Climate Zuebak Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (AYMH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.3	81	84	94	96	97
February	90.5	91	73	96	87	99
March	90.0	73	90	93	93	97
April	93.1		86	93	94	99
May	93.6		85	96	91	100
June	94.7		85	98	92	100
July	94.3		83	96	95	100
August	92.7		71	95	95	99
September	92.7		72	99	99	100
October	94.0		78	98	98	100
November	94.1		80	100	98	98
December	88.4		71	97	92	97
Average	91.7	81.8	79.9	96.2	94.2	98.6

2nd best VFR conditions of Papua New Guinea

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	98.5	99	99	99	100	97
February	98.9	99	99	100	97	99
March	98.6	100	100	99	99	97
April	98.6		99	100	98	99
May	97.7		95	99	99	100
June	99.0		98	99	99	100
July	99.3		99	99	99	100
August	99.5		99	100	100	100
September	98.7		97	100	100	100
October	99.4		100	100	100	100
November	98.4		99	100	99	98
December	97.6		99	100	99	100
Average	98.1	99.2	98.6	99.4	99.0	98.9

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	15.1	26	25	25	1	0
February	13.7	26	24	17	2	5
March	15.6	25	23	21	0	18
April	15.3		21	25	0	25
May	16.4		24	25	0	25
June	16.0		23	25	0	25
July	18.2		24	24	18	21
August	16.1		23	25	25	1
September	16.1		24	25	25	0
October	16.3		25	26	25	0
November	20.2		26	25	26	20
December	20.7		26	25	25	25
Average	18.2	25.5	23.8	23.8	12.3	13.6

3rd highest temperature of Papua New Guinea

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	8.5	15	13	15	0	0
February	7.4	14	15	10	0	2
March	8.0	16	3	12	0	11
April	7.4		3	15	0	13
May	9.5		13	14	0	15
June	8.7		10	14	0	14
July	8.9		6	14	11	7
August	8.6		14	9	14	0
September	8.7		11	11	16	0
October	8.2		8	14	16	0
November	10.4		11	15	16	6
December	11.8		13	16	16	12
Average	10.4	15.2	9.9	13.2	7.4	6.5

1st lowest temperature of Papua New Guinea

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.1	8	13	9	18	21
February	14.5	8	22	6	36	21
March	13.6	9	10	6	25	30
April	13.2		15	5	22	24
May	8.4		20	7	8	11
June	7.4		9	1	9	15
July	6.4		7	5	9	13
August	7.6		5	6	6	10
September	9.8		7	8	7	19
October	13.5		6	10	12	20
November	11.8		4	11	10	22
December	12.2		5	28	12	21
Average	9.1	8.3	10.1	8.0	14.2	18.8

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	6.8	8	8	6	6	8
February	6.9	9	8	6	6	6
March	6.5	8	8	6	6	6
April	6.6		8	8	6	6
May	6.2		8	6	6	6
June	6.2		7	6	5	6
July	6.3		8	6	5	6
August	7.1		10	6	5	7
September	7.4		10	7	5	7
October	7.0		9	8	6	7
November	7.4		9	8	5	6
December	7.4		8	7	7	5
Average	6.6	8.3	8.3	6.7	5.5	6.4

3rd highest wind speed of Papua New Guinea

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	270°	097°	263°	098°	273°
February	250°	206°	259°	253°	270°
March	264°	109°	090°	121°	267°
April		085°	262°	143°	271°
May		248°	035°	278°	128°
June		215°	093°	013°	203°
July		263°	119°	112°	253°
August		263°	277°	298°	244°
September		256°	107°	171°	206°
October		239°	098°	146°	196°
November		243°	116°	099°	243°
December		265°	239°	275°	130°

Prevailing wind direction

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