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Cairns
Australia · 15 January 2017
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Average
25.3°C
low 23.9°C · high 27.5°C
Rainfall
19.5mm
rain recorded
Wind
2m/s
daily average
Humidity
90.2%
daily average
Cloud
99%
cover
Pressure
1009hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 23.9°C around 23:00 to 27.5°C around 11:00. Rain was recorded across 19 hours, from around 05:00 to 23:00 (19.5mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
24th percentile
Low temperature
64th percentile
Rainfall
83th percentile
Wind
28th 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 25.7°C, versus 25.3°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:55
Sunset
18:57
Day length
13h 2m
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 | 24.5°C | 28.5°C | 0.01 | 1.4 | NNE | 89 | 1010 |
| 01:00 | 15:00 | 24.7°C | 28°C | 0 | 2.4 | NNE | 88 | 1010 |
| 02:00 | 16:00 | 24°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 2.7 | N | 92 | 1009 |
| 03:00 | 17:00 | 24.2°C | 28°C | 0 | 1.9 | NNW | 92 | 1008 |
| 04:00 | 18:00 | 24.3°C | 28°C | 0 | 2.1 | NNW | 92 | 1008 |
| 05:00 | 19:00 | 24.2°C | 28.2°C | 1.15 | 1.8 | NW | 94 | 1009 |
| 06:00 | 20:00 | 24.2°C | 28.5°C | 0.3 | 1.5 | NNW | 94 | 1009 |
| 07:00 | 21:00 | 24.7°C | 29.1°C | 0.2 | 1.6 | NW | 93 | 1009 |
| 08:00 | 22:00 | 26.9°C | 31.7°C | 0.15 | 1.8 | WNW | 86 | 1010 |
| 09:00 | 23:00 | 26.7°C | 31.6°C | 0.85 | 1.5 | NNW | 86 | 1010 |
| 10:00 | 00:00 | 26.8°C | 31.8°C | 0.67 | 1.5 | N | 86 | 1010 |
| 11:00 | 01:00 | 27.5°C | 32.5°C | 2.39 | 1.6 | N | 84 | 1009 |
| 12:00 | 02:00 | 27.3°C | 32.7°C | 1.02 | 1.1 | NNW | 86 | 1009 |
| 13:00 | 03:00 | 27.1°C | 32.1°C | 0.28 | 1.9 | N | 87 | 1008 |
| 14:00 | 04:00 | 27°C | 31°C | 0.15 | 2.9 | NNE | 86 | 1008 |
| 15:00 | 05:00 | 27.3°C | 31.5°C | 0.16 | 2.8 | NE | 85 | 1007 |
| 16:00 | 06:00 | 25.7°C | 29.7°C | 2.8 | 2.5 | NE | 89 | 1007 |
| 17:00 | 07:00 | 24.6°C | 28.6°C | 1.16 | 2 | NNE | 93 | 1007 |
| 18:00 | 08:00 | 24.3°C | 28.1°C | 0.1 | 2.2 | NNE | 94 | 1007 |
| 19:00 | 09:00 | 24.3°C | 27.9°C | 0.51 | 2.6 | NNE | 94 | 1008 |
| 20:00 | 10:00 | 23.9°C | 27.9°C | 1.36 | 1.4 | NNE | 92 | 1009 |
| 21:00 | 11:00 | 24.2°C | 27.9°C | 2.08 | 2.2 | N | 93 | 1010 |
| 22:00 | 12:00 | 24°C | 27.8°C | 2.16 | 2 | NNW | 94 | 1010 |
| 23:00 | 13:00 | 23.9°C | 27.9°C | 2.02 | 2 | NNW | 96 | 1010 |
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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 15 January 2017 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 (2026-07-21). 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 21, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Cairns, Australia." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 21, 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 2026-07-21},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.