Illawong Beach Weather Forecast
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Partly cloudy
- 23
- 31
Partly cloudy
- 23
- 31
Mostly sunny
- 24
- 32
Possible shower
- 25
- 31
Shower or two
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Shower or two
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Shower or two
Today 20 Jan Mackay
Medium chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. Mostly sunny day. Winds south to southeasterly 20 to 25 km/h tending east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon.
Mackay Costal Waters
Bowen to St Lawrence- Wind
- Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Mackay during the morning and early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Weather Situation
- A weak trough extends across Cape York Peninsula into North Queensland Waters north of Cairns and may become more monsoon like by the middle of this week. A tropical low may form within the trough before moving into the northwestern Coral Sea from Wednesday or Thursday. A weak ridge will extend over northern Queensland waters south of the trough until Tuesday, with a weak pressure gradient persisting for the following few days.
Illawong Beach Temperature Statistics View More
January Temperature
Mackay Airport (1km)
Lowest 1 January, 2026
22.4 °CAverage January
27.1 °CHighest 18 January, 2026
31.4 °C
Climate (2021–Present)
Mackay Airport (1km)
Average Low 2021–2026
18.7 °CAverage 2021–2026
23 °CAverage High 2021–2026
27.9 °C