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Today 23 Jan North Tropical Coast and Tablelands
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the north, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds easterly 15 to 20 km/h.
Cooktown Coastal Waters
Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation- Wind
- East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- East to southeasterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
- Weather Situation
- The monsoon trough will persist over the Cape York Peninsula and may drift a little southward over the North Queensland waters north of Cooktown in the coming days. A tropical low (18U) low lies within the monsoon trough near the west Peninsula coast, and will drift southward over the next few days and linger near the southern Gulf coast into next week. A weak ridge will persist over the northern waters south of trough this weekend, before weakening early next week.
South (Newt) Island Temperature Statistics View More
January Temperature
Cape Flattery (33km)
Lowest 19 January, 2026
22.9 °CAverage January
27.7 °CHighest 19 January, 2026
34.5 °C
Climate (2021–Present)
Cape Flattery (33km)
Average Low 2021–2026
23.9 °CAverage 2021–2026
26.5 °CAverage High 2021–2026
30.3 °C