Cairns, Qld Weather

• Next 24 Hours in Cairns

  Date	Temperature	Wind Direction	Wind Degrees	Wind Speed	Precip Prob	Precip Rate	Icon
  2021-02-26T06:00:00.000+11:00	24.3	SSE	158	10.3	63	1.1	possible_thunderstorm
  2021-02-26T09:00:00.000+11:00	27.2	SSE	158	14.1	61	0.4	possible_thunderstorm
  2021-02-26T12:00:00.000+11:00	29.1	SE	135	14.4	47	0.3	possible_thunderstorm
  2021-02-26T15:00:00.000+11:00	30.0	SE	135	16.2	71	0.9	possible_thunderstorm
  2021-02-26T18:00:00.000+11:00	27.8	SSE	158	14.5	40	0.1	possible_thunderstorm
  2021-02-26T21:00:00.000+11:00	26.2	SSE	158	12.6	47	0.2	possible_thunderstorm
  2021-02-27T00:00:00.000+11:00	25.5	S	180	8.8	40	0.2	possible_shower
  2021-02-27T03:00:00.000+11:00	24.7	S	180	9.5	24	0.2	mostly_cloudy

• 7 Day Forecast for Cairns

  	Fri Feb 26	Sat Feb 27	Sun Feb 28	Mon Mar 1	Tue Mar 2	Wed Mar 3	Thu Mar 4
  Summary	Showers Showers	Possible shower Possible shower	Possible thunderstorm Possible thunderstorm	Possible thunderstorm Possible thunderstorm	Showers increasing Showers increasing	Possible thunderstorm Possible thunderstorm	Possible thunderstorm Possible thunderstorm
  Maximum	30°C	31°C	31°C	31°C	30°C	30°C	31°C
  Minimum	24°C	24°C	25°C	25°C	24°C	25°C	24°C
  Chance of Rain	70%	70%	80%	80%	70%	60%	90%
  Rain Amount	10-20mm	10-20mm	40-80mm	40-80mm	10-20mm	40-80mm	20-40mm
  UV Index	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

• Marine and Tides for Cairns

  Forecast

  East to southeasterly 10/15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots north of Cairns in the evening. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

  Outlook Friday: East to southeasterly 10/15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots in the morning and evening. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

  Outlook Saturday: East to southeasterly 10/15 knots tending south to southeasterly early in the morning. Winds reaching up to 20 knots in the evening. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef, increasing to 1/1.5 metres during the morning.

  Outlook Sunday: Southerly 15/20 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1/1.5 metres outside the reef. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1/1.5 metres outside the reef.

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  Winds

  Thu:	E/SE 20 kt
  Fri:	E/SE 20 kt
  Sat:	S/SE 20 kt
  Sun:	S 15/20 kt

• Warnings for Queensland

  Issue Time	State	Warning
  Thu 14:32 EST	Qld	Initial Flood Watch For The North Tropical Coast Between Mission Beach And Rollingstone
  Thu 10:49 EST	Qld	Initial Minor Flood Warning For The Georgina River
  Thu 10:18 EST	Qld	Final Flood Warning For The Herbert River
  Wed 12:56 EST	Qld	Flood Warning For The Diamantina River
  Wed 12:08 EST	Qld	Final Flood Warning For The Thomson River
  Wed 11:14 EST	Qld	Final Flood Warning For The Paroo River (Qld)

• Cairns Ap Almanac

  Month to date »

  Past 5 Days

  	Min	Max	Rain to 9am
  Thu 25/02	24.6°C	31.4°C	0.4mm
  Wed 24/02	23.0°C	33.4°C	0.0mm
  Tue 23/02	23.6°C	32.8°C	21.8mm
  Mon 22/02	23.7°C	32.4°C	5.0mm
  Sun 21/02	22.8°C	30.7°C	2.6mm

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  Year to Date

  Average rainfall to Feb	848.3mm	37.4 day(s)
  Total for 2021	880.8mm	43 day(s)
  Total to this day 2020	792.4mm	32 day(s)
  Wettest day	97.2mm	Jan 29
  Lowest temperature	21.4°C	Jan 25
  Highest temperature	33.4°C	Feb 24

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  Climatology

  February minimum temperature
  Lowest this month	21.9°C	2nd
  Lowest on record	17.9°C	1st 1975
  Average this month	23.9°C	+0.1°C
  Long-term average	23.8°C

  February maximum temperature
  Highest this month	33.4°C	24th
  Highest on record	40.0°C	15th 2020
  Average this month	31.1°C	-0.2°C
  Long-term average	31.3°C

  February rainfall
  Wettest this month	54.2mm	19th
  Total this month	272.8mm	20 day(s)
  Long-term average	445.1mm	18.8 day(s)
  Wettest on record	1287.0mm	2000
  Driest on record	30.4mm	1990

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