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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
Sat 02
Dec		01:00

N
N

 3 / 5 mph 76 / 80°F 88% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 43%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 70%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
04:00

N
N

 0 / 1 mph 76 / 80°F 89% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
38%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

W
W

 1 / 2 mph 84 / 85°F 79% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

NE
NE

 7 / 8 mph 95 / 106°F 60% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

NE
NE

 8 / 9 mph 94 / 106°F 62% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

NE
NE

 6 / 7 mph 92 / 101°F 63% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
19:00

NNE
NNE

 4 / 4 mph 81 / 85°F 76% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
22:00

S
S

 4 / 6 mph 76 / 80°F 84% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sun 03
Dec		01:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 9 mph 73 / 77°F 83% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
04:00

SW
SW

 3 / 6 mph 72 / 76°F 83% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 2 mph 81 / 80°F 74% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

NE
NE

 4 / 5 mph 96 / 107°F 57% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

NE
NE

 8 / 9 mph 96 / 112°F 61% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

ENE
ENE

 6 / 7 mph 94 / 107°F 65% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
19:00

E
E

 4 / 6 mph 79 / 83°F 79% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

 4 / 7 mph 75 / 79°F 86% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
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:

For Cairns in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 35°C, with a high for the week of 36°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 1st. The average minimum temperature will be 23°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 8th at 20°C. Expect the week ahead to remain predominantly dry. 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