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Gold Coast Forecast

This morning 18°C
Today 26°C
possible_shower

Now

16.8°C falling
Updated at 05:20 EST

Southeast Coast for Tuesday Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms about the southern border ranges this afternoon. Light winds becoming SE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the mid to high 20s. Deceptively powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing and swimming.

Currently at Gold Coast

24-hour graph
Temperature 16.8°C falling
Dew Point 14.6°C falling
Feels Like 16.8°C
Relative Humidity 87%
Wind icon
SW 12km/h rising
Wind Gusts 15km/h
Pressure 1023.3hPa rising
Fire Danger 1.5
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:05 EST
Sunset sunset
17:26 EST

Nearby Now

Coolangatta Ap 16.7°C
Archerfield Ap 14.9°C

Next 12 hours in Gold Coast

48-hour forecast

6am

Mostly clear
18°C

9am

Mostly clear
23°C

12pm

Slight chance shower
26°C

3pm

Chance shower
25°C

Southeast Coast Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Gold Coast 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Apr 18
Wed
Apr 19
Thu
Apr 20
Fri
Apr 21
Sat
Apr 22
Sun
Apr 23
Mon
Apr 24

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower
Maximum 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 26°C
Minimum 18°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 17°C
Chance of Rain 70% 80% 90% 90% 90% 90% 70%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm
UV Index High High High High High
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 19
km/h
26
km/h
27
km/h
32
km/h
30
km/h
33
km/h
27
km/h
31
km/h
28
km/h
30
km/h
25
km/h
28
km/h
21
km/h
25
km/h
Wind Direction SSE 19km/h
SSE
SSE 26km/h
SSE
SSE 27km/h
SSE
SSE 32km/h
SSE
SSE 30km/h
SSE
SSE 33km/h
SSE
SSE 27km/h
SSE
SSE 31km/h
SSE
SSE 28km/h
SSE
SE 30km/h
SE
SSE 25km/h
SSE
SSE 28km/h
SSE
SSE 21km/h
SSE
SSE 25km/h
SSE
Relative Humidity 73% 70% 79% 72% 75% 70% 79% 71% 81% 76% 79% 74% 79% 70%
Dew Point 19°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 18°C 19°C 18°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 19°C

Gold Coast Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon
first light
05:41 EST
sunrise
06:05 EST
sunset
17:26 EST
last light
17:50 EST
moon
set
Tue 11:37 EST
rise
Tue 22:37 EST
moon
Wed
Apr 19
moon
Wed
Apr 26
moon
Wed
May 3
moon
Thu
May 11

Gold Coast Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Mon
Apr 17
16.4°C 26°C 0.0mm
Sun
Apr 16
16.0°C 25.5°C 0.0mm
Sat
Apr 15
16.4°C 26.3°C 0.0mm
Fri
Apr 14
16.8°C 26.2°C 0.0mm
Thu
Apr 13
17.3°C 26.6°C 0.0mm

Gold Coast Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Apr
575.4mm
55.9 Day(s)
Total For 2017
547.4mm
42 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2016
287.6mm
48 Day(s)
Wettest Day
105.0mm
Mar 30
Lowest Temperature
12.8°C
Apr 11
Highest Temperature
33.4°C
Jan 18

Gold Coast Almanac

full climatology
April Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
12.8°C
11th
Lowest On Record
8.9°C
29th 2008
Average This Month
17.2°C
-1.1°C
Long-term Average
18.3°C
April Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
29.1°C
10th
Highest On Record
33.3°C
4th 2006
Average This Month
26.2°C
+0.3°C
Long-term Average
25.9°C
April Rainfall
Wettest This Month
8.0mm
6th
Total This Month
10.4mm
7 Day(s)
Long-term Average
136.2mm
12.2 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
385.6mm
2009
Driest On Record
13.4mm
2007
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