Climate Wee Jasper Xx 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Canberra International Airport (YSCB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.5	87	91	88	89	78
February	89.7	86	89	86	78	95
March	90.9	95	88	90	84	90
April	90.8		82	79	98	88
May	88.5		86	78	91	88
June	85.4		79	80	76	93
July	88.8		86	85	78	91
August	89.4		88	83	97	81
September	93.0		100	86	88	85
October	92.7		98	79	95	86
November	94.0		94	94	81	98
December	92.5		93	99	92	91
Average	90.6	89.1	89.7	85.3	87.3	88.5

68th 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	97.9	100	97	100	100	87
February	97.7	100	99	100	84	100
March	99.5	100	99	100	99	100
April	98.4		96	97	99	99
May	96.9		96	98	97	96
June	96.2		95	98	96	97
July	97.4		98	98	95	96
August	98.0		99	98	100	95
September	99.1		100	99	98	97
October	99.0		99	96	100	99
November	99.2		99	99	97	100
December	98.5		99	100	99	100
Average	98.3	99.8	98.0	98.5	96.9	97.1

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	29.2	26	27	26	27	31
February	27.1	28	27	26	25	27
March	24.4	27	25	23	22	23
April	20.3		19	19	20	18
May	15.5		14	16	16	15
June	12.6		13	11	12	13
July	12.6		14	12	11	13
August	13.5		15	13	14	12
September	17.4		20	15	17	17
October	20.5		21	18	18	20
November	23.0		25	20	20	25
December	26.4		26	21	25	25
Average	21.0	26.8	20.4	18.2	18.9	19.7

95th 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	15.2	15	13	15	13	16
February	13.5	15	13	13	13	15
March	11.7	11	12	13	10	12
April	7.4		7	9	5	8
May	3.1		2	5	3	4
June	1.5		3	1	3	2
July	0.6		1	1	2	2
August	1.8		2	4	2	3
September	3.8		4	5	4	5
October	7.6		6	9	6	9
November	10.3		11	8	10	11
December	12.6		13	8	12	12
Average	8.2	13.7	7.0	7.5	6.8	8.1

2nd 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	7.0	9	10	8	8	9
February	6.4	5	2	7	2	25
March	7.6	2	6	10	12	9
April	8.2		13	13	0	17
May	7.3		3	17	5	9
June	8.1		12	8	11	4
July	9.2		9	9	16	8
August	9.7		3	16	5	18
September	6.7		0	10	11	11
October	13.5		8	24	4	28
November	11.3		10	8	20	7
December	5.8		6	3	8	4
Average	8.1	5.4	6.8	11.3	8.4	12.4

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	9.8	9	9	8	10	11
February	10.1	9	10	10	9	11
March	9.4	8	11	9	9	9
April	8.2		7	8	8	11
May	8.5		9	8	8	9
June	8.6		10	11	8	7
July	9.7		10	9	10	9
August	10.6		9	11	11	10
September	11.3		11	10	11	11
October	10.9		13	10	11	10
November	10.7		9	12	9	10
December	10.7		10	11	9	12
Average	9.8	8.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	10.1

95th 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	009°	081°	075°	337°	335°
February	019°	321°	078°	034°	023°
March	004°	319°	132°	314°	011°
April		307°	315°	311°	324°
May		308°	317°	297°	317°
June		317°	312°	320°	310°
July		319°	209°	318°	265°
August		323°	317°	312°	313°
September		320°	326°	319°	329°
October		313°	342°	327°	340°
November		335°	314°	349°	328°
December		311°	293°	023°	357°

Prevailing wind direction

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