Climate Broome Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Broome International Airport (YBRM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.2	69	63	78	87	82
February	89.4	78	91	90	95	93
March	93.7	90	93	88	87	98
April	93.8		96	95	98	70
May	97.8		100	97	99	98
June	98.0		91	97	98	100
July	97.9		97	100	98	100
August	98.6		97	98	99	99
September	98.7		98	99	99	99
October	95.8		91	94	98	94
November	96.2		92	93	98	98
December	92.7		89	98	91	89
Average	92.5	78.7	91.3	92.8	95.4	93.1

34th 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	95.8	99	84	93	100	97
February	98.8	99	98	99	100	99
March	99.3	99	99	98	100	100
April	95.5		100	100	99	71
May	98.2		100	99	99	100
June	99.5		98	100	100	100
July	98.6		100	100	99	100
August	99.1		99	98	99	99
September	99.2		98	100	99	99
October	99.8		99	100	100	100
November	99.6		99	98	100	100
December	99.4		100	100	100	99
Average	98.6	99.4	97.7	98.4	99.5	97.1

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	32.7	33	31	33	34	33
February	32.6	34	33	34	33	33
March	33.5	33	34	34	33	34
April	34.1		32	35	34	34
May	31.9		30	32	32	31
June	29.4		28	30	29	31
July	29.4		28	28	29	30
August	31.0		32	31	32	31
September	32.1		32	32	33	33
October	32.7		35	32	33	32
November	33.3		33	32	34	34
December	33.7		34	34	34	33
Average	32.3	33.2	31.7	32.1	32.3	32.3

22nd 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	27.0	29	26	27	27	27
February	26.8	29	26	26	27	27
March	26.5	26	27	27	25	28
April	23.6		23	25	22	26
May	17.9		15	21	19	19
June	15.9		17	17	18	16
July	13.9		15	11	16	14
August	15.2		16	16	16	16
September	19.5		20	22	20	21
October	23.8		23	24	23	23
November	26.3		27	25	26	27
December	27.7		27	28	29	27
Average	22.6	27.6	21.7	22.2	22.2	22.3

82nd 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	9.8	0	23	9	8	10
February	4.4	1	6	4	1	2
March	3.1	6	1	7	4	0
April	0.8		5	0	0	0
May	0.6		0	2	0	2
June	0.2		1	1	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.1		1	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.5		0	2	0	2
December	1.9		0	0	0	7
Average	2.1	2.4	2.9	2.5	1.1	2.0

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	10.8	11	11	11	10	11
February	10.0	11	8	9	10	11
March	8.7	8	8	8	9	10
April	8.3		8	7	9	9
May	8.7		8	8	8	9
June	8.6		7	8	9	8
July	8.3		8	8	9	9
August	9.1		8	9	9	9
September	9.3		8	9	9	10
October	10.3		9	10	10	11
November	10.6		10	10	11	11
December	10.8		11	10	11	10
Average	9.5	9.9	8.8	8.8	9.6	9.8

22nd 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	287°	267°	271°	276°	289°
February	285°	283°	262°	274°	281°
March	283°	264°	262°	194°	262°
April		128°	200°	119°	256°
May		099°	126°	119°	110°
June		147°	128°	129°	120°
July		122°	129°	186°	115°
August		093°	127°	156°	218°
September		278°	244°	208°	271°
October		302°	258°	264°	267°
November		291°	274°	258°	269°
December		272°	286°	296°	271°

Prevailing wind direction

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