Aurora Municipal Airport

KARR · Illinois, United States

Climate Aurora Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.8 37 19 74 50 41
February 67.5 80 65 65 75 74
March 70.0 72 58 69 79 55
April 77.7 77 77 74 91 76
May 79.4 86 70 89 80
June 84.9 70 91 88 97
July 85.6 73 86 82 91
August 85.7 81 81 94 93
September 82.2 74 79 93 76
October 74.4 71 87 63 83
November 70.5 80 66 86 81
December 59.2 41 43 70 76
Average 74.1 67.2 67.3 75.3 81.5 78.0

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 72.5 61 56 86 79 71
February 83.8 91 85 86 83 89
March 87.9 91 86 85 94 77
April 90.0 88 91 87 99 89
May 90.9 92 85 98 88
June 91.7 83 94 95 99
July 94.4 84 95 97 96
August 94.3 91 96 98 97
September 92.1 89 91 99 86
October 88.4 85 92 88 94
November 89.3 93 84 97 91
December 82.1 69 71 88 99
Average 88.2 83.6 84.1 88.6 93.7 89.9

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 -1.5 -2 2 -3 0 2
February 2.9 9 5 1 -5 1
March 9.0 12 8 10 11 10
April 15.2 17 17 13 17 15
May 22.0 23 23 21 20
June 27.9 28 28 29 29
July 28.5 28 28 27 30
August 27.7 27 27 29 29
September 25.0 24 24 27 23
October 16.9 17 17 19 16
November 8.3 10 11 9 13
December 4.2 6 3 7 4
Average 14.8 8.7 16.2 15.6 16.0 15.8

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 -8.3 -7 -4 -14 -7 -5
February -7.1 -3 -5 -9 -14 -7
March -1.3 1 -1 -1 0 0
April 3.6 5 3 4 4 3
May 10.4 9 12 9 10
June 15.6 13 16 17 17
July 17.5 16 17 17 19
August 15.9 16 16 17 16
September 13.0 13 12 13 12
October 6.0 7 4 11 3
November -2.6 -2 -1 -2 2
December -4.2 0 -4 -3 -5
Average 4.4 -1.0 5.5 4.7 5.3 5.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.3 15 23 10 9 9
February 8.4 0 12 7 13 10
March 8.4 9 11 16 5 12
April 10.1 14 10 10 7 11
May 7.7 8 11 7 8
June 4.6 3 6 5 3
July 3.9 6 6 7 4
August 3.1 3 6 1 1
September 5.5 11 5 2 7
October 8.7 11 6 14 7
November 7.5 5 16 5 6
December 8.2 13 17 6 4
Average 7.4 10.0 9.3 9.0 6.3 6.6

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 9.8 9 9 11 9 9
February 10.4 10 11 11 10 11
March 11.0 12 11 11 12 10
April 11.3 12 12 13 11 11
May 9.4 9 11 10 9
June 8.3 8 8 8 8
July 6.6 6 7 7 6
August 6.4 6 7 6 6
September 7.2 6 7 8 8
October 9.2 9 9 8 10
November 9.9 9 11 11 11
December 9.6 9 10 11 9
Average 9.2 10.7 8.6 9.5 8.9 8.9

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 266° 263° 286° 293° 247°
February 257° 250° 267° 292° 295°
March 263° 275° 276° 183° 239°
April 259° 239° 214° 251° 283°
May 064° 132° 171° 058°
June 030° 234° 216° 172°
July 266° 243° 289° 226°
August 304° 234° 196° 240°
September 123° 291° 240° 234°
October 271° 236° 036° 268°
November 247° 223° 241° 223°
December 252° 189° 236° 262°

Prevailing wind direction

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