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CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:

CAIRNS RACECOURSE

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Temperature	Dew Point	Rel. Humidity	Feels Like	Wind	Gusts	Pressure	Rainfall
26.2°C	26.2°C	100%	31.9°C	WSW 7km/h	11km/h	1010.4hPa	8.2mm / -<

Cairns 28.0°C Mareeba 22.7°C Low Isles 28.8°C

Cairns Racecourse 24 hour history

North Coast & Tableland for Tuesday Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, becoming less likely later this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E/NE 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening.
Wednesday Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming E 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening.

7-DAY WEATHER FORECAST: CAIRNS 28 DAY RAINFALL FORECAST: CLICK HERE

	TUE Jan 21		WED Jan 22		THU Jan 23		FRI Jan 24		SAT Jan 25		SUN Jan 26		MON Jan 27
Summary	Rain		Mostly sunny		Mostly sunny		Mostly sunny		Mostly sunny		Late thunder		Possible thunderstorm
Maximum	32°C		33°C		33°C		33°C		33°C		32°C		31°C
Minimum	25°C		25°C		25°C		25°C		25°C		25°C		25°C
Chance of Rain Likely Amount	90% < 1mm		30% < 1mm		20% < 1mm		20% < 1mm		30% 1-5mm		90% 1-5mm		90% 20-40mm
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 SSE	16km/h E	9km/h SE	17km/h E	8km/h SE	16km/h ENE	7km/h SSE	15km/h ENE	8km/h SE	17km/h E	15km/h SE	21km/h ESE	18km/h SE	23km/h SE
Relative Humidity	73%	69%	73%	71%	72%	70%	72%	70%	73%	69%	77%	78%	81%	82%
Dew Point	25°C	26°C	25°C	27°C	25°C	27°C	25°C	27°C	25°C	26°C	26°C	27°C	25°C	28°C

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QLD - Tue 13:44 EST
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Next 12 hours in Ports North

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9pm

Mostly cloudy

26°C

12am

Mostly clear

26°C

3am

Mostly cloudy

25°C

6am

Mostly cloudy

25°C

Cairns Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday					Next Occurrence
First Light	Sunrise	Sunset	Last Light	Moon Phase	moon rise	moon set	new moon	first quarter	full moon	last quarter
05:36 EST	06:00 EST	18:57 EST	19:21 EST		Tue 23:39 EST	Wed 12:36 EST	Wed Jan 29	Wed Feb 5	Thu Feb 13	Fri Feb 21

Cairns Racecourse Past 5 Days

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	Minimum	Maximum	Rainfall
Tue Jan 21	25.5°C	32.1°C	0.0mm
Mon Jan 20	24.9°C	31.9°C	9.2mm
Sun Jan 19	25.7°C	35.7°C	0.0mm
Sat Jan 18	24.8°C	36.8°C	0.4mm
Fri Jan 17	22.3°C	36.8°C	15.2mm

Cairns Racecourse Year To Date

average rainfall to Jan

461.6mm

20.0 day(s)

total for 2025

109.2mm

8 day(s)

total to this day 2024

441.0mm

17 day(s)

wettest day

59.6mm

Jan 7

lowest temperature

22.0°C

Jan 9

highest temperature

36.8°C

Jan 17

Cairns Racecourse Almanac

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January minimum temperature

lowest this month

22.0°C

9th

lowest on record

19.2°C

7th 2016

average this month

24.2°C

+0.3°C

long-term average

23.9°C

January maximum temperature

highest this month

36.8°C

17th

highest on record

39.2°C

5th 2022

average this month

33.2°C

+1.0°C

long-term average

32.2°C

January rainfall

wettest this month

59.6mm

7th

total this month

109.2mm

8 day(s)

long-term average

461.6mm

20.0 day(s)

wettest on record

721.6mm

2021

driest on record

109.2mm

2016

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