Coonawarra Airport

YCNQ · South Australia, Australia

Climate Coonawarra Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Adelaide International Airport (YPAD) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.7 100 91 99 85 97
February 97.3 99 100 93 98 98
March 97.4 100 98 95 96 99
April 96.9 93 96 100 99
May 91.4 95 93 82 89 95
June 88.1 90 85 82 81 87
July 87.8 85 85 91 85
August 91.4 92 89 92 93
September 93.7 92 95 86 92
October 94.5 97 95 87 97
November 96.0 98 95 88 99
December 95.8 98 88 97 99
Average 94.2 96.9 93.4 91.4 90.6 95.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.1 100 97 100 98 99
February 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.6 100 99 100 100 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 98.7 99 99 96 98 99
June 97.5 97 100 93 96 97
July 95.9 95 95 96 97
August 98.1 97 98 98 98
September 99.1 99 99 98 99
October 99.0 99 100 99 99
November 99.7 100 100 99 100
December 99.6 100 99 100 100
Average 98.9 99.3 98.6 98.3 98.5 99.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 28.0 28.3 27.1 28.1 27.1 26.8
February 26.8 28.8 27.6 27.3 26.6 25.5
March 25.6 28.3 27.6 23.1 25.5 24.1
April 21.9 19.6 21.1 22.6 21.8
May 18.2 19.3 19.3 17.1 18.3 18.6
June 15.6 16.0 15.0 16.3 15.0 16.1
July 15.1 15.1 15.0 14.3 14.6
August 15.9 18.0 16.5 15.4 16.1
September 18.4 18.3 20.6 16.1 18.6
October 21.3 22.6 20.3 19.3 20.3
November 23.8 24.8 22.6 21.6 22.3
December 25.9 27.0 24.1 25.1 25.3
Average 21.6 24.0 21.8 21.0 20.4 20.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 17.9 17.6 17.5 17.3 19.0 17.1
February 17.3 18.1 16.8 17.0 17.1 16.3
March 16.1 17.1 17.1 15.4 16.0 14.1
April 13.0 10.0 12.9 14.3 11.9
May 10.0 9.0 8.3 10.1 10.6 10.3
June 8.5 8.3 8.5 10.9 10.0 9.5
July 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.2 8.5
August 9.0 10.5 9.0 9.5 8.9
September 10.0 9.8 10.4 9.5 10.1
October 12.3 12.5 11.1 13.0 10.8
November 14.3 15.3 12.9 13.6 13.8
December 15.9 16.3 15.4 15.1 15.0
Average 12.8 14.0 12.5 12.5 12.8 12.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.4 1 5 4 7 2
February 3.2 0 0 4 4 4
March 3.0 0 1 5 4 3
April 5.7 4 5 3 1
May 10.9 7 3 12 6 3
June 11.4 8 8 20 15 7
July 16.5 14 12 8 8
August 15.1 9 5 13 5
September 10.7 7 3 11 9
October 8.1 2 4 11 3
November 7.5 3 4 11 6
December 4.7 2 11 3 1
Average 7.8 2.9 4.7 7.1 7.9 4.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.2 12 11 12 12 13
February 12.0 12 12 12 12 12
March 11.2 12 11 11 12 11
April 10.4 11 11 10 10
May 10.1 10 9 10 10 10
June 10.6 12 9 13 12 11
July 11.3 11 11 10 13
August 11.7 12 10 12 11
September 12.0 12 11 12 12
October 11.8 12 13 12 12
November 12.4 12 12 13 12
December 12.7 13 13 13 13
Average 11.6 11.8 11.3 11.6 11.8 11.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 198° 206° 193° 196° 204°
February 200° 214° 221° 190° 218°
March 190° 208° 226° 198° 209°
April 212° 268° 166° 245°
May 298° 218° 269° 282° 281°
June 313° 337° 335° 307° 326°
July 331° 323° 326° 328°
August 325° 301° 307° 313°
September 265° 283° 248° 270°
October 240° 237° 257° 243°
November 235° 193° 240° 205°
December 225° 194° 195° 209°

Prevailing wind direction

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