Summer Weather at Launceston Airport Australia

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 68°F to 72°F, rarely falling below 60°F or exceeding 83°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 74°F on January 25.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 48°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 41°F or exceeding 61°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 53°F on February 7.

For reference, on January 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Launceston Airport typically range from 53°F to 74°F, while on July 9, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 51°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Pucón, Chile (6,341 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Launceston Airport (view comparison).

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The summer at Launceston Airport experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 44% to 35%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 35% on February 26.

The clearest day of the summer is February 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 65% of the time.

For reference, on July 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 52%, while on February 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Launceston Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 23% and ending it at 15%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on August 18, and its lowest chance is 14% on February 18.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the summer at Launceston Airport is decreasing, starting the season at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.2 inches on February 25.

Over the course of the summer at Launceston Airport, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 51 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 15 seconds, and weekly decrease of 8 minutes, 46 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is February 28, with 13 hours, 6 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 21, with 15 hours, 12 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer at Launceston Airport is 5:30 AM on December 9 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 20 minutes later at 6:50 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 8:48 PM on January 3 and the earliest sunset is 52 minutes earlier at 7:56 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed at Launceston Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:33 AM and sets 15 hours, 12 minutes later, at 8:45 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:37 AM and sets 9 hours, 10 minutes later, at 4:47 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the summer of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Launceston Airport is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 1% on February 12.

For reference, on February 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on April 20, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Launceston Airport is gradually decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 8.4 miles per hour to 7.7 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on October 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour, while on June 1, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 8.8 miles per hour on January 7.

The wind direction at Launceston Airport during the summer is predominantly out of the north from December 1 to December 12 and from December 30 to February 28 and the west from December 12 to December 30.

Launceston Airport is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Launceston Airport is increasing during the summer, rising by 6°F, from 59°F to 65°F, over the course of the season.

The highest average surface water temperature during the summer is 65°F on February 28.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Launceston Airport typically lasts for 8.1 months (246 days), from around September 9 to around May 13, rarely starting before July 31 or after October 22, and rarely ending before April 20 or after June 19.

The summer at Launceston Airport is reliably fully within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Launceston Airport are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,024°F, from 428°F to 1,452°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Launceston Airport is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 7.4 kWh to 6.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 7.9 kWh on January 4.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Launceston Airport are -41.545 deg latitude, 147.214 deg longitude, and 548 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Launceston Airport contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 669 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 507 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,579 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,164 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Launceston Airport is covered by cropland (64%), trees (16%), and artificial surfaces (10%), within 10 miles by cropland (43%) and trees (39%), and within 50 miles by trees (60%) and cropland (18%).