Cairns
Weather in Cairns, live
The weather over Cairns as it is measured right now, from radar and the airport reports at Cairns Intl, beside the forecast model’s temperature and wind. Each layer says which it is.
Right now · as of
- YBCS Cairns Intl, 6 km: 23 °C, wind from 160° at 7 kt, visibility 6+ miles · VFR · 18 minutes ago
What the map shows over Cairns
- Rain radarMeasuredCairns is inside RainViewer’s radar coverage. Frames every 10 minutes for the last 2 hours.Open on the mapAbout this layer
- LightningMeasuredCairns is inside the area NOAA’s lightning layer covers, the Americas and the Pacific. Strike density every 15 minutes.Open on the mapAbout this layer
- Temperature mapForecast modelNOAA’s GFS model on a 0.25° grid, points about 25 km apart: the forecast for now, not a thermometer reading.Open on the mapAbout this layer
- Wind mapForecast modelWind 10 metres up from the same model, so it smooths over streets and hills.Open on the mapAbout this layer
- Severe weather alertsOfficial warningsSevere and extreme warnings that the national weather service shares with the WMO.Open on the mapAbout this layer
- Airport weather (METAR)MeasuredThe latest reports from Cairns Intl (YBCS), 6 km away, usually every hour.Open on the mapAbout this layer
Good to know
- Radar, lightning and airport reports are measurements. Temperature and wind are a forecast model’s values for the nearest hour, which can differ from what a thermometer in Cairns reads.
- Radar detail stops at about zoom 7 and lightning at zoom 8, so the weather of a single street isn’t resolved.
- For a picture of conditions, not for safety decisions: follow the warnings of your local weather service.