Climate Warraber Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Horn Island Airport (YHID) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	69.0	66	61	79	71	85
February	68.0	73	53	72	74	71
March	75.9	75	73	75	79	73
April	84.0		84	79	79	89
May	85.3		82	90	88	86
June	81.5		88	78	88	80
July	86.4		89	79	83	81
August	87.1		95	79	85	88
September	83.9		90	58	85	81
October	92.4		95	95	96	91
November	93.8		97	87	94	96
December	86.9		75	83	91	85
Average	81.4	71.4	81.2	79.3	84.3	83.8

80th 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	88.6	95	79	98	88	99
February	92.8	96	92	93	99	96
March	94.2	93	98	86	96	99
April	94.7		96	92	93	99
May	98.8		98	99	99	99
June	99.1		100	100	99	99
July	99.5		99	100	99	99
August	97.0		100	99	100	99
September	94.0		97	69	98	100
October	98.7		100	100	100	99
November	98.2		100	97	98	100
December	98.2		97	95	99	98
Average	95.8	94.5	96.0	94.0	97.0	98.7

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	30.4	31	30	30	30	32
February	30.2	31	30	30	30	31
March	30.2	30	30	30	30	30
April	30.1		30	31	30	30
May	29.8		30	30	30	30
June	29.0		30	30	29	29
July	28.8		29	29	30	29
August	28.9		29	30	30	29
September	29.6		30	31	30	30
October	30.5		30	32	31	30
November	31.6		31	32	32	32
December	31.7		32	31	32	31
Average	30.1	30.6	30.0	30.5	30.2	30.1

29th 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	25.5	26	25	25	25	26
February	25.7	27	26	25	26	26
March	25.7	26	26	26	26	26
April	25.5		26	25	25	26
May	25.3		26	25	25	26
June	24.6		25	25	25	25
July	23.8		25	24	25	24
August	23.8		24	24	25	24
September	24.6		24	26	25	25
October	25.3		25	26	26	26
November	26.4		26	27	27	27
December	26.4		27	26	26	26
Average	25.3	26.2	25.1	25.3	25.4	25.4

95th 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	17.5	29	16	9	27	11
February	19.6	18	34	18	17	17
March	16.8	27	11	9	15	24
April	12.6		12	14	18	5
May	5.2		4	3	3	6
June	3.5		2	3	2	2
July	2.6		1	1	2	2
August	2.2		1	3	3	0
September	2.9		2	0	2	1
October	1.8		0	1	0	1
November	2.3		0	4	0	1
December	7.5		12	6	4	10
Average	9.8	24.8	8.1	6.0	7.9	6.7

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	8.7	9	9	8	8	9
February	9.2	9	9	9	10	9
March	8.6	8	10	8	9	10
April	10.4		9	9	9	12
May	14.2		14	11	15	15
June	15.6		15	16	14	16
July	15.4		15	14	15	16
August	16.0		17	16	17	15
September	17.2		18	16	18	18
October	14.9		16	14	13	16
November	13.7		15	12	13	15
December	9.8		10	9	9	9
Average	12.3	8.6	13.0	11.8	12.4	13.1

29th 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	320°	315°	312°	297°	316°
February	308°	312°	318°	315°	307°
March	345°	028°	342°	048°	091°
April		107°	094°	094°	103°
May		128°	105°	117°	119°
June		121°	121°	117°	122°
July		122°	123°	116°	121°
August		119°	119°	117°	109°
September		120°	111°	117°	114°
October		112°	103°	095°	104°
November		103°	082°	093°	099°
December		023°	080°	057°	038°

Prevailing wind direction

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