Situated on the waterfront of the Northern entrance to the Hinchinbrook Channel, Cardwell is a small town with all civic facilities and a great retail centre. It is the oldest town in Tropical North Queensland and was founded in 1864. Cardwell is renowned for its great fishing, crabbing, prawning and natural attractions.
Cardwell is also situated adjacent to two World Heritage areas - the Great Barrier Reef to the east and the Wet Tropics Rainforest to the west. Distance from Brisbane (State Capital): 1,536 kilometres.
Temperatures for Cardwell
Cardwell has hot summer temperatures. The summer high temperature for Cardwell is approximately 31 °c. The summer low temperature is approximately 22 °c.
Cardwell has warm winter temperatures. The winter high temperature for Cardwell is approximately 25 °c. The winter low temperature is approximately 14 °c.
MONTH
LOW °c
HIGH °c
January
23
31
February
23
31
March
22
31
April
20
29
May
17
27
June
15
25
July
13
25
August
14
26
September
16
28
October
18
29
November
21
31
December
22
31
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