Mount Isa Airpo

ABMA · Queensland, Australia

Climate Mount Isa Airpo 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Isa Airport (YBMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.4 87 94 86 99 90
February 91.1 82 85 97 97 99
March 89.7 92 78 99 93 95
April 96.8 97 88 99 100
May 98.5 99 95 99 100
June 97.9 98 100 95 100
July 97.7 92 96 100 100
August 99.5 100 98 100 100
September 98.5 99 95 99 100
October 99.5 99 100 99 100
November 95.3 99 97 98 100
December 87.0 99 100 100 98
Average 93.8 86.8 94.8 95.4 98.1 98.4

17th best VFR conditions of Australia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.1 97 100 97 100 99
February 98.2 97 93 100 100 100
March 96.4 99 98 99 93 99
April 98.8 100 97 99 100
May 99.4 99 100 100 100
June 98.7 100 100 97 100
July 98.9 95 98 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 99 100 100 100
October 99.7 99 100 100 100
November 95.8 99 99 99 100
December 87.2 100 100 100 99
Average 97.0 97.6 98.4 98.9 98.9 99.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.7 36 34 37 37 37
February 35.2 33 33 36 36 37
March 34.5 34 32 37 35 34
April 32.6 32 34 33 34
May 27.6 26 28 28 27
June 25.5 28 25 25 26
July 25.4 24 23 27 25
August 27.8 29 27 29 29
September 32.1 33 31 32 33
October 35.3 35 34 36 35
November 36.4 37 34 34 39
December 39.0 40 38 39 37
Average 32.6 34.1 31.8 31.7 32.4 32.7

23rd highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.0 25 24 25 26 25
February 23.3 24 22 23 25 24
March 22.0 23 20 23 23 22
April 18.7 17 21 19 19
May 14.2 11 15 15 13
June 10.8 10 11 11 12
July 9.4 11 8 8 10
August 10.4 10 11 11 11
September 15.2 14 16 16 17
October 19.6 18 21 21 20
November 22.1 22 22 22 23
December 24.3 24 23 24 25
Average 18.6 23.9 16.8 17.9 18.3 18.3

59th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 9 7 16 1 13
February 6.4 12 10 1 1 2
March 6.1 3 22 0 1 3
April 1.1 0 5 0 0
May 0.2 0 0 0 2
June 0.7 0 3 3 0
July 1.2 5 3 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 0.7 0 4 0 2
October 1.6 0 3 2 1
November 2.2 3 2 3 0
December 1.0 3 0 1 2
Average 3.1 8.2 4.3 3.3 0.9 2.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.1 9 8 10 9 9
February 9.1 9 10 9 9 8
March 9.2 9 10 9 9 9
April 9.2 9 9 10 9
May 9.5 10 9 10 9
June 9.0 7 10 9 9
July 9.1 9 10 9 9
August 9.6 9 10 9 10
September 9.4 10 9 11 10
October 9.2 9 10 9 9
November 9.3 9 10 10 9
December 9.2 9 9 9 9
Average 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.4 9.3 9.0

23rd highest wind speed of Australia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 061° 088° 020° 108° 064°
February 079° 089° 140° 075° 138°
March 081° 113° 142° 111° 102°
April 137° 126° 131° 132°
May 136° 144° 128° 136°
June 121° 131° 136° 129°
July 133° 143° 152° 139°
August 112° 127° 134° 145°
September 094° 139° 090° 091°
October 135° 006° 013° 144°
November 090° 148° 109° 092°
December 137° 148° 115° 123°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.