Wallace Bay Airport

MY-0028 · Sabah, Malaysia

Climate Wallace Bay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tawau Airport (WBKW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.7 99 96 99 98 98
February 98.6 98 97 99 100 98
March 98.7 100 99 97 99 99
April 98.2 99 97 98 99
May 98.7 100 97 99 99
June 98.7 100 99 99 97
July 99.1 99 99 99 99
August 99.4 100 99 99 98
September 95.8 99 98 99 99
October 97.7 93 99 98 98
November 97.5 98 96 97 97
December 97.9 98 99 98 99
Average 98.2 98.7 98.0 98.1 98.6 98.2

2nd 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 99.2 100 98 100 99 100
February 99.3 100 100 99 100 98
March 99.4 100 100 99 100 99
April 99.4 100 99 99 100
May 99.4 100 99 99 100
June 99.5 100 100 100 99
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 97.7 100 99 100 99
October 99.4 98 100 100 99
November 99.1 99 99 98 99
December 99.2 100 100 99 100
Average 99.3 99.7 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4

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 30.8 32 31 31 30 31
February 31.6 32 31 31 31 32
March 31.7 32 32 32 31 32
April 31.6 32 31 31 32
May 31.6 32 31 31 32
June 31.4 32 31 31 31
July 31.1 31 31 31 31
August 31.3 32 31 31 31
September 31.4 32 32 31 31
October 31.7 33 31 32 31
November 31.6 32 31 31 31
December 31.1 32 31 31 31
Average 31.5 32.1 31.8 31.1 31.0 31.5

17th 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 23.7 25 23 24 24 24
February 23.6 24 24 24 24 24
March 23.9 25 24 24 24 24
April 24.1 24 24 24 24
May 24.5 25 24 24 25
June 24.0 24 24 24 24
July 23.8 25 24 24 24
August 23.9 25 24 24 24
September 23.8 25 24 24 24
October 23.9 24 24 24 24
November 23.7 24 24 24 24
December 23.9 24 24 24 24
Average 23.9 24.4 24.2 23.7 23.8 23.9

3rd 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 7.6 5 7 5 12 8
February 4.2 7 9 4 2 4
March 3.7 3 4 5 3 3
April 3.6 3 7 3 2
May 4.9 2 13 4 4
June 4.8 1 6 4 8
July 4.4 6 6 4 7
August 3.3 3 4 6 6
September 4.7 3 8 7 7
October 4.9 1 5 7 13
November 6.5 6 10 10 8
December 6.8 7 7 8 6
Average 4.9 4.8 4.1 6.6 5.8 6.1

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 3.8 4 4 3 3 5
February 4.6 5 4 4 4 6
March 4.7 5 4 4 4 6
April 4.3 4 4 4 5
May 3.9 4 3 3 5
June 4.1 4 4 4 4
July 4.7 5 4 5 4
August 5.0 5 5 5 5
September 4.6 5 4 4 5
October 4.6 5 4 5 4
November 4.0 4 3 4 4
December 3.7 4 3 4 3
Average 4.3 4.5 4.2 3.7 3.9 4.5

17th 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 042° 165° 098° 162° 081°
February 056° 092° 095° 125° 035°
March 091° 112° 151° 141° 112°
April 147° 146° 160° 127°
May 168° 155° 155° 152°
June 169° 159° 165° 163°
July 182° 173° 188° 162°
August 179° 173° 172° 172°
September 180° 170° 178° 172°
October 167° 168° 168° 179°
November 152° 163° 169° 159°
December 123° 172° 141° 169°

Prevailing wind direction

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