Climate Killiecrankie Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Launceston Airport (YMLT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.5	95	95	90	96	91
February	95.7	98	94	94	96	98
March	94.6	96	93	98	96	90
April	85.9		85	78	93	80
May	80.7		76	81	83	75
June	80.3		82	83	73	78
July	75.4		64	83	67	89
August	79.7		76	68	85	85
September	87.4		86	84	92	83
October	89.0		93	78	87	91
November	94.4		96	93	98	95
December	96.5		98	92	99	96
Average	89.4	96.1	87.0	85.2	89.7	88.1

70th 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	100	98	100	98
February	99.2	100	99	99	99	100
March	98.8	99	99	99	100	96
April	96.6		95	95	100	95
May	94.8		91	94	96	92
June	93.8		94	95	90	95
July	93.2		90	93	95	96
August	96.1		93	92	98	98
September	97.9		99	97	98	98
October	97.3		98	96	96	98
November	98.7		99	98	100	100
December	99.3		100	100	100	100
Average	97.5	99.1	96.6	96.4	97.9	97.3

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	24.4	24	25	25	23	24
February	23.0	25	24	24	23	22
March	21.5	23	21	22	21	20
April	17.5		18	18	18	16
May	14.0		14	14	14	14
June	11.8		12	11	12	12
July	11.4		13	11	11	11
August	12.3		14	13	12	12
September	14.4		16	15	14	14
October	16.8		17	16	16	16
November	19.7		21	18	19	21
December	21.7		23	18	22	20
Average	18.1	24.1	17.9	17.1	17.0	16.7

96th 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	11.8	12	12	13	11	12
February	10.9	11	11	12	11	11
March	10.1	11	9	11	10	9
April	7.3		8	9	6	8
May	4.8		4	5	4	6
June	3.3		4	3	5	4
July	2.8		5	2	4	2
August	3.4		4	5	5	3
September	4.4		6	4	5	5
October	6.4		5	7	7	7
November	8.3		9	7	8	9
December	9.8		10	9	9	9
Average	7.4	11.3	7.2	7.1	6.9	7.0

1st 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	4.3	5	1	5	5	5
February	4.4	1	5	4	5	6
March	5.3	1	5	4	6	11
April	6.3		7	5	4	15
May	7.7		14	0	6	5
June	7.9		11	0	12	11
July	9.1		13	0	15	2
August	8.2		6	1	15	8
September	10.4		8	13	8	12
October	9.6		8	14	14	14
November	6.1		1	9	10	2
December	5.8		4	9	3	11
Average	6.5	2.6	6.5	5.4	8.3	8.4

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	12.7	14	10	11	12	14
February	12.2	13	12	12	11	13
March	10.9	11	12	11	11	9
April	10.8		12	10	12	11
May	10.4		11	10	10	11
June	9.3		10	10	9	9
July	10.5		13	8	11	9
August	11.9		11	13	13	11
September	12.6		13	10	13	13
October	12.1		14	12	12	11
November	12.2		11	12	11	12
December	13.2		12	13	13	12
Average	11.8	12.6	11.7	10.9	11.6	11.4

96th 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	324°	331°	332°	326°	329°
February	324°	324°	318°	315°	239°
March	320°	317°	087°	313°	324°
April		329°	291°	323°	320°
May		329°	318°	317°	334°
June		335°	314°	246°	327°
July		338°	330°	336°	336°
August		326°	331°	327°	309°
September		333°	322°	318°	327°
October		312°	347°	312°	336°
November		319°	310°	324°	324°
December		322°	160°	328°	314°

Prevailing wind direction

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