Weather in Mount Coolum

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 7:21 pm (GMT+10)

Now · light drizzle 68 °F

Feels like: 70 °F
Low / high: 60 / 78 °F
Rain: 8% · 0.01 in
Wind: 5 mph E

↗ 30.21 inHg · rising UV 12 · extreme

Today in Mount Coolum: light drizzle, 60 °F to 78 °F, with a 8% chance of rain (0.01 in) and a light breeze from the east (5 mph). Tomorrow, light drizzle, 63 °F to 76 °F and a 10% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Monday 2, at 87 °F. Next likely rain: Monday 2 (69%).

Measured now at the airport

Sunshine Coast (YBSU), 2.6 mi away · 21 min ago

Visibility6.2 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature72 °F

Wind10 mph from the east

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

78° 60°
Today
76° 63°
Fri 30
76° 65°
Sat 31
82° 61°
Sun 1
87° 66°
Mon 2
80° 69°
Tue 3
84° 66°
Wed 4
91° 62°
Thu 5
79° 67°
Fri 6
86° 68°
Sat 7
74° 66°
Sun 8
70° 66°
Mon 9
71° 63°
Tue 10
75° 62°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 29	Light drizzle	60 / 78 °F	8% · 0.01 in	10 mph SE	2.6 ft	10:09 am · 10:11 pm	ECMWF
Fri 30	Light drizzle	63 / 76 °F	10% · 0.01 in	9 mph ESE	2.8 ft	11:04 am · 11:09 pm	ECMWF
Sat 31	Partly cloudy	65 / 76 °F	24%	8 mph NE	2.8 ft	12:05 pm	ECMWF
Sun 1	Light drizzle	61 / 82 °F	29% · 0.04 in	8 mph NNW	3.2 ft	12:23 am · 1:16 pm	ECMWF
Mon 2	Light drizzle	66 / 87 °F	69% · 0.04 in	8 mph NNW	2.8 ft	2:00 am · 2:30 pm	ECMWF
Tue 3	Light showers	69 / 80 °F	57% · 0.28 in	11 mph NNW	2.6 ft	3:25 am · 3:36 pm	ECMWF
Wed 4	Light showers	66 / 84 °F	65% · 0.43 in	10 mph NNW	3.4 ft	4:27 am · 4:30 pm	ECMWF
Thu 5	Clear sky	62 / 91 °F	37%	7 mph NW	3.4 ft	5:17 am · 5:17 pm	ECMWF
Fri 6	Light drizzle	67 / 79 °F	25% · 0.07 in	8 mph SE	2.6 ft	6:00 am · 5:57 pm	ECMWF
Sat 7	Overcast	68 / 86 °F	43%	9 mph NNW	3.7 ft	6:40 am · 6:35 pm	ECMWF
Sun 8	Drizzle	66 / 74 °F	46% · 0.46 in	13 mph SE	8.1 ft	7:17 am · 7:10 pm	ECMWF
Mon 9	Light drizzle	66 / 70 °F	49% · 0.06 in	12 mph SE	7.9 ft	7:53 am · 7:44 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Light drizzle	63 / 71 °F	35% · 0.15 in	10 mph ESE	5.8 ft	8:28 am · 8:18 pm	ECMWF
Wed 11	Light drizzle	62 / 75 °F	25% · 0.14 in	9 mph E	5.4 ft	9:03 am · 8:53 pm	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Mainly clear	Clear	Clear sky	Clear sky	Mainly clear	Mainly clear	Overcast	Light drizzle
Temperature	64°	60°	66°	76°	77°	74°	70°	68°
Chance of rain	8%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	2%	0%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	4 WSW	5 WSW	4 SSW	8 SSE	10 SE	10 ESE	6 E	6 E
Humidity	85%	81%	63%	46%	54%	62%	73%	76%
UV	0	0	0	8	12	3	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Low confidence

They don't agree on rain on Sunday 1: it may change, so check again closer to the day.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	78°	76°	76°	82°	87°	80°	84°
AIFS	77°	75°	75°	80°	80°	78°	87°
GFS	76°	74°	76°	82°	85°	78°	90°
ICON	80°	78°	78°	86°	87°	87°	92°
Confidence	high	high	high	medium	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0.01 in	0.01 in	0	0.04 in	0.04 in	0.28 in	0.43 in
AIFS	0	0	0.05 in	0.22 in	0.04 in	0.37 in	0.08 in
GFS	0	0	0	0.09 in	0.09 in	2.99 in	0.07 in
ICON	0	0	0	0.02 in	0.18 in	0.26 in	0
Confidence	high	high	medium	low	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	1025	923	820	821	825	1120	1032
AIFS	10	7	6	9	8	7	9
GFS	1013	610	89	1124	825	826	825
ICON	924	822	514	821	619	1236	925
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	8%	10%	24%	29%	69%	57%	65%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	6%	6%	16%	38%	64%	71%	49%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

The next few weeks look normal for the time of year.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	A bit above +1.8 °F	A bit below −22%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal −0.4 °F	Normal	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Normal +0.5 °F	Normal	80° / 67°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Normal +0.5 °F	Normal	81° / 67°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Normal +0.7 °F	Normal	82° / 69°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	A bit above +0.9 °F	Normal
December	A bit above +1.8 °F	Normal
January	A bit above +2.0 °F	Normal
February	A bit above +2.2 °F	Normal
March	A bit above +2.0 °F	A bit below −25%

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give. The long-range sea temperature isn't usable at this spot (the model's grid cell falls on land).

Mount Coolum climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Mount Coolum is from August to September: highs of 73 °F to 76 °F, about 5 rainy days a month and 8 hours of sunshine a day.

Tropical cyclones rarely pass near Mount Coolum: one within 93 mi in the last 30 years (1996–2025), Alfred, in March 2025.

85° 70°

JanJ
85° 70°

FebF
83° 69°

MarM
79° 64°

AprA
75° 58°

MayM
71° 55°

JunJ
70° 52°

JulJ
73° 51°

AugA
76° 56°

SepS
79° 60°

OctO
82° 65°

NovN
84° 68°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves
JanuaryJan	85°	70°	7.68 in	12	8.1	79°	5.1 ft
FebruaryFeb	85°	70°	7.37 in	13	7.4	80°	6.0 ft
MarchMar	83°	69°	6.44 in	13	6.9	79°	5.8 ft
AprilApr	79°	64°	4.48 in	11	6.6	77°	5.5 ft
MayMay	75°	58°	4.30 in	10	6.6	74°	5.1 ft
JuneJun	71°	55°	3.43 in	9	6.4	72°	5.5 ft
JulyJul	70°	52°	2.48 in	6	7.1	69°	4.8 ft
AugustAug	73°	51°	2.34 in	5	7.9	69°	4.4 ft
SeptemberSep	76°	56°	1.91 in	5	8.9	70°	4.5 ft
OctoberOct	79°	60°	3.94 in	7	8.3	72°	4.6 ft
NovemberNov	82°	65°	3.55 in	9	9.0	75°	4.4 ft
DecemberDec	84°	68°	6.10 in	11	8.6	77°	5.0 ft

Month	Water	Waves
Jan	79°	5.1 ft
Feb	80°	6.0 ft
Mar	79°	5.8 ft
Apr	77°	5.5 ft
May	74°	5.1 ft
Jun	72°	5.5 ft
Jul	69°	4.8 ft
Aug	69°	4.4 ft
Sep	70°	4.5 ft
Oct	72°	4.6 ft
Nov	75°	4.4 ft
Dec	77°	5.0 ft

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 54.04 in of rain on about 110 days and about 2,800 hours of sunshine.

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now68 °Ffeels like 70 °F

Tomorrow63 / 76 °F

It's 68 °F now (feels like 70 °F). Today, 60 °F to 78 °F; tomorrow, 63 °F to 76 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 8% 0.01 in
Fri 30 10% 0.01 in
Sat 31 24%
Sun 1 29% 0.04 in
Mon 2 69% 0.04 in
Tue 3 57% 0.28 in
Wed 4 65% 0.43 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 8%, with 0.01 in in total. The next day with likely rain is Monday 2: 69% and 0.04 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.01 in; last 3 days, 0.97 in; last 7 days, 4.44 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity77%

Dew point61 °F

Humidity is 77% now and the dew point is 61 °F.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds100%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak12extreme

Fri 30: 11 · Sat 31: 9 · Sun 1: 11

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising · now Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

30.1030.2030.30 30.08

Rising now (+0.06 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.11 inHg. Rising pressure: anglers say fish bite less for a while. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityFair · 37

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 28	Showers	65 / 82 °F	0.72 in	17 mph SW
Tue 27	Drizzle	68 / 83 °F	0.22 in	9 mph SE
Mon 26	Showers	70 / 91 °F	0.51 in	10 mph NW
Sun 25	Rain	67 / 73 °F	1.08 in	10 mph N
Sat 24	Light rain	65 / 73 °F	1.10 in	8 mph NNE
Fri 23	Heavy drizzle	65 / 74 °F	0.65 in	8 mph NNE
Thu 22	Heavy rain	64 / 68 °F	3.13 in	9 mph NE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Light rain	62 / 76 °F	0.57 in	8 mph NE
Tue 20	Light drizzle	63 / 76 °F	0.13 in	8 mph E
Mon 19	Rain	62 / 66 °F	1.00 in	7 mph ESE
Sun 18	Light drizzle	62 / 71 °F	0.14 in	11 mph ESE
Sat 17	Drizzle	60 / 71 °F	0.42 in	13 mph ESE
Fri 16	Drizzle	61 / 67 °F	0.23 in	9 mph ESE
Thu 15	Drizzle	62 / 71 °F	0.25 in	13 mph SE
Wed 14	Drizzle	65 / 77 °F	0.40 in	12 mph SE
Tue 13	Light showers	70 / 85 °F	0.23 in	9 mph NW
Mon 12	Drizzle	68 / 82 °F	0.11 in	10 mph N
Sun 11	Drizzle	66 / 80 °F	0.16 in	7 mph N
Sat 10	Light drizzle	62 / 81 °F	0.12 in	8 mph NNW
Fri 9	Light drizzle	58 / 75 °F	0.04 in	10 mph N
Thu 8	Light drizzle	62 / 71 °F	0.07 in	11 mph SE
Wed 7	Heavy drizzle	66 / 79 °F	0.27 in	11 mph SSE
Tue 6	Heavy drizzle	63 / 76 °F	0.15 in	9 mph NW
Mon 5	Light drizzle	60 / 78 °F	0.01 in	9 mph N
Sun 4	Overcast	61 / 77 °F	0	9 mph NE
Sat 3	Overcast	53 / 76 °F	0	7 mph ENE
Fri 2	Mainly clear	56 / 74 °F	0	7 mph E
Thu 1	Mainly clear	57 / 73 °F	0	7 mph E
Wed 30	Overcast	57 / 72 °F	0	9 mph SE
Tue 29	Light drizzle	60 / 67 °F	0.12 in	12 mph SE

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in Mount CoolumQuestions

What's the weather like today in Mount Coolum?

Light drizzle, from 60 °F to 78 °F, with a light breeze from the east (5 mph) and a 8% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Mount Coolum?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 10% (0.01 in): light drizzle.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 60 °F and a high of 87 °F; the warmest day, Monday 2.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 12 (extreme). Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.21 inHg and rising: +0.13 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Mount Coolum?

The best time to visit Mount Coolum is from August to September: highs of 73 °F to 76 °F, about 5 rainy days a month and 8 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Mount Coolum in October?

In October, Mount Coolum normally sees highs of 79 °F and lows of 60 °F, with about 7 rainy days (3.94 in for the month) and 8 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 72 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Mount Coolum?

The warmest is January, with average highs of 85 °F, and the coldest August, with lows of 51 °F. The wettest is January (7.68 in) and the driest, September.

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Weather near Mount Coolum

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 7.3 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 7:21 pm (local time).

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