Cairns weather API
Live Bureau of Meteorology observations for Cairns, QLD, as a flat JSON API. One bearer token, one call. Returns temperature, humidity, wind, and rainfall on a 30-minute refresh.
Latitude
-16.9186
Longitude
145.7781
State
QLD
Station
031011
Get current weather
cURL
curl https://api.ausdata.io/v1/weather/cairns \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Python
import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.ausdata.io/v1/weather/cairns",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY"},
)
print(r.json())What you get back
- temperature_c
- feels_like_c
- humidity_pct
- wind_kmh
- wind_direction
- rainfall_mm_24h
- pressure_hpa
- observed_at
Notes
- BOM updates observations every 30 minutes. We cache responses to match.
- Station 031011 is the primary Cairns observation site. Some fields may be null after equipment outages.
- For forecasts, use /v1/forecast/cairns. For history, /v1/weather/history with station=031011.
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