Cairns Intl
Weather station · 16.9°S 145.7°E · 2 m above sea level
ICAO YBCSWMO 94287Station data since 1942
Record high
32.6°C
in 1943
Record low
12.0°C
in 1996
Average high
28.6°C
all years on record
5.6°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 27.0°C against 32.6°C in 1943. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
40.5°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 20 December 1995
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Cairns Intl, Australia
- Position
- 16.87°S 145.75°E · 2 m
Highest highest in available records since 1942. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
6.2°C
- Date
- Sunday, 23 June 1946
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Cairns Intl, Australia
- Position
- 16.87°S 145.75°E · 2 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1942. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Cairns Intl is
16.87°S 145.75°E
Records by month
Jan
40.4°
18.2°
Feb
40.0°
17.9°
Mar
37.7°
17.7°
Apr
36.8°
13.0°
May
31.3°
10.1°
Jun
30.8°
6.2°
Jul
30.1°
7.3°
Aug
31.5°
7.8°
Sep
33.9°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 27.0°C | 01:30 UTC | 23.0°C | 08:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 23.0°C | 23:00 UTC | 20.0°C | 20:33 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Cairns AirportAustralia1.2 km
- MAREEBA AIRPORTAustralia39.9 km
- Atherton Treatment PlantAustralia50.1 km
- Low IslesAustralia57.5 km
- SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STNAustralia85.3 km
- COOKTOWN AIRPORTAustralia168.9 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1942 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
