Alice Springs Airport

YBAS · Northern Territory, Australia

Climate Alice Springs Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alice Springs Airport (YBAS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.8 100 86 92 100 95
February 97.9 99 99 95 95 97
March 94.0 80 98 100 88 95
April 97.8 91 96 100 100
May 99.5 100 99 100 100
June 96.3 91 94 95 100
July 97.7 89 100 98 99
August 99.2 100 100 100 98
September 98.1 99 97 98 100
October 97.9 100 99 98 92
November 97.1 98 98 96 99
December 97.4 96 100 100 89
Average 96.9 92.7 95.6 97.2 97.2 96.8

2nd 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 98.5 100 95 99 100 97
February 98.8 99 100 97 98 98
March 97.3 91 100 100 94 98
April 99.1 94 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 98.5 97 97 97 100
July 99.2 96 100 99 100
August 99.4 100 100 100 99
September 99.1 99 97 100 100
October 99.1 100 99 99 96
November 99.1 100 99 100 100
December 99.0 99 100 100 96
Average 98.7 96.5 98.2 98.8 98.8 98.5

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 36.6 39 33 36 35 37
February 35.8 38 35 33 35 36
March 33.6 32 35 35 31 33
April 29.2 27 30 27 31
May 23.0 21 23 24 22
June 20.0 22 19 19 20
July 21.5 20 20 23 20
August 23.7 26 23 23 26
September 28.3 30 26 27 31
October 31.7 31 31 32 30
November 32.9 34 30 29 37
December 36.5 37 35 36 32
Average 30.1 35.8 29.3 28.1 28.4 29.4

43rd 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 23.6 25 22 23 22 25
February 21.0 24 20 17 21 22
March 18.8 21 19 17 19 19
April 13.5 13 14 10 16
May 7.1 4 9 7 7
June 4.3 7 5 5 3
July 4.2 5 1 7 3
August 6.1 7 6 5 9
September 11.2 11 11 12 15
October 16.1 12 16 17 16
November 18.7 20 17 16 22
December 21.2 20 20 21 22
Average 14.8 23.1 13.2 12.7 13.4 14.7

18th 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 3.9 1 10 8 1 2
February 1.5 2 0 5 0 2
March 4.6 15 0 0 10 5
April 1.5 7 0 0 0
May 0.7 1 1 0 0
June 2.2 11 2 2 1
July 0.7 5 0 0 0
August 0.3 0 2 0 0
September 1.9 0 6 2 0
October 1.9 0 3 3 6
November 4.3 4 10 6 2
December 2.7 0 1 2 13
Average 2.6 5.9 3.2 3.2 2.2 2.7

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 6 10 10 11 11
February 10.6 12 12 9 11 11
March 9.9 10 10 9 9 10
April 9.6 10 9 10 9
May 9.4 10 9 9 10
June 8.5 7 9 8 8
July 8.4 8 9 9 9
August 9.5 9 10 10 9
September 10.6 10 11 11 11
October 10.6 11 12 11 11
November 9.7 9 10 9 10
December 9.8 10 9 10 10
Average 9.7 9.1 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.8

43rd 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 146° 107° 115° 096° 107°
February 118° 098° 121° 086° 125°
March 099° 101° 126° 110° 105°
April 110° 118° 119° 106°
May 119° 117° 107° 109°
June 105° 117° 145° 112°
July 114° 114° 295° 115°
August 100° 119° 116° 303°
September 103° 094° 106° 062°
October 122° 302° 073° 091°
November 068° 109° 142° 091°
December 142° 117° 113° 101°

Prevailing wind direction

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