Climate Bathurst Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAAF Base Richmond (YSRI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.8	80	86	85	81	84
February	85.0	80	90	78	87	82
March	84.7	92	92	67	85	86
April	92.4		88	78	98	97
May	92.8		98	84	86	96
June	92.9		96	100	91	89
July	91.2		93	69	97	92
August	97.8		94	99	98	97
September	95.8		98	90	100	91
October	91.2		99	87	92	87
November	92.1		90	99	78	98
December	87.6		90	100	90	74
Average	89.7	83.7	92.5	85.2	89.8	88.8

69th 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	96.2	98	99	97	90	96
February	96.1	94	99	97	94	97
March	96.8	100	99	88	97	100
April	97.8		97	94	99	99
May	96.9		98	91	96	98
June	96.3		98	100	96	95
July	95.6		95	90	97	93
August	99.1		98	100	100	98
September	99.4		100	100	100	97
October	98.4		100	97	100	99
November	98.3		99	100	92	100
December	97.7		99	100	100	96
Average	97.3	97.0	98.6	95.7	96.5	97.4

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	30.6	29	29	28	29	32
February	29.0	29	29	27	27	28
March	26.7	28	29	25	25	25
April	24.1		22	23	24	24
May	20.5		20	20	20	20
June	17.8		19	18	17	18
July	18.3		20	16	17	18
August	19.6		21	19	20	19
September	22.9		25	20	23	23
October	25.0		27	22	25	25
November	26.3		27	25	23	28
December	29.1		31	25	26	27
Average	24.7	28.8	24.8	22.2	22.9	23.7

84th 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	19.3	20	18	19	18	20
February	18.4	20	18	18	18	19
March	16.9	17	17	18	16	16
April	12.5		12	14	11	12
May	7.6		5	10	8	8
June	5.4		4	4	6	6
July	4.5		4	7	5	6
August	5.4		6	7	5	6
September	8.4		8	10	8	10
October	12.4		11	14	11	13
November	14.5		16	13	15	15
December	16.9		19	14	16	17
Average	12.6	18.5	11.4	12.1	11.1	12.3

14th 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	7.9	7	8	7	7	9
February	8.0	7	8	8	8	8
March	7.3	6	8	7	7	7
April	6.4		7	6	6	7
May	6.1		7	5	6	7
June	6.1		6	7	6	5
July	6.6		6	7	8	6
August	8.1		7	8	7	8
September	9.0		8	8	9	8
October	8.8		11	8	9	8
November	9.2		9	11	8	9
December	8.6		9	11	8	8
Average	7.7	6.9	7.7	7.8	7.4	7.4

84th 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	112°	114°	110°	102°	101°
February	127°	085°	135°	111°	102°
March	096°	042°	163°	109°	118°
April		238°	148°	077°	002°
May		257°	275°	214°	229°
June		325°	281°	280°	247°
July		303°	201°	306°	203°
August		042°	301°	315°	280°
September		039°	155°	293°	350°
October		307°	302°	105°	079°
November		103°	298°	113°	071°
December		110°	146°	112°	110°

Prevailing wind direction

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