Bayswater Airport

YBYW · Australia

Climate Bayswater Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rockhampton Airport (YBRK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.9 89 85 95 94 100
February 95.0 94 93 99 100 92
March 91.2 87 90 96 91 91
April 94.0 94 89 92 98
May 93.7 93 75 99 98
June 94.1 94 94 86 95
July 93.4 89 86 94 95
August 97.8 100 91 98 98
September 97.6 98 88 100 100
October 95.9 100 88 99 99
November 95.4 85 93 95 100
December 96.7 97 96 98 97
Average 94.3 89.7 92.8 90.8 95.3 96.7

46th 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 98.9 99 97 100 99 100
February 99.1 100 100 100 100 98
March 98.6 98 100 100 99 98
April 99.7 100 100 99 100
May 98.5 95 96 100 100
June 98.7 98 100 96 99
July 98.2 98 95 97 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.2 100 97 100 100
November 98.4 93 98 98 100
December 98.9 99 100 99 98
Average 98.9 98.7 98.3 98.6 98.7 99.2

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 32.1 33 30 33 31 34
February 32.7 32 32 33 33 33
March 31.4 31 32 32 31 30
April 29.0 30 29 28 30
May 26.1 26 26 27 25
June 24.2 26 23 23 25
July 23.8 24 21 24 24
August 25.6 26 24 26 25
September 28.1 28 27 27 28
October 30.1 31 29 32 30
November 30.9 31 30 30 32
December 32.2 33 31 31 33
Average 29.2 32.1 29.0 27.9 28.5 28.8

44th 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 23.4 25 22 23 23 24
February 23.1 23 23 22 23 24
March 22.3 22 23 22 22 22
April 19.3 18 20 19 20
May 15.3 12 18 14 14
June 12.7 13 12 13 14
July 11.5 13 11 11 11
August 12.2 13 13 13 12
September 15.2 16 16 14 17
October 19.1 18 19 20 19
November 20.4 21 20 21 21
December 22.6 23 21 23 23
Average 18.7 23.6 17.8 17.9 18.0 18.3

60th 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 7.2 4 25 5 3 6
February 5.2 9 2 1 0 14
March 6.3 9 4 1 4 6
April 4.1 4 8 9 1
May 5.4 5 12 0 7
June 2.3 1 0 7 1
July 5.5 10 14 4 3
August 1.3 1 0 3 2
September 1.0 0 5 0 1
October 3.4 0 3 2 2
November 4.6 15 6 8 1
December 3.9 3 1 4 7
Average 4.6 7.3 6.1 4.7 3.6 4.3

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 9.0 8 8 9 9 9
February 8.7 8 9 9 9 7
March 8.8 10 8 9 8 9
April 8.8 8 10 8 7
May 7.9 8 7 8 8
June 7.3 6 7 7 8
July 7.1 8 7 8 8
August 7.7 8 7 8 8
September 8.3 8 7 9 9
October 8.2 9 8 8 9
November 8.9 8 8 8 9
December 9.0 9 8 8 9
Average 8.4 8.8 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.2

44th 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 093° 100° 081° 085° 071°
February 102° 089° 089° 073° 083°
March 107° 080° 078° 083° 107°
April 115° 091° 102° 087°
May 140° 108° 115° 121°
June 087° 148° 140° 117°
July 119° 166° 175° 148°
August 092° 131° 088° 088°
September 088° 095° 085° 081°
October 074° 071° 019° 057°
November 067° 076° 047° 058°
December 046° 075° 093° 068°

Prevailing wind direction

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