Climate Île Art - Waala Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Tontouta International Airport (NWWW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.8	96	88	70	87	100
February	86.6	91	88	76	90	98
March	91.4	93	90	86	98	96
April	89.1		83	87	81	94
May	92.4		92	89	90	95
June	93.5		99	90	93	93
July	93.2		96	81	89	96
August	93.1		99	81	99	92
September	94.0		85	93	96	94
October	95.3		89	98	91	94
November	94.3		100	77	93	98
December	92.7		96	75	92	93
Average	92.2	93.4	91.9	83.5	91.5	95.4

1st best VFR conditions of New Caledonia

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	97.3	99	97	91	96	100
February	96.7	97	98	94	98	99
March	98.2	99	98	98	99	98
April	96.7		95	95	97	98
May	99.2		100	100	97	100
June	99.2		100	98	100	100
July	98.6		100	96	99	98
August	98.3		100	97	100	99
September	98.3		97	100	99	98
October	99.4		100	99	99	99
November	98.7		100	95	99	99
December	98.2		100	94	98	98
Average	98.2	98.6	98.6	96.4	98.1	98.6

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	31.5	34	31	30	30	32
February	31.1	31	31	31	31	33
March	30.6	30	31	31	30	31
April	28.7		29	29	28	29
May	26.9		27	28	27	26
June	25.3		25	26	26	26
July	24.9		24	27	25	25
August	25.0		25	26	26	25
September	26.2		25	28	26	26
October	28.7		27	29	29	29
November	30.1		29	30	30	31
December	31.5		33	31	31	31
Average	28.7	31.7	28.1	28.7	28.1	28.6

1st highest temperature of New Caledonia

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	21.9	23	22	22	23	21
February	22.6	23	22	23	22	24
March	21.8	23	22	22	21	22
April	20.4		21	21	21	20
May	18.2		18	19	19	18
June	16.2		14	18	17	16
July	15.3		15	19	16	16
August	15.3		15	17	15	16
September	16.0		17	18	16	17
October	18.2		18	19	19	19
November	19.1		18	21	20	19
December	21.1		21	22	21	22
Average	19.3	22.7	18.3	19.8	18.9	19.0

1st lowest temperature of New Caledonia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	28.3	27	36	41	40	15
February	38.6	33	30	51	44	30
March	27.9	42	25	26	26	27
April	27.7		37	36	39	11
May	21.8		12	22	29	22
June	13.9		7	28	21	10
July	14.8		12	26	16	13
August	16.3		23	35	7	6
September	13.1		26	15	5	22
October	15.4		24	18	23	17
November	16.0		0	29	33	18
December	21.2		16	38	21	20
Average	22.9	34.0	20.4	30.3	25.5	17.8

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	10.3	9	8	10	10	13
February	9.8	10	10	8	8	9
March	9.2	11	11	8	9	10
April	9.5		7	9	9	11
May	8.4		8	9	8	8
June	7.7		9	7	7	9
July	8.3		11	7	8	9
August	9.4		12	9	10	9
September	10.4		11	8	11	11
October	10.1		9	10	9	10
November	11.1		14	9	10	11
December	10.5		12	8	9	10
Average	9.6	9.8	10.2	8.4	9.0	9.9

1st highest wind speed of New Caledonia

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	196°	201°	151°	144°	155°
February	149°	168°	178°	186°	159°
March	143°	155°	190°	165°	157°
April		202°	176°	147°	146°
May		165°	149°	165°	161°
June		171°	163°	171°	152°
July		153°	166°	184°	157°
August		148°	161°	163°	186°
September		158°	184°	167°	143°
October		148°	151°	179°	173°
November		158°	174°	176°	177°
December		177°	201°	177°	148°

Prevailing wind direction

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