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Cairns
Australia · 26 January 2017
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Average
25.7°C
low 23.7°C · high 27.9°C
Rainfall
2.7mm
rain recorded
Wind
3.4m/s
daily average
Humidity
83.1%
daily average
Cloud
58%
cover
Pressure
1011hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 23.7°C around 05:00 to 27.9°C around 11:00. Rain was recorded across 11 hours, from around 00:00 to 18:00 (2.7mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
36th percentile
Low temperature
44th percentile
Rainfall
38th percentile
Wind
70th 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 25.7°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:01
Sunset
18:56
Day length
12h 55m
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 | 24.3°C | 27.9°C | 0.17 | 2.4 | SE | 92 | 1011 |
| 01:00 | 15:00 | 24.2°C | 27.6°C | 0.18 | 2.6 | SSE | 93 | 1011 |
| 02:00 | 16:00 | 23.9°C | 27.3°C | 0.08 | 2.6 | SSE | 95 | 1010 |
| 03:00 | 17:00 | 24.1°C | 27.7°C | 0.07 | 2.5 | SE | 95 | 1010 |
| 04:00 | 18:00 | 24.1°C | 27.9°C | 0.1 | 2.1 | SSE | 94 | 1010 |
| 05:00 | 19:00 | 23.7°C | 27.3°C | 0.06 | 2.2 | SSE | 95 | 1011 |
| 06:00 | 20:00 | 23.8°C | 27.4°C | 0.05 | 2.4 | SSE | 95 | 1011 |
| 07:00 | 21:00 | 24°C | 27.4°C | 0.02 | 2.6 | SSE | 94 | 1012 |
| 08:00 | 22:00 | 26.4°C | 29.5°C | 0.03 | 3.1 | SSE | 81 | 1012 |
| 09:00 | 23:00 | 26.9°C | 29.7°C | 0.06 | 3.4 | SSE | 78 | 1012 |
| 10:00 | 00:00 | 27.2°C | 29.3°C | 0.2 | 4 | SE | 75 | 1012 |
| 11:00 | 01:00 | 27.9°C | 29.8°C | 0.23 | 4 | SE | 70 | 1011 |
| 12:00 | 02:00 | 27.9°C | 29.5°C | 0.27 | 4.5 | SE | 71 | 1011 |
| 13:00 | 03:00 | 27.3°C | 29°C | 0.35 | 4.8 | SE | 76 | 1010 |
| 14:00 | 04:00 | 27°C | 28.8°C | 0.06 | 4.7 | SE | 78 | 1010 |
| 15:00 | 05:00 | 27.3°C | 29.3°C | 0.22 | 4.5 | SE | 77 | 1009 |
| 16:00 | 06:00 | 27.3°C | 29.4°C | 0.21 | 4.5 | SE | 77 | 1009 |
| 17:00 | 07:00 | 26.5°C | 28.7°C | 0.23 | 4.4 | SE | 81 | 1009 |
| 18:00 | 08:00 | 26.6°C | 28.9°C | 0.1 | 4.1 | SE | 80 | 1009 |
| 19:00 | 09:00 | 26.5°C | 29.2°C | 0.01 | 3.4 | SE | 80 | 1011 |
| 20:00 | 10:00 | 25.4°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 3.7 | SE | 79 | 1011 |
| 21:00 | 11:00 | 25.4°C | 27.5°C | 0 | 3.2 | SE | 79 | 1011 |
| 22:00 | 12:00 | 25.4°C | 27.6°C | 0 | 3.2 | SE | 79 | 1012 |
| 23:00 | 13:00 | 24.7°C | 26.8°C | 0 | 3.2 | SE | 81 | 1012 |
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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 26 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.