last quarter | new moon | first quarter | full moon |
 05:18 EST |
 05:42 EST |
 18:50 EST |
 19:14 EST |
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 Sat 23:32 EST |
 Sun 11:37 EST |
 Mon Dec 23 |
 Tue Dec 31 |
 Tue Jan 7 |
 Tue Jan 14 |
Cairns Racecourse Past 5 Days
| Minimum | Maximum | Rainfall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Dec 21 |
25.2°C | 32.1°C | 9.4mm |
| Fri Dec 20 |
24.3°C | 30.7°C | 132.2mm |
| Thu Dec 19 |
25.0°C | 31.9°C | 8.6mm |
| Wed Dec 18 |
24.6°C | 32.6°C | 0.0mm |
| Tue Dec 17 |
25.4°C | 33.5°C | 0.0mm |
Cairns Racecourse Year To Date
average rainfall to Dec
2210.2mm
164.8 day(s)
total for 2024
2833.6mm
198 day(s)
total to this day 2023
2729.8mm
183 day(s)
wettest day
163.4mm
Feb 18
lowest temperature
7.2°C
Jul 19
highest temperature
37.4°C
Jan 30
Cairns Racecourse Almanac
lowest this month
21.3°C
10th
lowest on record
13.4°C
3rd 2016
average this month
24.3°C
+1.3°C
long-term average
23.0°C
highest this month
33.9°C
15th
highest on record
38.8°C
18th 2018
average this month
31.9°C
-0.2°C
long-term average
32.1°C
wettest this month
132.2mm
20th
total this month
411.0mm
16 day(s)
long-term average
288.6mm
14.6 day(s)
wettest on record
980.0mm
2018
driest on record
11.4mm
2014
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