CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		25		27		27		26		25		23		21		21		22		23		25		26		27

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		28		31		31		30		28		27		25		25		26		27		29		30		31

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		20		23		23		22		21		20		17		17		17		18		20		22		23

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		40		40		38		37		36		31		30		30		31		33		35		37		39

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		6		18		17		18		13		10		6		7		7		11		12		14		17

Average Number of Days Above 95F/35C

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3		1		1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		1

Average Number of Days Above 86F/30C

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		175		27		24		25		16		4		---		---		1		5		18		26		29

Average Number of Days Below 75F/23C

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		330		21		19		26		29		31		30		31		31		30		30		27		23

Average Number of Days Below 65F/18C

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		87		---		---		---		2		7		17		21		20		14		5		1		---

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 50

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		1980		400		410		430		190		90		40		20		20		30		30		90		170

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		172		19		19		19		19		16		12		11		10		9		10		12		16

Average Number of Days With Thunderstorms

Years on Record: 50

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		16		4		4		2		---		---		---		---		---		---		1		2		3

Most Rain Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 50

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		3070		1410		980		1120		550		320		140		140		90		100		200		370		910

Average Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		75.8		80		80		80		80		80		75		75		70		70		70		75		75

Average Morning Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 40

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		85		87		88		87		86		85		84		82		83		82		83		84		85

Average Evening Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 40

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		61		66		69		67		66		65		61		58		56		54		57		60		61

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 40

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		18		22		22		21		20		18		16		15		15		16		18		20		21

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2557.4		275.6		258.9		258.3		208.3		163.6		100		94.7		111.9		141.7		206.7		241.7		275.6

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 49

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		5808		533.9		494.4		516.7		458.3		421.9		350		353.1		370.3		391.7		465		491.7		533.9

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.5		13.4		13		12.5		12.1		11.7		11.5		11.6		11.9		12.4		12.9		13.3		13.5

Average Wind Speed

Years on Record: 41

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
km/h		12		9		9		12		14		14		14		14		14		12		9		9		9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		21.4		24.4		21.6		20.8		19.5		17		15.7		16.5		19.4		23.8		26.3		26.2		25.2

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.1		8		8.2		7.2		5.7		4.8		4.3		4.4		4.8		5.2		6.1		7.2		7.8

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		22.2		24.5		20.5		20.8		21		19.4		18.7		19.3		21.6		24.7		25.4		25.5		25.6

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		23.4		23.4		19.1		19.9		21.8		21.1		21		21.6		23.8		27.9		28.9		27.2		25.1

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		21.4		24.4		21.6		20.8		19.5		17		15.7		16.5		19.4		23.8		26.3		26.2		25.2

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		7.1		9		8.9		8		6.7		5.6		5		4.9		5.9		6.1		6.8		8.8		9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		25.4		28.4		26		26.4		24.1		23.5		20.7		21.4		24.7		26		26.9		28		28.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		29.5		30.6		30.1		30.7		27.5		28.8		24.7		25.4		29.9		30.5		32.3		32.3		31.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.8		20.1		15.7		16.1		15.7		14.2		13.4		15.2		16.3		21.6		24.6		20.8		20.2

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		5		6.7		6.4		5.2		4.6		3.4		3.7		3.8		3.6		4.6		5.3		6.2		6.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		18.4		20.1		15.1		16		16.6		15.8		15.4		17.6		17.7		22.3		23.8		20.2		20.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		16.6		15.9		9.9		11.9		14.2		14.8		15.3		18.5		16.9		23.1		25.5		17.1		16.1