Climate Blackstone Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Forrest Airport (YFRT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.7	88	80	92	94	95
February	72.4	99	99	95	93	98
March	63.0	81	95	82	90	89
April	67.2		98	84	93	98
May	67.1		89	92	95	99
June	63.5		85	87	89	95
July	67.7		95	95	96	95
August	68.5		90	98	96	96
September	69.6		97	95	98	94
October	77.8		97	89	80	95
November	78.3		93	95	84	98
December	82.0		93	100	98	94
Average	72.1	89.2	92.4	91.8	92.3	95.2

44th 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	73.2	100	87	99	98	98
February	74.2	100	100	100	97	100
March	66.9	96	99	86	93	93
April	68.6		100	87	95	99
May	69.0		95	97	96	100
June	67.3		93	93	96	99
July	70.2		97	98	100	98
August	70.9		95	100	98	99
September	72.0		100	100	100	99
October	80.8		100	95	81	100
November	82.6		99	99	97	99
December	84.1		99	100	99	94
Average	75.6	98.6	97.0	96.0	96.1	98.0

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	31.6	33	31	31	29	32
February	31.6	34	35	31	29	32
March	29.0	27	29	29	29	28
April	26.5		25	26	28	27
May	21.7		21	22	22	21
June	18.9		18	19	18	21
July	19.4		20	19	19	20
August	20.5		23	20	21	20
September	24.9		28	23	24	25
October	26.7		27	22	27	27
November	28.0		27	27	24	32
December	30.9		30	29	30	28
Average	26.4	31.1	25.8	24.5	24.8	26.0

65th 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	17.0	18	16	16	16	17
February	16.3	16	18	15	16	16
March	15.2	17	15	16	15	15
April	12.4		12	13	12	13
May	7.6		8	9	9	6
June	5.6		6	6	6	6
July	5.2		5	5	7	5
August	6.7		8	6	6	8
September	8.8		11	9	8	10
October	11.5		11	11	12	11
November	13.4		13	12	13	15
December	15.6		15	15	15	15
Average	11.9	16.7	11.3	10.9	11.1	11.3

10th 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	0.2	1	1	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
March	1.3	9	2	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.3		0	2	0	0
June	0.7		2	4	0	0
July	0.6		1	3	0	0
August	0.6		2	2	0	0
September	0.4		1	3	0	0
October	1.1		0	8	0	0
November	0.4		2	1	0	0
December	1.4		4	8	0	0
Average	0.8	2.9	1.3	2.2

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	12.9	14	14	11	14	12
February	12.5	13	13	13	13	13
March	12.0	13	12	13	11	13
April	10.9		12	11	10	11
May	11.0		10	13	12	12
June	11.0		14	10	13	11
July	12.3		13	11	16	11
August	13.0		11	15	12	14
September	12.4		14	15	13	15
October	13.2		13	14	13	14
November	13.4		14	13	13	15
December	13.5		16	14	13	14
Average	12.5	13.6	13.0	12.6	12.8	12.9

65th 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	137°	138°	152°	126°	125°
February	140°	122°	129°	133°	131°
March	133°	139°	119°	125°	125°
April		268°	119°	058°	182°
May		131°	328°	023°	317°
June		290°	297°	284°	335°
July		316°	003°	295°	321°
August		309°	281°	297°	253°
September		316°	218°	293°	263°
October		159°	217°	293°	123°
November		136°	184°	155°	148°
December		144°	139°	125°	128°

Prevailing wind direction

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