CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:
TOWNSVILLE - FANNING RIVER (DEFENCE)
Temperature Dew Point Rel. Humidity Feels Like Wind Gusts Pressure Rainfall
34.4°C 21.8°C 48% 38.6°C N 1km/h 9km/h 1008.4hPa 0.0mm / -<

Lower Burdekin for Friday Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming N/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening.

7-DAY WEATHER FORECAST: CHARTERS TOWERS 28 DAY RAINFALL FORECAST: CLICK HERE

FRI
Jan 24
SAT
Jan 25
SUN
Jan 26
MON
Jan 27
TUE
Jan 28
WED
Jan 29
THU
Jan 30
Summary possible shower
Possible shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
late shower
Late shower
possible shower
Possible shower
mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
late shower
Late shower
possible shower
Possible shower
Maximum 40°C 39°C 37°C 35°C 33°C 33°C 35°C
Minimum 23°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 22°C 23°C
Chance of Rain
Likely Amount
40%
< 1mm
10%
< 1mm
40%
1-5mm
40%
1-5mm
40%
1-5mm
70%
10-20mm
60%
1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 11km/h
N
6km/h
NE
10km/h
NNE
17km/h
ENE
16km/h
ENE
22km/h
ENE
19km/h
E
24km/h
ENE
18km/h
ESE
21km/h
E
15km/h
SE
17km/h
ESE
16km/h
ESE
18km/h
ESE
Relative Humidity 63% 32% 64% 33% 67% 43% 69% 49% 67% 47% 69% 48% 68% 48%
Dew Point 21°C 21°C 23°C 20°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 21°C 20°C 21°C 21°C 22°C 22°C
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Lower Burdekin Weather Warnings

QLD - Thu 14:28 EST
Heatwave Warning for Queensland

Next 12 hours in Charters Towers

mostly cloudy

3pm

Mostly cloudy
40°C
possible thunderstorm

6pm

Slight chance storm
38°C
mostly cloudy

9pm

Mostly cloudy
32°C
mostly cloudy

12am

Mostly cloudy
28°C
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Charters Towers Sun & Moon Times

Friday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon set moon rise new moon first quarter full moon last quarter
first light
05:30 EST
sunrise
05:54 EST
sunset
19:00 EST
last light
19:24 EST
moon
set
Fri 14:24 EST
rise
Sat 01:29 EST
moon
Wed
Jan 29
moon
Wed
Feb 5
moon
Thu
Feb 13
moon
Fri
Feb 21

Townsville - Fanning River (Defence) Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Fri
Jan 24
23.8°C 35.2°C 0.0mm
Thu
Jan 23
22.7°C 37.7°C -
Wed
Jan 22
22.3°C - 0.0mm
Tue
Jan 21
22.1°C 33.7°C 0.0mm
Mon
Jan 20
21.8°C 31.7°C 2.4mm

Charters Towers Year To Date

average rainfall to Jan
157.2mm
11.0 day(s)
total for 2025
3.6mm
1 day(s)
total to this day 2024
0 day(s)
wettest day
0.0mm
Jan 3
lowest temperature
0.0°C
Jan 19
highest temperature
41.0°C
Jan 17

Charters Towers Almanac

January minimum temperature
lowest this month
0.0°C
19th
lowest on record
0.0°C
19th 2025
average this month
18.8°C
-3.6°C
long-term average
22.4°C
January maximum temperature
highest this month
41.0°C
17th
highest on record
44.9°C
6th 1994
average this month
36.4°C
+2.6°C
long-term average
33.8°C
January rainfall
wettest this month
0.0mm
3rd
total this month
3.6mm
1 day(s)
long-term average
157.2mm
11.0 day(s)
wettest on record
408.2mm
1998
driest on record
29.9mm
1995

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