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Situated
on 20'4"S and 148'5"E, the
welcoming tropical climate is attractive
for its estimated average daily 8.25
hours of sunshine and mean annual temperature
of 27'C maximum and 21'C minimum. As
this island group is situated on the
same latitude as Tahiti you can expect
sunny tropical weather virtually all
year round. We do however, experience
rainy or windy conditions once in a
while. |
MAXIMUM
& MINIMUM MEAN TEMPERATURES
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| CELSIUS |
MAXIMUM |
MINIMUM |
| JANUARY |
30 |
24 |
| FEBRUARY |
30 |
24 |
| MARCH |
29 |
24 |
| APRIL |
28 |
22 |
| MAY |
26 |
20 |
| JUNE |
23 |
17 |
| JULY |
23 |
17 |
| AUGUST |
24 |
17 |
| SEPTEMBER |
25 |
17 |
| OCTOBER |
27 |
19 |
| NOVEMBER |
29 |
21 |
| DECEMBER |
30 |
23 |
| based
on 15 years of records |
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WHITSUNDAY
WIND STRENGTH (knots)
Incidence of winds in
given range, 1500 hours, Hayman
Island (Observations over 15
year period)
|
Month |
0
- 11 |
11
- 16 |
17
- 22 |
22
- |
| JANUARY |
55% |
29% |
9% |
6% |
| FEBRUARY |
42% |
34% |
19% |
6% |
| MARCH |
47% |
29% |
16% |
8% |
| APRIL |
44% |
28% |
20% |
8% |
| MAY |
47% |
33% |
15% |
5% |
| JUNE |
64% |
25% |
9% |
1% |
| JULY |
65% |
27% |
6% |
1% |
| AUGUST |
61% |
26% |
10% |
2% |
| SEPTEMBER |
63% |
22% |
12% |
3% |
| OCTOBER |
54% |
33% |
11% |
3% |
| NOVEMBER |
56% |
28% |
12% |
4% |
| DECEMBER |
54% |
30% |
12% |
5% |
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WHITSUNDAY
WIND DIRECTION
Incidence of winds in
given direction, 1500 hours,
Hayman Island (Observations
over 15 year period)
|
Month |
Calm |
N |
NE |
E |
SE |
S |
SW |
W |
NW |
| JANUARY |
2% |
7% |
22% |
31% |
21% |
2% |
1% |
4% |
10% |
| FEBRUARY |
2% |
5% |
11% |
32% |
33% |
6% |
1% |
2% |
8% |
| MARCH |
1% |
2% |
13% |
35% |
37% |
6% |
1% |
* |
5% |
| APRIL |
3% |
1% |
6% |
30% |
46% |
7% |
* |
3% |
4% |
| MAY |
4% |
* |
4% |
24% |
46% |
18% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| JUNE |
3% |
1% |
3% |
14% |
41% |
25% |
4% |
5% |
4% |
| JULY |
3% |
1% |
6% |
23% |
40% |
16% |
5% |
3% |
3% |
| AUGUST |
3% |
4% |
15% |
26% |
35% |
5% |
1% |
4% |
9% |
| SEPTEMBER |
2% |
5% |
19% |
33% |
25% |
2% |
2% |
5% |
7% |
| OCTOBER |
* |
6% |
20% |
32% |
21% |
2% |
- |
4% |
14% |
| NOVEMBER |
1% |
10% |
22% |
27% |
16% |
1% |
- |
3% |
18% |
| DECEMBER |
* |
10% |
21% |
29% |
17% |
1% |
- |
3% |
16% |
| *
Occurs but incidence
is less than 0.5% - Predominant
wind direction
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