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17.27°S 145.47°E 754m AMSL

Atherton Forecast

Today 29°C
Tonight 19°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

29.2°C steady
Updated at 10:20 EST

Nth Cst & Tableland for Friday Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms, most likely inland. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 29 to 35.

Currently at Mareeba Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 29.2°C steady
Dew Point 19.2°C falling
Feels Like 30.5°C
Relative Humidity 54%
Wind icon
N 9km/h falling
Wind Gusts 13km/h
Pressure 1007.8hPa steady
Fire Danger 6.4
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Fri

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Sunrise sunrise
05:46 EST
Sunset sunset
18:55 EST

Nearby Now

Cairns Ap 31.0°C

Next 12 hours in Mareeba

48-hour forecast

12pm

Chance shower or storm
31°C

3pm

Chance shower or storm
31°C

6pm

Chance shower or storm
28°C

9pm

Mostly clear
25°C

Nth Cst & Tableland Weather Warnings

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There are no warnings current.

National Forecast

Atherton 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Fri
Dec 30
Sat
Dec 31
Sun
Jan 1
Mon
Jan 2
Tue
Jan 3
Wed
Jan 4
Thu
Jan 5

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Showers

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Showers

Showers
Maximum 29°C 30°C 27°C 28°C 30°C 29°C 29°C
Minimum 18°C 19°C 19°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 21°C
Chance of Rain 90% 80% 80% 90% 90% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 10-20mm 10-20mm 10-20mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 6
km/h
12
km/h
5
km/h
12
km/h
6
km/h
10
km/h
6
km/h
9
km/h
8
km/h
11
km/h
8
km/h
9
km/h
9
km/h
9
km/h
Wind Direction ESE 6km/h
ESE
E 12km/h
E
ENE 5km/h
ENE
ENE 12km/h
ENE
ENE 6km/h
ENE
ENE 10km/h
ENE
NNE 6km/h
NNE
NNE 9km/h
NNE
N 8km/h
N
NNE 11km/h
NNE
NNW 8km/h
NNW
N 9km/h
N
NNW 9km/h
NNW
N 9km/h
N
Relative Humidity 69% 65% 72% 65% 72% 73% 78% 72% 80% 77% 80% 71% 78% 75%
Dew Point 20°C 21°C 21°C 21°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 22°C 23°C 24°C 21°C 23°C 22°C 24°C

Atherton Sun & Moon Times

Friday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
first light
05:22 EST
sunrise
05:46 EST
sunset
18:55 EST
last light
19:19 EST
moon
set
Fri 19:36 EST
rise
Sat 07:14 EST
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20
moon
Sat
Jan 28

Walkamin Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Wed
Dec 28
- - -
Tue
Dec 27
19.5°C - 0.0mm
Mon
Dec 26
19.0°C 31.5°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 25
20.5°C 32.0°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 24
20.0°C 30.6°C 0.0mm

Walkamin Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1031.4mm
128.6 Day(s)
Total For 2016
521.7mm
92 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1002.6mm
94 Day(s)
Wettest Day
28.0mm
Feb 9
Lowest Temperature
9.0°C
Aug 4
Highest Temperature
37.7°C
Nov 13

Walkamin Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
16.0°C
2nd
Lowest On Record
12.6°C
5th 1998
Average This Month
19.3°C
-0.5°C
Long-term Average
19.8°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
35.5°C
2nd
Highest On Record
38.0°C
4th 2012
Average This Month
31.7°C
+1.0°C
Long-term Average
30.7°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
12.0mm
15th
Total This Month
30.6mm
6 Day(s)
Long-term Average
121.4mm
12.4 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
378.4mm
2010
Driest On Record
9.8mm
1966
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