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Cairns Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Cairns

Queensland, Australia

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Fri 06
Mar		10:00

NNW
NNW

 2 / 4 mph 81 / 89°F 92% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.17 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.17 In
13:00

NW
NW

 6 / 10 mph 84 / 95°F 87% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.10 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.10 In
16:00

W
W

 6 / 7 mph 86 / 95°F 85% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
83%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
19:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 6 mph 82 / 90°F 83% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
84%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

W
W

 4 / 4 mph 80 / 86°F 84% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sat 07
Mar		01:00

W
W

 5 / 9 mph 75 / 79°F 84% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
04:00

W
W

 4 / 7 mph 73 / 77°F 86% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

W
W

 4 / 6 mph 75 / 79°F 85% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 83%
High level cloud: 28%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 7 mph 91 / 101°F 75% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 10 mph 91 / 106°F 76% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
16:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 11 mph 90 / 105°F 83% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 19 mph 77 / 82°F 90% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
38%
Expect 0.14 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.14 In
22:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 11 mph 76 / 80°F 89% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 37%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.16 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.16 In

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The 7 day weather forecast summary for Cairns:

Reviewing the forecast for Cairns Over the next 7 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 32°C, with a high for the week of 35°C expected on the afternoon of Sunday 8th. The average minimum temperature will be 24°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Saturday 7th at 23°C. Expect the coming week to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. Predictions are Friday 7th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 23.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

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Weather

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Pressure