Climate Casino Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gold Coast Airport (YBCG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.5	62	91	74	94	91
February	85.8	82	90	71	89	80
March	85.9	84	92	85	84	89
April	94.3		93	92	89	98
May	92.4		97	67	98	99
June	95.7		98	100	97	92
July	95.4		95	85	96	97
August	97.7		98	99	99	90
September	95.6		98	88	99	90
October	88.9		91	83	89	94
November	92.0		86	98	84	97
December	89.9		91	87	93	84
Average	89.9	75.5	93.0	85.1	92.3	91.6

71st 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	97	100	97	100	99
February	97.4	98	99	94	99	93
March	97.1	95	100	96	94	98
April	99.0		100	99	95	100
May	97.1		99	85	100	100
June	98.9		100	100	99	97
July	98.9		98	97	99	100
August	99.1		100	100	100	94
September	99.0		100	97	100	97
October	97.9		99	97	98	100
November	98.5		98	99	97	100
December	98.8		99	99	100	97
Average	98.2	96.6	99.2	96.6	98.3	97.8

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	28.4	29	28	28	28	28
February	28.2	29	28	27	28	28
March	27.4	27	29	27	27	27
April	25.5		26	26	25	27
May	22.8		22	23	23	22
June	21.0		22	21	21	21
July	20.8		22	20	21	21
August	21.8		23	21	22	22
September	23.3		24	23	23	23
October	24.7		25	24	26	25
November	25.9		26	26	25	27
December	27.7		29	26	27	27
Average	25.2	28.3	25.1	24.0	24.4	24.7

73rd 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	21.5	23	20	22	21	22
February	21.4	22	21	21	21	22
March	20.7	21	21	20	20	20
April	17.4		17	18	17	17
May	14.0		11	17	14	14
June	11.6		10	10	11	13
July	10.6		11	11	11	12
August	11.0		13	11	11	10
September	14.2		15	14	15	15
October	17.0		18	17	17	17
November	18.1		19	16	19	19
December	20.4		21	19	20	22
Average	17.1	22.0	16.3	16.2	16.2	16.7

45th 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	7.3	19	7	16	6	3
February	14.1	12	9	30	12	21
March	13.2	15	8	19	18	14
April	9.2		8	14	15	5
May	8.2		7	21	3	5
June	5.8		5	1	5	9
July	6.4		9	17	7	6
August	2.3		4	4	2	2
September	4.0		3	14	0	4
October	9.2		7	17	9	4
November	5.2		12	4	11	2
December	7.3		4	16	9	15
Average	8.5	15.4	6.8	14.7	8.1	7.5

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	11.7	11	11	12	11	12
February	11.8	10	11	12	12	10
March	10.9	11	10	10	11	12
April	10.5		11	10	10	10
May	9.0		9	10	9	9
June	8.7		8	8	8	9
July	8.8		8	9	9	8
August	10.1		11	10	10	10
September	12.1		12	11	13	12
October	12.2		14	11	11	12
November	12.1		10	13	11	13
December	11.8		11	14	11	12
Average	10.9	10.9	10.6	10.8	10.5	10.8

73rd 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	127°	100°	126°	092°	022°
February	117°	102°	133°	124°	102°
March	143°	066°	152°	070°	142°
April		152°	136°	149°	091°
May		152°	142°	163°	175°
June		086°	212°	253°	170°
July		142°	168°	333°	197°
August		101°	052°	033°	360°
September		069°	071°	052°	073°
October		046°	058°	030°	053°
November		048°	071°	050°	075°
December		026°	132°	112°	047°

Prevailing wind direction

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