Australia · 1991–2020 normal
Cairns City in
May.
Typical May weather in Cairns City: 28.1°C by day, 19.8°C at night, 90 mm of rain over 11 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high28.1°C
Typical low19.8°C
Rain90 mm
Wet days11
Comfort score 63 this month (July leads the year at 86). Daylight is calculated as 11 h 20 from latitude -16.92°. Open-water sea temperature is 25.7°C (12 km from the place centre).
Event window
Warm sea in May
The nearest open-water NOAA OISST 1991–2020 cell averages 25.7°C in May. A sheltered bay can run warmer than that open-water cell.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 11703914
- NOAA station
- ASN00031010 · CAIRNS POST OFFICE
- Station distance
- 1.7 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 22 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.