Langawirra Airport

YLAN · Australia

Climate Langawirra Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Woomera Airfield (YPWR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.2 99 91 91 99 97
February 98.9 100 100 97 100 96
March 99.7 100 100 99 99 100
April 97.3 99 96 99 97
May 97.1 96 92 99 97
June 91.9 85 92 79 96
July 96.6 95 98 93 97
August 97.7 97 99 100 94
September 98.1 98 97 100 99
October 96.7 100 89 99 94
November 98.2 100 100 93 100
December 98.6 97 100 100 99
Average 97.6 99.6 96.5 95.7 96.8 97.1

13th 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 99.0 100 98 99 100 98
February 99.4 100 100 99 100 97
March 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 98.9 100 99 99 100
May 99.6 100 98 100 100
June 96.2 91 99 87 100
July 99.2 100 100 99 98
August 99.6 100 100 100 99
September 99.5 98 99 100 100
October 98.9 100 96 100 98
November 99.2 100 100 97 100
December 99.5 98 100 100 100
Average 99.2 99.8 98.8 99.0 98.5 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 2021 2020
January 34.6 35 34 33 33 34
February 33.1 36 34 30 32 31
March 31.2 34 31 31 30 29
April 26.1 24 27 26 25
May 20.0 20 19 21 19
June 17.2 18 17 17 18
July 18.0 18 17 18 18
August 19.2 21 19 20 18
September 24.0 27 22 24 24
October 26.4 27 23 26 25
November 29.3 32 27 26 33
December 32.7 32 30 32 30
Average 27.0 35.0 26.4 24.1 25.3 25.4

70th 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 20.9 21 20 20 20 20
February 19.5 21 20 18 18 19
March 18.1 21 17 18 17 17
April 14.1 13 15 14 14
May 9.1 9 10 9 8
June 6.6 8 7 7 6
July 6.2 7 5 7 5
August 7.4 9 7 8 8
September 10.6 12 10 10 12
October 13.5 12 13 13 14
November 16.0 17 15 15 18
December 18.9 19 17 18 18
Average 14.3 20.9 13.4 12.7 12.9 13.1

17th 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 0.8 2 3 2 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.6 4 0 0 0
May 0.2 2 0 0 0
June 1.4 10 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 1 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.1 0 1 0 0
November 0.2 0 1 1 0
December 0.6 4 1 0 0
Average 0.3 0.5 1.9 0.4 0.0

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 12.0 12 12 13 12 13
February 11.5 12 11 12 12 11
March 11.0 11 11 12 11 11
April 10.3 11 10 10 11
May 10.3 10 10 11 11
June 10.2 12 10 12 10
July 11.5 10 11 14 9
August 12.7 11 14 12 13
September 12.8 12 13 13 14
October 12.6 12 13 14 12
November 12.2 11 13 12 13
December 12.3 13 13 11 13
Average 11.6 11.6 11.3 12.0 12.0 11.7

70th 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 168° 169° 176° 178° 178°
February 178° 180° 158° 172° 176°
March 120° 200° 167° 146° 155°
April 206° 136° 156° 257°
May 212° 206° 034° 263°
June 322° 269° 281° 298°
July 276° 218° 304° 258°
August 296° 287° 276° 299°
September 332° 249° 269° 336°
October 206° 255° 263° 201°
November 180° 245° 198° 302°
December 225° 154° 175° 186°

Prevailing wind direction

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