Barimunya Airport

YBRY · Australia

Climate Barimunya Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Port Hedland International Airport (YPPD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.7 83 89 74 99 96
February 88.7 96 98 94 93 85
March 87.9 93 98 98 97 100
April 92.9 98 99 99 100
May 89.3 99 90 98 99
June 84.4 97 99 97 100
July 98.3 100 100 99 100
August 99.1 98 99 98 99
September 99.3 100 98 99 100
October 99.1 99 96 100 99
November 98.9 97 99 99 99
December 96.7 99 98 97 86
Average 93.2 90.7 97.5 95.1 98.1 96.9

20th 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 95.2 100 98 76 100 100
February 92.0 100 100 98 96 86
March 89.7 100 99 98 99 100
April 93.5 99 100 100 100
May 90.7 99 98 99 99
June 85.4 98 100 99 100
July 98.4 100 100 99 100
August 99.3 98 100 98 100
September 99.7 100 100 99 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.7 99 100 100 99
December 98.1 100 100 100 88
Average 95.5 99.9 99.2 97.3 99.2 97.6

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 35.6 34 35 36 38 37
February 35.2 37 35 36 34 35
March 36.4 36 36 38 34 37
April 35.1 33 36 35 37
May 31.1 30 30 31 31
June 27.6 27 28 26 30
July 28.4 28 27 29 29
August 29.9 32 30 30 31
September 33.1 35 31 33 35
October 35.0 38 32 33 34
November 35.3 37 32 35 36
December 36.8 36 37 39 35
Average 33.6 35.5 33.4 32.5 33.0 33.8

19th 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 26.9 27 27 27 27 28
February 26.4 27 27 26 26 27
March 25.9 26 27 27 24 26
April 22.5 23 24 22 25
May 18.0 17 20 20 18
June 14.7 14 16 16 15
July 13.5 14 12 15 14
August 14.5 16 15 15 15
September 17.1 19 17 17 18
October 20.2 21 20 19 20
November 22.9 24 22 23 24
December 25.8 25 26 27 26
Average 21.4 26.6 20.9 20.6 20.8 21.1

68th 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 1.5 0 3 0 2 1
February 1.4 0 1 3 4 1
March 1.4 2 1 0 2 0
April 1.5 4 4 0 1
May 1.9 0 9 4 0
June 1.9 3 0 6 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 1 0 0
September 0.3 0 2 0 0
October 0.1 0 1 0 0
November 0.5 0 3 1 0
December 0.5 0 0 0 1
Average 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.9 1.4 0.3

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 13.2 15 12 14 13 13
February 12.4 13 12 11 13 13
March 11.4 12 11 11 12 10
April 10.7 12 11 12 11
May 11.8 14 11 11 12
June 11.3 10 12 11 11
July 10.9 12 11 11 12
August 11.5 11 12 12 11
September 11.7 12 12 12 12
October 13.0 12 14 13 14
November 13.3 14 13 14 13
December 13.7 15 15 13 13
Average 12.2 13.3 12.3 12.1 12.2 12.1

19th 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 314° 333° 319° 333° 326°
February 324° 345° 003° 316° 330°
March 019° 320° 347° 015° 337°
April 064° 004° 037° 354°
May 073° 096° 069° 085°
June 108° 097° 102° 069°
July 089° 068° 039° 073°
August 030° 073° 059° 002°
September 344° 322° 019° 351°
October 012° 325° 329° 302°
November 319° 335° 327° 313°
December 305° 309° 321° 348°

Prevailing wind direction

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