Climate Crab Claw Island Landing Ground 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin (YPDN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.8	72	84	82	91	92
February	89.3	84	82	89	88	95
March	92.3	85	87	94	95	96
April	97.2		98	96	99	99
May	99.5		99	99	100	100
June	99.1		97	99	99	100
July	99.2		100	100	99	100
August	99.2		100	99	99	99
September	98.3		99	94	98	98
October	98.1		99	94	99	99
November	96.5		93	90	98	98
December	94.6		92	93	88	95
Average	94.0	79.6	93.7	93.7	96.0	97.4

30th 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	95.9	93	95	94	97	98
February	96.4	93	93	95	99	99
March	97.5	95	97	97	100	98
April	98.7		100	98	100	100
May	99.9		100	100	100	100
June	99.8		100	100	100	100
July	99.7		100	100	100	100
August	99.7		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	99.2		100	97	100	99
November	98.4		99	94	99	99
December	98.2		99	97	95	98
Average	98.0	93.5	98.4	97.5	99.0	99.3

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	31.4	31	31	32	31	32
February	31.4	32	31	31	31	33
March	32.1	32	32	33	32	33
April	32.6		32	34	32	33
May	32.0		32	33	32	31
June	31.1		32	31	31	32
July	30.9		31	29	32	32
August	31.9		33	32	33	32
September	32.8		33	33	33	33
October	33.3		34	33	34	33
November	33.6		34	33	34	34
December	33.3		34	34	33	32
Average	32.1	31.3	32.1	32.2	32.3	32.4

20th 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	25.5	25	26	26	25	27
February	25.6	26	26	25	25	27
March	25.6	26	25	26	25	26
April	24.6		24	26	24	25
May	22.4		21	24	22	23
June	20.9		22	22	21	21
July	19.8		21	18	21	19
August	20.8		21	21	22	21
September	23.4		23	25	24	24
October	25.7		26	27	27	26
November	25.7		26	26	25	26
December	26.2		26	26	26	25
Average	24.0	25.5	23.8	24.1	24.0	24.1

91st 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	28.5	44	26	26	29	27
February	18.5	18	26	25	19	13
March	12.8	23	19	11	10	12
April	5.9		8	5	5	4
May	0.6		0	1	0	1
June	0.4		0	2	1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.7		0	2	2	1
October	4.1		2	10	2	7
November	6.1		6	13	5	3
December	9.6		6	8	16	16
Average	9.9	30.1	8.2	9.1	7.4	6.8

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	10.0	13	11	10	9	10
February	9.4	11	9	8	8	12
March	8.4	9	10	8	8	8
April	7.8		9	7	8	7
May	9.5		9	8	10	10
June	9.3		9	10	8	10
July	8.9		9	9	8	9
August	9.2		11	9	9	9
September	9.6		10	9	10	10
October	8.8		9	9	8	8
November	7.9		8	8	8	8
December	8.4		9	8	9	7
Average	9.1	10.8	9.4	8.4	8.5	9.0

20th 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	281°	298°	295°	297°	299°
February	290°	290°	337°	285°	280°
March	283°	303°	299°	332°	321°
April		067°	333°	051°	049°
May		110°	086°	094°	097°
June		063°	107°	078°	082°
July		090°	098°	051°	082°
August		069°	023°	056°	008°
September		021°	331°	038°	021°
October		330°	308°	319°	334°
November		316°	306°	322°	325°
December		297°	303°	296°	339°

Prevailing wind direction

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