East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport

YPKU · Western Australia, Australia

Climate East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport (YPKU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.1 94 86 87 95 95
February 89.7 84 82 93 97 93
March 95.1 84 98 99 93 99
April 98.7 95 100 100 99
May 98.9 100 99 100 97
June 99.3 98 100 100 100
July 98.5 96 97 99 100
August 99.3 98 100 100 99
September 99.2 99 100 100 99
October 99.1 97 100 100 100
November 98.1 98 97 99 100
December 96.8 98 96 99 91
Average 95.9 87.3 95.0 97.0 98.4 97.5

4th 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 97.4 99 97 96 97 99
February 97.5 93 97 99 100 98
March 98.6 97 99 99 99 99
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.6 100 99 100 99
June 99.7 98 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 98 100 100 99
September 99.7 100 100 100 99
October 99.4 97 100 100 100
November 99.5 99 99 100 100
December 98.6 99 96 99 98
Average 98.8 96.1 98.5 98.9 99.4 99.2

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 34 34 35 35 36
February 34.7 35 34 35 34 36
March 35.6 34 36 37 34 36
April 35.4 33 36 35 37
May 32.3 30 34 33 31
June 30.6 32 31 31 31
July 30.9 29 29 33 30
August 33.1 33 33 34 35
September 36.4 36 37 36 37
October 38.8 38 38 40 38
November 38.3 38 37 38 39
December 38.2 39 38 39 34
Average 34.9 34.4 34.4 34.8 35.1 35.0

8th 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 25.2 25 25 25 26 26
February 24.8 25 24 25 25 26
March 24.5 25 24 25 25 24
April 21.7 23 21 20 23
May 17.3 15 19 16 18
June 15.4 16 17 16 15
July 13.7 16 11 14 14
August 15.4 17 15 17 17
September 19.7 19 22 20 21
October 23.3 20 24 24 24
November 24.9 24 25 25 26
December 25.9 27 24 26 25
Average 21.4 24.7 20.6 20.8 21.1 21.4

69th 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 1.1 9 0 0 0 0
February 1.0 8 0 0 0 0
March 1.7 12 1 0 0 0
April 0.2 2 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.1 1 0 0 0
July 0.4 3 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 0.0 1 0 0 0
Average 1.2 9.6 0.6

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 6.8 7 8 7 7 6
February 6.4 7 6 7 6 7
March 6.3 6 6 6 7 7
April 7.0 7 6 8 7
May 8.4 9 7 8 8
June 7.8 6 9 7 8
July 7.7 9 8 7 9
August 8.0 9 8 8 7
September 7.4 7 7 8 7
October 7.4 7 7 7 7
November 7.1 7 8 7 7
December 6.7 7 6 7 7
Average 7.2 6.6 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.2

8th 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 263° 337° 348° 034° 006°
February 169° 138° 020° 173° 193°
March 012° 104° 019° 105° 105°
April 120° 071° 119° 095°
May 136° 106° 122° 125°
June 122° 129° 131° 130°
July 130° 129° 131° 128°
August 111° 123° 125° 118°
September 074° 056° 091° 044°
October 092° 028° 035° 048°
November 030° 053° 099° 016°
December 059° 059° 079° 006°

Prevailing wind direction

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