Ngukurr Airport

YNGU · Northern Territory, Australia

Climate Ngukurr Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tindal Airport (YPTN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.0 68 80 89 15 91
February 84.4 78 74 96 73 90
March 93.8 85 88 99 95 98
April 97.7 96 99 99 98
May 99.3 99 100 100 98
June 99.0 99 99 98 100
July 98.8 98 95 100 100
August 99.5 99 99 100 100
September 99.0 98 98 100 99
October 98.3 95 98 99 99
November 97.7 96 94 99 100
December 89.5 97 98 92 47
Average 92.2 76.4 93.0 96.7 88.9 93.1

5th 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 87.3 93 99 96 19 99
February 95.7 96 86 98 93 99
March 98.2 98 96 99 99 99
April 99.7 99 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.4 100 97 100 100
August 99.6 99 100 100 100
September 99.3 99 98 100 99
October 99.6 99 99 100 100
November 99.1 99 97 100 100
December 92.1 100 100 98 50
Average 97.1 95.5 98.0 98.5 92.0 95.4

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 33.9 33 33 34 35 36
February 33.8 34 33 35 32 35
March 35.0 34 34 37 34 36
April 34.7 34 37 34 36
May 32.0 30 34 32 32
June 30.6 32 30 31 32
July 30.7 30 28 32 31
August 32.9 33 33 33 34
September 36.0 35 37 36 37
October 37.8 38 36 38 38
November 37.5 37 36 37 39
December 36.8 37 37 36 34
Average 34.2 33.3 33.8 34.4 34.2 34.8

12th 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 24.7 24 25 24 26 26
February 24.5 25 24 25 24 25
March 23.8 24 23 25 24 23
April 21.2 22 22 20 22
May 16.8 14 20 16 18
June 15.2 17 16 16 16
July 13.8 15 12 15 13
August 15.8 16 17 17 18
September 20.3 19 24 22 22
October 24.8 24 26 27 25
November 25.4 26 25 25 27
December 25.5 26 25 26 25
Average 21.4 24.5 20.7 21.4 21.3 21.6

73rd 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 11.3 18 12 11 3 7
February 8.5 10 10 3 11 7
March 3.8 11 7 1 2 2
April 1.8 2 1 0 1
May 0.1 0 0 0 1
June 0.2 0 2 0 0
July 0.3 0 2 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 1.4 0 5 1 2
November 1.5 2 2 1 0
December 4.0 0 2 9 14
Average 3.9 13.1 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.9

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 7.9 9 8 8 7 9
February 7.2 8 7 8 6 8
March 7.3 7 8 7 7 8
April 8.6 9 8 8 9
May 10.3 10 9 11 11
June 9.7 8 10 8 11
July 9.5 10 10 7 11
August 9.0 10 9 9 9
September 8.9 10 7 9 9
October 7.8 7 8 7 8
November 7.0 6 7 8 8
December 6.8 6 7 8 7
Average 8.2 7.9 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.8

12th 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 307° 312° 304° 303° 304°
February 279° 315° 341° 267° 287°
March 356° 114° 075° 106° 094°
April 104° 106° 116° 093°
May 117° 104° 107° 107°
June 105° 111° 109° 104°
July 115° 113° 115° 108°
August 110° 103° 108° 097°
September 100° 086° 100° 087°
October 102° 008° 318° 068°
November 328° 062° 133° 034°
December 282° 022° 113° 350°

Prevailing wind direction

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