Climate Mount Gambier Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Avalon Airport (YMAV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.9	81	88	81	88	76
February	90.9	95	91	91	95	77
March	79.0	90	84	83	88	88
April	79.8		86	87	91	93
May	88.8		91	84	91	91
June	88.0		86	84	92	89
July	89.0		86	90	94	78
August	90.4		82	85	93	94
September	94.0		98	87	90	93
October	90.4		87	87	95	87
November	87.6		74	86	91	95
December	87.6		78	96	92	92
Average	87.3	88.4	85.5	86.4	91.4	87.4

65th 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	91.6	96	99	95	96	88
February	97.0	100	98	100	99	89
March	88.8	100	98	99	96	99
April	87.5		98	97	100	100
May	96.4		99	92	99	97
June	97.1		97	97	99	98
July	98.7		100	98	99	97
August	98.9		98	99	100	100
September	99.1		100	98	98	99
October	98.9		99	99	99	98
November	97.2		99	97	99	100
December	95.1		94	100	100	99
Average	95.7	98.5	98.2	97.4	98.5	96.6

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	26.3	24	26	28	25	26
February	25.0	27	25	25	24	22
March	23.8	25	22	24	22	22
April	20.2		20	21	20	19
May	16.4		16	16	17	16
June	14.2		15	14	15	14
July	14.1		15	13	14	14
August	14.9		16	15	16	15
September	17.5		20	16	18	18
October	19.7		19	18	18	19
November	22.0		21	20	20	24
December	24.0		23	22	24	22
Average	20.4	25.2	19.8	18.9	19.3	19.0

93rd 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	15.3	15	15	17	14	14
February	14.3	14	14	15	13	15
March	13.6	13	13	15	13	13
April	10.9		11	12	10	10
May	8.1		8	8	7	8
June	6.3		8	7	7	6
July	5.6		7	5	6	5
August	6.2		6	7	7	6
September	7.2		7	8	8	8
October	9.0		9	10	8	10
November	11.3		13	10	11	12
December	12.6		14	11	12	12
Average	10.5	14.0	10.3	10.2	9.6	9.7

7th 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	1.7	4	1	1	0	0
February	1.5	0	3	4	0	0
March	3.7	0	7	6	6	0
April	4.8		9	5	5	0
May	7.2		8	8	10	0
June	4.0		7	6	4	0
July	6.3		8	12	7	0
August	7.2		11	11	6	0
September	5.0		3	8	11	0
October	6.1		9	16	8	0
November	6.7		8	20	9	0
December	3.2		8	10	2	0
Average	4.3	1.5	6.7	9.0	5.5

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	13.0	13	13	13	13	13
February	13.0	13	13	13	12	14
March	12.5	13	12	12	12	13
April	10.7		11	11	11	11
May	11.0		12	9	11	11
June	10.1		12	12	10	9
July	11.7		12	10	12	9
August	12.8		11	13	13	13
September	12.7		13	12	13	12
October	12.7		14	12	12	12
November	12.7		13	13	12	12
December	13.7		14	15	14	14
Average	12.3	12.7	12.6	12.0	12.2	11.9

93rd 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	192°	171°	147°	177°	176°
February	181°	193°	172°	182°	174°
March	179°	211°	162°	190°	171°
April		237°	147°	255°	282°
May		273°	300°	283°	300°
June		322°	291°	300°	303°
July		301°	274°	322°	257°
August		279°	308°	303°	288°
September		287°	234°	272°	322°
October		245°	219°	223°	188°
November		167°	244°	170°	205°
December		173°	203°	181°	195°

Prevailing wind direction

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