COOKTOWN AIRPORT

Weather station · 15.4°S 145.2°E · 8 m above sea level

WMO 95283Station data since 2000

Right now25.6°C06:00 UTC · 1 h 8 min agoSource: NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins

Today so far25.6°/25.6°High at 06:00 UTC · low at 06:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high40.6°CSunday, 2 December 2007 · highest in available records since 2000Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low7.1°CTuesday, 10 July 2007 · lowest in available records since 2000Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

31.1°C

in 2009

Record low

13.8°C

in 2024

Average high

29.2°C

all years on record

Record watch

5.5°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high 25.6°C against 31.1°C in 2009. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

40.6°C

Date: Sunday, 2 December 2007
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: COOKTOWN AIRPORT, Australia
Position: 15.45°S 145.19°E · 8 m

Highest highest in available records since 2000. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

7.1°C

Date: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: COOKTOWN AIRPORT, Australia
Position: 15.45°S 145.19°E · 8 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 2000. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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COOKTOWN AIRPORT · 25.6°C

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Records by month

Jan

38.7°

20.2°

Feb

38.2°

20.7°

Mar

37.0°

18.9°

Apr

35.5°

14.5°

May

32.0°

9.1°

Jun

32.9°

7.2°

Jul

30.4°

7.1°

Aug

34.6°

8.2°

Sep

35.2°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at COOKTOWN AIRPORT, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	25.6°C	06:00 UTC	25.6°C	06:00 UTC

Nearby stations

CAPE FLATTERYAustralia54.7 km
Low IslesAustralia111.4 km
Cairns IntlAU168.9 km
Cairns AirportAustralia170.1 km
MAREEBA AIRPORTAustralia181.3 km
Atherton Treatment PlantAustralia202.1 km

Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
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), 2000 to 2026	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated