Climate Hervey Bay Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sunshine Coast Airport (YBSU) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	81.0	69	95
February	86.8	85	88
March	83.2	79	88
April	95.7		96
May	96.4		96
June	96.2		96
July	91.9		92
August	97.5		98
September	96.7		97
October	94.3		94
November	89.9		87	94
December	86.0		88	82
Average	86.3	77.3	92.7	88.8

54th 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
January	94.4	90	100
February	96.7	94	100
March	95.9	95	97
April	100.0		100
May	100.0		100
June	99.5		100
July	98.3		98
August	100.0		100
September	100.0		100
October	99.2		99
November	98.5		98	99
December	97.1		96	100
Average	96.9	92.7	98.8	99.1

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
January	28.5	29	28
February	28.7	29	29
March	27.7	27	29
April	26.1		26
May	22.6		23
June	22.5		23
July	21.2		21
August	22.8		23
September	23.3		23
October	25.6		26
November	26.3		27	26
December	28.1		29	26
Average	26.6	28.3	25.4	26.1

53rd 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
January	22.1	23	21
February	21.8	22	21
March	21.2	22	21
April	16.5		17
May	10.0		10
June	10.8		11
July	10.5		11
August	12.7		13
September	13.9		14
October	15.9		16
November	18.1		19	17
December	20.2		21	19
Average	18.7	22.4	16.1	17.7

56th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	11.9	19	4
February	12.2	17	8
March	17.2	25	9
April	6.2		6
May	4.3		4
June	1.2		1
July	10.8		11
August	2.3		2
September	4.4		4
October	3.4		3
November	9.0		10	8
December	5.8		4	8
Average	11.3	20.2	5.6	8.2

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
January	11.9	12	12
February	11.3	11	12
March	11.4	13	10
April	12.2		12
May	10.0		10
June	9.3		9
July	9.6		10
August	11.1		11
September	11.4		11
October	14.3		14
November	11.9		12	12
December	12.4		12	14
Average	12.0	11.9	11.3	12.8

53rd 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
January	126°	100°
February	127°	119°
March	144°	085°
April		158°
May		163°
June		157°
July		152°
August		119°
September		097°
October		079°
November		065°	079°
December		052°	128°

Prevailing wind direction

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