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Cairns
Australia · 4 February 2016
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Average
27.7°C
low 26.2°C · high 30.8°C
Rainfall
4.6mm
rain recorded
Wind
2.2m/s
daily average
Humidity
83.3%
daily average
Cloud
100%
cover
Pressure
1005hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 26.2°C around 17:00 to 30.8°C around 12:00. Rain was recorded across 3 hours, from around 15:00 to 18:00 (4.6mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
95th percentile
Low temperature
99th percentile
Rainfall
47th percentile
Wind
39th percentile
A percentile of 100 means this was the hottest/wettest/windiest of the comparable days on file; 50 is right in the middle. This window's average temperature was 25.8°C, versus 27.7°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:06
Sunset
18:55
Day length
12h 49m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — Australia/Brisbane.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 14:00 | 26.9°C | 32.1°C | 0 | 1.5 | WNW | 89 | 1007 |
| 01:00 | 15:00 | 27.2°C | 32.3°C | 0 | 1.5 | W | 86 | 1007 |
| 02:00 | 16:00 | 26.7°C | 31.7°C | 0 | 1.6 | WNW | 88 | 1006 |
| 03:00 | 17:00 | 26.8°C | 31.6°C | 0 | 1.8 | WNW | 87 | 1006 |
| 04:00 | 18:00 | 26.7°C | 31.1°C | 0.04 | 2.3 | W | 86 | 1006 |
| 05:00 | 19:00 | 26.3°C | 31.2°C | 0 | 1.3 | WNW | 88 | 1006 |
| 06:00 | 20:00 | 26.3°C | 30.5°C | 0 | 2.2 | WNW | 87 | 1006 |
| 07:00 | 21:00 | 26.2°C | 30.2°C | 0 | 2.4 | WNW | 87 | 1007 |
| 08:00 | 22:00 | 28.4°C | 33.3°C | 0 | 1.8 | W | 80 | 1006 |
| 09:00 | 23:00 | 28.6°C | 33°C | 0 | 2.1 | W | 77 | 1007 |
| 10:00 | 00:00 | 29°C | 33.2°C | 0 | 2.4 | WNW | 74 | 1006 |
| 11:00 | 01:00 | 30.1°C | 34.1°C | 0 | 2.5 | WNW | 69 | 1006 |
| 12:00 | 02:00 | 30.8°C | 34.5°C | 0 | 2.7 | WNW | 66 | 1006 |
| 13:00 | 03:00 | 30.6°C | 34.9°C | 0.03 | 2.1 | NNW | 68 | 1005 |
| 14:00 | 04:00 | 29.5°C | 33.5°C | 0.01 | 2.5 | N | 72 | 1004 |
| 15:00 | 05:00 | 29.1°C | 33.7°C | 1.61 | 3.1 | N | 81 | 1003 |
| 16:00 | 06:00 | 28.9°C | 33.2°C | 0.6 | 3.7 | N | 84 | 1003 |
| 17:00 | 07:00 | 26.2°C | 30.1°C | 0 | 3.6 | NNW | 93 | 1003 |
| 18:00 | 08:00 | 26.3°C | 31°C | 2.3 | 2.7 | WNW | 94 | 1005 |
| 19:00 | 09:00 | 26.5°C | 31.5°C | 0 | 1.9 | WNW | 91 | 1004 |
| 20:00 | 10:00 | 26.7°C | 31.8°C | 0 | 1.5 | NW | 89 | 1005 |
| 21:00 | 11:00 | 26.8°C | 32°C | 0 | 1.5 | NW | 88 | 1005 |
| 22:00 | 12:00 | 26.8°C | 31.8°C | 0 | 1.8 | NW | 88 | 1005 |
| 23:00 | 13:00 | 26.3°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 1.9 | NW | 89 | 1005 |
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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
- Source
- ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
- Data type
- Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
- Coverage
- 2016–2025 (10 years) for Australia
- Location
- Cairns — -17.000°, 145.750°, ERA5 grid cell center, 8.7 km from requested point
- Time zone
- Australia/Brisbane
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 4 February 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Cairns climate overview for typical conditions.
- Spatial resolution
- 0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
- Version / refreshed
- Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
- Limitations
- A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
- Attribution
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information
Cite this data
PastClimate (2026-07-20). Historical climate data for Cairns, Australia (-17.00°S, 145.75°E), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Cairns, Australia [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Cairns, Australia." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 20, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Cairns, Australia},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-20},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.