Gasuke Airport

AYGS · Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Climate Gasuke Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (AYMH) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 91.3 98 81 84 94 96
February 91.1 95 91 73 96 87
March 90.5 94 73 90 93 93
April 91.8 85 86 93 94
May 91.8 92 82 85 96 91
June 94.0 90 85 98 92
July 92.7 84 83 96 95
August 92.2 89 71 95 95
September 92.7 93 72 99 99
October 94.0 94 78 98 98
November 94.4 97 80 100 98
December 89.1 93 71 97 92
Average 92.7 94.7 87.5 79.9 96.2 94.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 98.7 100 99 99 99 100
February 98.9 99 99 99 100 97
March 98.6 99 100 100 99 99
April 98.6 99 99 100 98
May 98.2 100 100 95 99 99
June 98.8 98 98 99 99
July 99.2 98 99 99 99
August 99.6 100 99 100 100
September 98.6 98 97 100 100
October 99.4 100 100 100 100
November 98.5 99 99 100 99
December 97.8 99 99 100 99
Average 98.2 99.4 99.0 98.6 99.4 99.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 16.4 26.1 25.6 24.6 24.6 1.3
February 15.1 24.8 25.5 24.0 16.8 1.5
March 16.8 25.3 25.3 22.5 21.3 0.0
April 16.8 25.8 20.8 24.6 0.0
May 18.6 25.1 25.1 24.3 24.6 0.0
June 17.2 24.6 23.3 24.6 0.0
July 19.0 23.8 23.6 24.3 18.3
August 17.4 24.8 23.3 24.8 24.8
September 17.4 25.1 23.8 24.6 25.3
October 17.5 25.0 24.6 25.8 25.1
November 20.7 23.3 25.6 25.3 25.6
December 21.1 23.8 25.5 24.5 25.1
Average 18.9 25.3 24.8 23.8 23.8 12.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.2 14.4 15.0 13.1 15.4 0.0
February 8.1 12.9 14.4 14.8 9.9 0.0
March 8.9 15.3 16.1 3.3 11.8 0.0
April 8.6 15.8 2.7 15.4 0.0
May 11.0 15.4 15.5 13.0 14.1 0.0
June 9.6 15.0 10.4 13.8 0.0
July 9.7 14.4 6.0 14.3 10.8
August 9.3 13.5 13.5 9.1 14.0
September 9.5 14.9 10.5 11.0 15.5
October 8.8 12.6 8.0 13.8 15.5
November 10.6 11.5 11.1 15.4 15.8
December 11.2 7.5 13.0 15.9 16.3
Average 10.7 14.5 13.8 9.9 13.2 7.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 11.3 6 8 13 9 18
February 13.6 8 8 22 6 36
March 13.3 11 9 10 6 25
April 13.0 12 15 5 22
May 8.7 10 9 20 7 8
June 6.9 4 9 1 9
July 6.8 9 7 5 9
August 8.0 11 5 6 6
September 9.8 9 7 8 7
October 13.0 10 6 10 12
November 11.7 11 4 11 10
December 12.3 13 5 28 12
Average 9.2 8.6 9.4 10.1 8.0 14.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.9 8 8 8 6 6
February 7.0 8 9 8 6 6
March 6.6 8 8 8 6 6
April 6.7 7 8 8 6
May 6.5 7 7 8 6 6
June 6.4 8 7 6 5
July 6.6 8 8 6 5
August 7.2 7 10 6 5
September 7.5 8 10 7 5
October 7.2 8 9 8 6
November 7.6 9 9 8 5
December 7.5 8 8 7 7
Average 6.7 7.7 8.0 8.3 6.7 5.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 043° 270° 097° 263° 098°
February 057° 250° 206° 259° 253°
March 057° 264° 109° 090° 121°
April 049° 085° 262° 143°
May 048° 040° 248° 035° 278°
June 264° 215° 093° 013°
July 251° 263° 119° 112°
August 305° 263° 277° 298°
September 168° 256° 107° 171°
October 061° 239° 098° 146°
November 050° 243° 116° 099°
December 057° 265° 239° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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