Weather in Port Macquarie-Hastings

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

Maximum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.0	86.0	80.0	82.0	82.0	86.0
February	83.0	83.0	83.0	80.0	78.0	81.0
March	79.0	80.0	83.0	76.0	76.0	78.0
April	75.0		73.0	74.0	72.0	76.0
May	69.0		67.0	68.0	68.0	67.0
June	64.0		65.0	63.0	63.0	64.0
July	65.0		66.0	62.0	64.0	63.0
August	67.0		68.0	66.0	67.0	65.0
September	72.0		74.0	68.0	73.0	73.0
October	75.0		78.0	72.0	76.0	76.0
November	77.0		77.0	75.0	74.0	80.0
December	82.0		83.0	74.0	79.0	79.0
Average	75.0	83.0	75.0	72.0	73.0	74.0

87th highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.0	69	65	68	65	70
February	66.0	66	65	65	67	67
March	64.0	63	65	64	64	62
April	57.0		56	59	54	57
May	50.0		47	53	51	50
June	47.0		46	46	47	48
July	45.0		46	48	45	47
August	46.0		47	48	46	46
September	50.0		49	53	50	51
October	56.0		55	57	56	56
November	60.0		62	56	61	61
December	64.0		67	58	64	65
Average	57.0	66.0	56.0	56.0	56.0	57.0

25th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
86 °F or warmer	19	41	8	16	32
77 °F or warmer	64	122	72	89	117
68 °F or warmer	91	258	215	241	240
32 °F or colder	0	0	0	0	0

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 (miles per hour)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.7	14	14	14	13	14
February	13.5	13	14	13	13	12
March	12.3	11	12	12	12	13
April	11.0		12	10	10	11
May	11.3		13	10	11	12
June	12.2		13	16	12	12
July	12.2		13	12	13	11
August	13.5		10	13	12	15
September	13.8		13	15	14	13
October	13.6		15	13	14	13
November	14.2		13	16	14	14
December	13.9		13	16	14	14
Average	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	12.7	12.8

21st 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	E	SE	E	SE	SE
February	SE	E	SE	SE	E
March	SE	E	SE	SE	SE
April		SW	SE	SW	NW
May		W	NW	W	W
June		NW	W	W	W
July		W	W	W	SW
August		W	W	NW	W
September		S	SW	W	NW
October		SE	NE	SW	SE
November		SE	S	SE	SE
December		SE	S	SE	SE

Prevailing wind direction

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

Port Macquarie-Hastings weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Port Macquarie-Hastings?

The warmest month is January with an average temperature of 85 °F over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Port Macquarie-Hastings?

The coldest month is June with an average daytime temperature of 64 °F in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Port Macquarie-Hastings?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 12.8 %.

Which month is the driest in Port Macquarie-Hastings?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in December. The probability is about 5.1 %.