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View the current smoke and dust levels across Queensland and general guidance on what actions to take to protect your health during a smoke event

    Air quality data is available from 1 January 2016. Individual stations have been monitoring for different time periods so data may not be available for all possible times.
    Cairns station began monitoring air quality on 9 March 2023.

Solar radiation at Cairns, Sunday 3 November 2024 about Solar radiation

Cairns station overview

None of the data is validated (0% validated, 0/24 records)

None of the data is validated (0% validated, 0/48 records)

About Solar radiation

Measuring solar radiation is beneficial for modelling photochemical smog events, as the intensity of sunlight has an important influence on the rate of the chemical reactions that produce the smog. The cloudiness of the sky, time of day and geographic location all affect sunlight intensity.

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Last updated
8 July 2024