Climate Warnervale Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Newcastle Airport (YWLM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.6	84	84	84	81	69
February	83.7	73	87	79	81	82
March	82.5	88	91	57	86	88
April	92.7		90	84	94	98
May	93.1		91	89	92	86
June	92.0		98	97	94	88
July	91.2		95	71	95	84
August	97.4		98	98	99	98
September	94.6		99	92	97	93
October	88.5		94	89	93	81
November	87.5		86	98	76	87
December	85.7		88	96	85	77
Average	88.2	82.0	91.0	84.8	88.9	85.3

72nd 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	96.1	99	97	97	89	93
February	93.9	90	97	86	96	92
March	93.1	96	99	75	95	97
April	98.8		99	97	99	100
May	97.8		97	96	99	97
June	97.6		99	100	97	96
July	96.7		100	90	98	92
August	99.4		100	100	100	100
September	99.1		99	99	100	99
October	97.5		100	96	99	95
November	96.4		99	100	90	94
December	96.5		98	100	100	96
Average	96.6	95.6	98.4	94.0	96.6	95.5

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	29.3	30	27	28	28	30
February	28.0	29	29	27	26	27
March	26.2	27	28	25	25	25
April	23.7		23	23	22	24
May	20.3		20	20	20	19
June	17.5		19	17	17	18
July	18.0		19	17	18	17
August	19.2		20	19	20	18
September	22.1		24	20	23	23
October	24.0		26	22	24	25
November	25.2		25	24	23	27
December	27.8		29	24	26	26
Average	24.0	28.3	23.8	21.9	22.5	23.2

87th 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	19.9	21	19	20	18	21
February	19.0	19	19	19	19	20
March	18.0	17	18	18	18	17
April	13.9		14	15	12	14
May	10.1		8	12	11	10
June	8.5		8	8	9	9
July	7.4		8	9	7	8
August	7.6		8	9	8	8
September	10.1		10	12	10	10
October	13.5		13	14	13	14
November	15.4		16	13	16	16
December	18.0		20	15	18	18
Average	14.1	18.8	13.1	13.5	13.1	13.6

25th 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	7.2	6	14	6	14	8
February	10.1	14	11	15	12	12
March	12.7	5	4	23	27	14
April	9.4		15	18	7	10
May	7.3		5	18	8	15
June	12.1		1	7	14	9
July	10.8		5	32	7	17
August	6.3		5	9	7	9
September	6.1		3	13	7	8
October	9.8		6	10	8	14
November	7.1		9	3	19	5
December	5.1		8	5	3	11
Average	8.5	7.8	7.5	13.5	10.9	10.9

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	11.9	13	12	12	11	12
February	11.7	12	12	11	11	11
March	10.7	10	10	11	11	11
April	9.5		11	9	9	10
May	9.9		12	9	9	10
June	10.6		11	14	11	11
July	10.6		11	10	11	9
August	11.8		9	11	10	13
September	12.0		11	13	13	12
October	11.8		13	11	12	11
November	12.3		11	14	12	12
December	12.1		12	14	12	12
Average	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.1	11.1

87th 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	105°	126°	112°	120°	133°
February	141°	111°	118°	138°	111°
March	127°	109°	144°	124°	143°
April		205°	129°	213°	304°
May		273°	296°	259°	259°
June		293°	286°	291°	272°
July		287°	250°	289°	240°
August		272°	284°	294°	287°
September		177°	235°	271°	308°
October		139°	054°	211°	144°
November		115°	175°	135°	136°
December		127°	169°	133°	118°

Prevailing wind direction

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