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Home › Queensland › North Coast & Tableland › Cooktown

CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:

COOKTOWN

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Temperature	Dew Point	Rel. Humidity	Feels Like	Wind	Gusts	Pressure	Rainfall
27.5°C	24.7°C	85%	33.8°C	-	0km/h	1010.2hPa	0.0mm / -<

Low Isles 28.9°C

Cooktown 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: COOKTOWN 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		Fog then sunny		Fog then sunny		Fog then sunny		Possible thunderstorm		Possible thunderstorm
Maximum	31°C		33°C		33°C		34°C		33°C		32°C		31°C
Minimum	25°C		25°C		25°C		25°C		25°C		26°C		25°C
Chance of Rain Likely Amount	50% 1-5mm		20% < 1mm		30% < 1mm		30% < 1mm		50% 1-5mm		60% 5-10mm		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	8km/h SSE	18km/h ESE	14km/h ESE	20km/h ESE	11km/h ESE	18km/h E	10km/h SE	19km/h E	10km/h SE	21km/h ESE	15km/h SE	22km/h ESE	17km/h SE	21km/h SE
Relative Humidity	81%	74%	77%	73%	79%	76%	81%	72%	80%	75%	85%	83%	88%	91%
Dew Point	26°C	25°C	26°C	27°C	26°C	27°C	27°C	28°C	27°C	27°C	28°C	28°C	28°C	28°C

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Next 12 hours in Cooktown

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9pm

Mostly cloudy

27°C

12am

Mostly cloudy

27°C

3am

Mostly cloudy

26°C

6am

Mostly cloudy

25°C

Cooktown 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
05:41 EST	06:04 EST	18:57 EST	19:20 EST		Tue 23:43 EST	Wed 12:37 EST	Wed Jan 29	Wed Feb 5	Thu Feb 13	Fri Feb 21

Cooktown Past 5 Days

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	Minimum	Maximum	Rainfall
Tue Jan 21	23.7°C	32.7°C	0.0mm
Mon Jan 20	24.4°C	32.7°C	0.8mm
Sun Jan 19	25.9°C	36.6°C	0.0mm
Sat Jan 18	26.3°C	36.1°C	0.2mm
Fri Jan 17	23.3°C	34.7°C	11.8mm

Cooktown Year To Date

average rainfall to Jan

317.9mm

20.2 day(s)

total for 2025

70.4mm

8 day(s)

total to this day 2024

224.0mm

15 day(s)

wettest day

50.8mm

Jan 7

lowest temperature

21.8°C

Jan 15

highest temperature

37.7°C

Jan 16

Cooktown Almanac

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January minimum temperature

lowest this month

21.8°C

15th

lowest on record

20.2°C

14th 2005

average this month

24.1°C

-0.3°C

long-term average

24.4°C

January maximum temperature

highest this month

37.7°C

16th

highest on record

38.7°C

19th 2020

average this month

33.5°C

+1.5°C

long-term average

32.0°C

January rainfall

wettest this month

50.8mm

7th

total this month

70.4mm

8 day(s)

long-term average

317.9mm

20.2 day(s)

wettest on record

719.8mm

2023

driest on record

82.6mm

2007

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