Litchfield Municipal

3LF · Illinois, United States

Climate Litchfield Municipal 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Litchfield Municipal (K3LF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.0 44 44 77 50 40
February 68.9 88 76 69 65 60
March 72.3 75 60 76 79 57
April 81.6 85 85 88 81
May 82.4 97 75 82 73
June 90.2 90 93 87 92
July 88.5 90 89 79 86
August 87.3 78 85 90 90
September 89.6 87 88 92 83
October 75.6 81 90 61 74
November 75.3 86 77 91 79
December 64.8 57 50 64 71
Average 78.1 74.2 79.1 81.2 78.4 75.0

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 76.9 69 76 92 76 67
February 85.3 93 95 85 89 83
March 88.2 92 70 95 91 80
April 93.5 97 95 95 92
May 91.6 98 88 91 87
June 96.2 95 98 96 97
July 94.8 97 93 89 94
August 94.5 91 94 95 96
September 94.2 94 93 95 90
October 88.8 91 91 81 90
November 91.6 97 93 99 92
December 85.4 81 85 79 97
Average 90.3 88.6 91.5 92.1 90.0 89.0

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 2.7 1 6 1 2 4
February 6.4 12 9 4 -1 5
March 12.0 15 12 13 14 12
April 17.3 18 17 18 17
May 23.4 25 24 21 21
June 28.6 28 30 29 29
July 28.5 29 30 28 24
August 28.0 29 28 29 28
September 26.8 27 25 28 25
October 19.2 19 19 21 18
November 10.9 13 12 11 14
December 6.9 8 6 11 6
Average 16.8 11.5 19.1 17.5 17.6 16.8

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 -5.5 -5 -1 -8 -3 -3
February -3.0 -1 -1 -6 -8 -3
March 2.1 3 2 2 4 4
April 6.5 8 6 6 5
May 13.2 13 14 12 12
June 17.5 16 18 19 18
July 18.4 19 20 19 14
August 17.8 18 18 19 17
September 14.7 14 14 15 13
October 7.9 8 5 11 6
November 0.8 1 2 0 4
December -2.8 2 -1 1 -2
Average 6.8 1.2 8.6 7.2 8.0 7.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.4 10 7 5 15 5
February 7.3 1 3 14 12 11
March 8.4 4 23 9 8 10
April 7.2 4 9 8 8
May 5.3 3 5 6 6
June 2.2 2 3 2 1
July 3.3 1 6 4 5
August 2.5 4 1 2 2
September 1.7 1 4 3 1
October 4.9 6 3 4 6
November 3.9 3 3 1 4
December 5.7 12 1 4 3
Average 5.0 4.7 4.1 5.3 5.5 5.0

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 9.3 8 10 8 8 8
February 9.2 10 10 5 10 10
March 10.4 11 12 11 11 10
April 10.7 11 12 10 11
May 8.6 5 10 9 9
June 7.1 7 7 7 7
July 5.3 5 6 4 5
August 5.2 6 5 5 5
September 5.9 6 6 6 6
October 8.3 9 9 4 10
November 9.4 8 11 9 11
December 9.3 10 9 10 9
Average 8.3 10.2 7.3 8.1 7.6 8.2

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 255° 249° 300° 263° 232°
February 193° 227° 227° 333° 303°
March 207° 019° 219° 148° 207°
April 213° 207° 228° 258°
May 062° 174° 164° 226°
June 031° 218° 189° 190°
July 231° 210° 267° 151°
August 216° 186° 164° 072°
September 152° 307° 208° 188°
October 238° 220° 329° 253°
November 216° 212° 225° 200°
December 202° 197° 198° 235°

Prevailing wind direction

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