Cape Palmerston Weather Forecast
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Windy
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Shower
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Shower
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Shower
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Storm
Today 3 Mar Central Coast and Whitsundays
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower along the coastal fringe, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h.
Mackay Costal Waters
Bowen to St Lawrence- Wind
- Southeasterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore north of Hamilton Island in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres offshore, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Weather Situation
- A monsoon trough extends over the Peninsula and Cooktown waters. Tropical low 29U [999 hPa] in the northern Coral Sea will move towards the northeast coast over the next few days, most likely crossing the coast between Cooktown and Townsville on Friday, drawing the monsoon trough south.
Cape Palmerston Temperature Statistics View More
March Temperature
Mackay Airport (51km)
Lowest 1 March, 2026
24.5 °CAverage March
27 °CHighest 1 March, 2026
30.1 °C
Climate (2021–Present)
Mackay Airport (51km)
Average Low 2021–2026
18.7 °CAverage 2021–2026
23 °CAverage High 2021–2026
27.9 °C