RAAF Base Amberley

YAMB · Queensland, Australia

Climate RAAF Base Amberley 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAAF Base Amberley (YAMB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.6 90 96 86 98 98
February 93.9 98 99 81 97 92
March 92.4 89 94 92 90 96
April 95.4 98 96 92 100
May 91.9 98 72 96 100
June 97.6 99 99 100 96
July 95.0 96 86 95 96
August 99.0 100 98 100 97
September 98.6 99 92 100 100
October 94.1 100 84 96 99
November 95.9 89 98 94 100
December 96.8 98 98 97 96
Average 94.7 92.1 97.1 89.5 96.1 97.3

51st best VFR conditions of Australia

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 93.7 99 99 94 99 99
February 97.2 99 100 93 99 99
March 97.6 95 99 98 97 98
April 97.5 100 100 99 100
May 96.6 100 92 99 100
June 99.3 100 99 100 100
July 98.6 97 96 98 99
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.2 100 98 100 100
November 98.8 97 100 99 100
December 99.0 100 99 100 100
Average 97.9 97.4 99.2 97.2 99.0 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 31.3 31 31 30 30 33
February 30.9 31 31 29 31 30
March 29.5 29 31 29 29 29
April 26.9 27 27 26 29
May 24.0 24 23 24 24
June 22.0 23 21 21 22
July 22.0 23 20 21 22
August 24.0 25 22 24 24
September 26.6 27 24 26 27
October 27.8 30 25 29 29
November 29.4 29 29 27 31
December 31.2 32 30 30 31
Average 27.5 30.2 27.6 25.5 26.3 27.3

58th highest temperature of Australia

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 20.2 22 19 20 20 21
February 19.8 21 18 18 20 22
March 18.9 19 19 18 19 18
April 13.7 12 16 13 14
May 9.8 6 15 9 9
June 6.7 5 5 7 8
July 6.0 6 7 7 7
August 6.1 7 7 7 7
September 10.0 10 11 9 11
October 14.5 13 15 15 14
November 16.0 17 14 18 16
December 18.9 20 17 19 20
Average 14.2 20.6 12.6 13.4 13.3 13.8

24th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 13 4 13 7 9
February 12.8 10 8 25 8 27
March 12.1 17 10 10 17 11
April 6.4 6 6 8 4
May 9.4 7 34 3 5
June 4.4 1 1 5 8
July 7.3 5 17 8 10
August 3.4 3 4 3 4
September 3.6 3 7 3 2
October 10.9 3 14 5 11
November 7.6 12 6 11 2
December 5.3 4 7 7 8
Average 8.2 13.7 5.5 12.5 7.1 8.3

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 9.6 9 9 10 10 11
February 9.5 8 9 11 10 8
March 8.3 10 7 8 8 7
April 8.3 10 8 8 8
May 7.2 7 7 7 8
June 6.9 8 7 8 7
July 6.6 7 8 8 8
August 8.0 8 6 8 10
September 9.1 8 7 9 10
October 9.6 11 9 10 10
November 10.3 10 10 9 11
December 10.0 10 10 9 10
Average 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.9

58th highest wind speed of Australia

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 097° 075° 106° 084° 069°
February 091° 089° 127° 098° 083°
March 112° 058° 119° 080° 120°
April 200° 109° 164° 042°
May 261° 138° 197° 174°
June 297° 277° 282° 183°
July 242° 255° 283° 256°
August 020° 294° 327° 279°
September 074° 003° 027° 075°
October 068° 049° 015° 058°
November 069° 004° 066° 067°
December 056° 094° 092° 078°

Prevailing wind direction

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