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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
Thu 18
Aug		19:00

SE
SE

 9 / 17 mph 63 / 63°F 70% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
2%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

S
S

 7 / 15 mph 58 / 57°F 81% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Fri 19
Aug		01:00

SSW
SSW

 6 / 13 mph 57 / 56°F 83% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
2%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
04:00

SSW
SSW

 7 / 15 mph 56 / 55°F 84% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
12%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

 7 / 15 mph 58 / 56°F 83% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
9%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 7 mph 78 / 78°F 57% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
22%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

E
E

 8 / 9 mph 80 / 80°F 57% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

ESE
ESE

 10 / 11 mph 78 / 79°F 62% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
3%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
19:00

SE
SE

 9 / 16 mph 65 / 65°F 84% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
5%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

S
S

 8 / 16 mph 62 / 62°F 88% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 29%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
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:

The outlook for Cairns in the week ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 27°C, with a high for the week of 30°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 23rd. The mean minimum temperature will be 15°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 19th at 13°C. The week will remain predominantly dry. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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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