Climate Mount Magnet Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Geraldton Airport (YGEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.6	86	89	93	93	95
February	91.2	96	89	96	95	87
March	93.7	94	93	98	96	94
April	95.8		96	94	97	97
May	95.8		94	96	98	93
June	95.7		92	95	98	98
July	94.5		93	92	95	98
August	95.3		96	91	97	94
September	93.9		83	96	96	96
October	91.0		99	93	92	84
November	89.3		86	90	86	92
December	87.9		86	89	89	91
Average	92.4	91.4	91.2	93.5	94.2	93.1

32nd 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	97.3	100	100	100	99	99
February	98.9	99	100	99	100	99
March	99.1	100	99	99	100	100
April	99.5		100	99	99	100
May	98.7		99	98	100	96
June	98.8		97	99	99	99
July	98.7		99	99	99	98
August	98.6		99	97	99	98
September	99.1		97	99	99	100
October	99.6		100	100	99	100
November	98.9		99	99	97	99
December	98.1		100	100	99	100
Average	98.8	99.6	99.0	99.1	99.0	98.9

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	31.1	30	32	33	34	30
February	31.6	36	32	34	30	31
March	31.1	32	30	32	32	31
April	27.6		26	27	29	28
May	25.2		26	24	25	25
June	21.3		19	22	20	24
July	20.1		19	21	19	22
August	20.3		22	20	21	20
September	22.8		24	22	24	23
October	24.5		28	22	23	25
November	27.1		29	26	27	26
December	30.3		31	30	31	31
Average	26.8	32.6	26.4	25.9	26.0	26.2

55th 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	19.0	20	19	19	22	18
February	19.6	20	20	20	19	21
March	18.9	19	18	19	19	20
April	15.0		13	16	17	16
May	12.5		13	12	14	13
June	10.4		9	11	9	13
July	9.6		8	9	12	10
August	8.8		8	9	9	10
September	9.7		11	10	10	10
October	11.8		12	10	11	12
November	14.9		17	13	14	15
December	17.8		19	17	18	18
Average	14.6	19.5	13.8	13.7	14.2	14.6

26th 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	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
February	1.0	2	0	0	3	0
March	1.0	1	1	3	1	0
April	1.7		3	4	4	0
May	3.6		9	8	8	0
June	5.9		14	11	7	0
July	6.8		9	10	13	0
August	5.0		6	15	5	0
September	2.4		5	7	2	0
October	1.3		0	3	5	0
November	1.1		1	3	0	4
December	0.2		0	0	0	0
Average	2.2	0.7	3.8	5.3	3.8	0.3

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	16.6	16	16	17	16	18
February	14.8	15	15	15	16	14
March	14.0	15	13	14	14	13
April	12.5		13	13	12	12
May	12.0		12	11	12	13
June	10.8		11	11	11	11
July	10.5		10	10	11	11
August	10.9		9	12	10	11
September	11.6		12	12	12	12
October	13.7		14	14	13	13
November	14.9		14	15	14	14
December	15.7		15	16	16	16
Average	13.5	15.6	13.0	13.3	13.1	13.2

55th 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	190°	182°	179°	167°	182°
February	178°	183°	180°	169°	191°
March	165°	183°	165°	182°	179°
April		184°	149°	157°	179°
May		074°	110°	084°	046°
June		195°	019°	057°	353°
July		330°	004°	303°	059°
August		166°	301°	045°	187°
September		229°	187°	209°	206°
October		184°	190°	210°	191°
November		207°	195°	195°	197°
December		198°	179°	191°	193°

Prevailing wind direction

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