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Today 7 May Peninsula
Partly cloudy. High chance of showers north of Weipa, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Weipa. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the evening then becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 29 to 34.
Torres Strait Coastal Waters
- Wind
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots west of Cape York during the morning and again in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres west of Cape York.
- 1st Swell
- East to southeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
- Weather Situation
- A ridge will persist over the North Queensland Waters for the next several days, strengthening later this week as a new high moves east across southern Australia and into the Tasman Sea by the weekend.
Shortland Reef Temperature Statistics View More
May Temperature
Horn Island (63km)
Lowest 3 May, 2025
23.2 °CAverage May
27.2 °CHighest 5 May, 2025
30.9 °C
Climate (2020–Present)
Horn Island (63km)
Average Low 2020–2025
25.1 °CAverage 2020–2025
27.4 °CAverage High 2020–2025
30.9 °C