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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
Tue 05
Jul		13:00

SSE
SSE

 6 / 7 mph 72 / 76°F 86% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 67%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

SE
SE

 5 / 6 mph 73 / 77°F 86% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 67%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
19:00

SE
SE

 7 / 9 mph 70 / 70°F 95% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.08 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.08 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

 7 / 9 mph 67 / 67°F 94% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
Wed 06
Jul		01:00

SE
SE

 7 / 10 mph 63 / 63°F 93% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 39%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
04:00

SSE
SSE

 9 / 12 mph 63 / 63°F 92% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

 8 / 13 mph 62 / 61°F 90% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 53%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
63%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

SE
SE

 7 / 8 mph 74 / 76°F 78% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
44%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

ESE
ESE

 7 / 8 mph 80 / 81°F 69% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
52%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

ESE
ESE

 8 / 9 mph 77 / 79°F 72% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
19%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

 8 / 14 mph 62 / 62°F 82% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

S
S

 7 / 13 mph 60 / 60°F 83% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 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 27°C, with a high for the week of 29°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 12th. The average minimum temperature will be 15°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 8th at 13°C. The week will have mostly dry days although Tuesday is likely to see a significant amount of rain. Predictions are Tuesday 8th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 25.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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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

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure