Effingham County Memorial Airport

1H2 · Illinois, United States

Climate Effingham County Memorial Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.1 46 39 72 50 46
February 69.5 86 76 70 66 60
March 72.9 77 64 76 83 63
April 83.3 94 84 90 80
May 82.6 89 78 82 78
June 88.7 89 93 87 89
July 87.4 92 83 78 86
August 86.4 84 86 88 80
September 88.5 89 90 91 76
October 75.2 82 89 59 72
November 74.9 86 77 86 83
December 64.1 56 59 62 67
Average 77.4 70.3 79.9 81.3 77.8 74.2

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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 76.1 71 77 87 75 72
February 86.3 94 97 87 88 82
March 88.8 93 87 94 90 84
April 93.5 99 94 95 92
May 92.6 97 88 93 90
June 95.7 94 98 95 95
July 94.3 98 91 89 92
August 93.2 93 93 94 86
September 94.0 96 94 94 86
October 88.9 93 94 80 90
November 92.4 95 94 98 94
December 86.1 84 82 82 96
Average 90.2 86.4 93.0 92.0 89.9 88.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi 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 4.0 2 7 2 4 6
February 7.9 12 11 6 1 6
March 12.9 17 12 14 15 13
April 18.3 20 17 19 17
May 24.3 25 25 22 22
June 29.0 29 30 29 30
July 30.3 31 30 29 31
August 28.6 27 29 30 28
September 27.6 28 26 28 26
October 19.6 18 20 21 19
November 11.7 14 13 11 15
December 8.0 9 7 12 7
Average 17.6 10.4 19.2 18.9 18.4 18.2

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 -4.5 -5 0 -8 -3 -1
February -2.1 0 0 -5 -7 -2
March 2.7 5 2 2 4 4
April 6.9 7 7 7 6
May 13.3 13 14 11 12
June 16.8 16 18 19 17
July 19.7 20 20 18 20
August 17.6 16 18 19 18
September 14.8 14 14 14 14
October 8.2 7 7 11 6
November 1.3 2 2 1 4
December -1.4 2 0 2 -2
Average 7.1 0.3 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.6 11 11 11 17 11
February 11.1 3 4 19 15 22
March 9.7 4 10 11 10 10
April 7.7 2 9 11 8
May 6.3 3 6 8 7
June 3.0 1 3 4 4
July 3.4 1 5 4 5
August 3.2 5 1 1 4
September 2.7 2 4 6 2
October 7.5 8 4 9 7
November 5.3 3 4 2 6
December 8.5 10 8 7 6
Average 6.4 5.6 4.6 6.5 7.6 7.2

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 7.6 7 8 8 7 7
February 7.8 8 8 8 8 7
March 8.5 10 9 9 8 7
April 8.3 8 9 8 7
May 6.4 6 8 5 6
June 5.4 5 5 5 5
July 4.0 5 4 3 1
August 3.9 5 4 4 2
September 4.7 5 4 5 5
October 6.8 7 7 6 7
November 7.3 6 8 7 8
December 7.3 7 7 8 7
Average 6.6 8.2 6.5 6.5 6.1 5.5

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 233° 241° 273° 247° 223°
February 215° 215° 223° 306° 272°
March 199° 221° 215° 140° 219°
April 202° 197° 222° 247°
May 085° 152° 145° 211°
June 334° 210° 178° 170°
July 220° 198° 232° 201°
August 218° 203° 161° 205°
September 168° 268° 202° 190°
October 237° 201° 215° 234°
November 219° 202° 224° 199°
December 202° 171° 198° 226°

Prevailing wind direction

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