Climate Station Mike Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kota Kinabalu International Airport (WBKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	97.3	98	95	99	93	99
February	98.1	100	94	97	100	100
March	98.9	100	99	95	98	100
April	98.3		98	96	99	99
May	97.5		99	98	98	97
June	96.3		99	96	98	95
July	94.9		90	92	97	93
August	96.7		97	98	96	97
September	90.6		94	93	94	94
October	95.2		99	95	97	90
November	95.6		94	96	96	95
December	96.9		99	92	99	99
Average	96.7	99.2	96.2	95.8	97.0	96.4

11th best VFR conditions of Malaysia

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	98	100	96	99
February	99.0	100	97	99	100	100
March	99.4	100	100	98	99	100
April	99.1		99	98	100	99
May	98.4		99	99	98	98
June	98.1		99	99	99	99
July	97.3		94	95	98	98
August	98.4		99	99	99	99
September	96.6		98	96	98	98
October	97.6		99	98	99	95
November	97.4		95	98	98	98
December	98.8		100	96	100	99
Average	98.4	99.5	97.9	97.8	98.5	98.4

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	31.3	32	31	31	30	32
February	31.2	32	31	31	30	32
March	31.8	33	31	31	32	33
April	32.8		33	32	32	33
May	33.1		34	33	32	33
June	32.5		34	32	32	32
July	32.3		32	32	32	32
August	32.4		33	32	32	32
September	31.9		32	31	31	31
October	31.8		33	31	32	31
November	31.9		33	31	32	31
December	31.6		33	31	31	31
Average	32.1	32.4	32.4	31.5	31.4	31.8

9th highest temperature of Malaysia

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	24.2	25	24	24	24	25
February	23.8	24	24	24	24	24
March	24.3	25	24	24	24	25
April	24.9		25	24	25	25
May	25.3		26	25	25	26
June	24.8		25	25	25	24
July	24.4		25	24	25	24
August	24.6		25	24	24	25
September	24.3		25	24	24	24
October	24.4		25	25	24	24
November	24.0		23	24	24	24
December	24.4		25	24	25	24
Average	24.5	24.8	24.5	24.2	24.3	24.4

13th lowest temperature of Malaysia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.4	3	9	6	17	4
February	6.7	4	12	8	7	1
March	4.6	0	2	11	3	4
April	4.4		2	9	3	3
May	4.0		1	4	3	4
June	6.8		3	8	3	9
July	9.1		14	11	5	10
August	7.1		8	8	9	5
September	10.4		10	12	11	12
October	10.9		6	10	6	19
November	8.5		6	10	5	10
December	8.9		5	13	6	6
Average	7.0	2.4	6.4	9.0	6.5	7.2

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.0	4	4	4	4	5
February	4.5	4	4	4	5	5
March	4.4	5	5	4	4	5
April	4.5		4	5	5	5
May	4.2		4	4	4	5
June	4.1		4	4	4	5
July	4.4		5	4	5	5
August	4.4		4	4	5	5
September	4.4		4	4	5	5
October	4.9		4	5	5	5
November	4.3		4	4	4	5
December	4.2		4	4	4	5
Average	4.4	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.5	4.8

9th highest wind speed of Malaysia

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	015°	008°	003°	286°	341°
February	358°	005°	343°	341°	346°
March	355°	347°	296°	308°	319°
April		307°	225°	272°	303°
May		229°	237°	253°	287°
June		197°	217°	246°	250°
July		204°	206°	224°	249°
August		184°	206°	224°	258°
September		176°	212°	225°	238°
October		190°	206°	222°	229°
November		126°	056°	241°	268°
December		054°	136°	304°	258°

Prevailing wind direction

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