Scott Air Force Base/Midamerica St. Louis

KBLV · Illinois, United States

Climate Scott Air Force Base/Midamerica St. Louis 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Scott Air Force Base/Midamerica St. Louis (KBLV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.8 48 47 75 50 52
February 70.7 89 76 62 67 66
March 74.4 80 70 75 80 64
April 85.9 93 82 92 81
May 82.7 81 71 85 79
June 92.3 90 94 92 95
July 89.4 86 82 88 87
August 87.9 72 86 94 90
September 90.9 90 86 92 87
October 77.3 78 81 68 76
November 76.8 80 76 92 80
December 67.5 54 54 68 78
Average 79.4 71.9 77.1 78.4 82.4 79.0

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 79.5 71 77 88 81 79
February 86.8 94 92 77 94 87
March 91.4 93 92 93 92 90
April 94.3 98 93 98 93
May 93.2 91 88 96 92
June 97.0 91 98 97 99
July 95.2 94 89 94 96
August 95.3 88 96 96 96
September 95.6 97 93 95 93
October 89.7 91 86 86 87
November 91.7 92 90 100 94
December 88.4 85 76 86 99
Average 91.3 85.9 91.0 89.7 93.3 92.4

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 5.2 3 8 4 4 6
February 9.2 15 12 7 1 8
March 14.2 18 13 16 16 15
April 19.3 21 19 19 18
May 25.0 26 25 23 22
June 30.4 30 31 30 30
July 31.6 32 32 30 31
August 29.8 30 30 31 29
September 27.9 28 27 29 27
October 20.8 21 21 22 19
November 12.9 15 14 13 16
December 9.4 11 8 14 8
Average 18.7 12.1 20.5 19.9 19.7 19.1

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 -4.7 -4 0 -7 -2 -2
February -2.2 1 0 -5 -7 -2
March 3.2 5 2 3 5 5
April 7.3 7 7 7 7
May 13.7 13 15 12 13
June 18.3 17 19 20 18
July 19.8 20 22 20 22
August 18.7 20 20 20 19
September 15.9 15 15 15 15
October 8.7 9 6 12 7
November 1.5 2 2 1 4
December -1.4 2 0 2 -2
Average 7.5 0.7 9.0 8.3 8.9 8.6

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 14 10 11 16 10
February 10.7 4 9 25 10 14
March 9.4 8 11 13 8 9
April 8.6 2 13 8 9
May 6.3 3 8 6 8
June 3.7 3 6 2 4
July 5.0 7 11 3 4
August 4.3 5 4 2 3
September 3.9 3 6 4 3
October 6.9 10 11 5 6
November 4.8 7 4 0 5
December 8.1 17 7 6 4
Average 7.0 8.4 6.7 9.9 5.4 6.4

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 8.0 7 9 9 7 6
February 7.9 8 8 8 9 8
March 8.8 10 10 10 8 7
April 8.3 9 9 8 7
May 6.9 6 8 7 6
June 5.8 6 5 6 5
July 4.9 6 5 4 4
August 5.0 6 5 5 4
September 5.2 5 5 7 4
October 7.4 9 7 8 6
November 7.2 7 8 8 6
December 7.3 8 7 8 7
Average 7.0 8.4 7.2 7.2 6.8 5.8

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 275° 269° 287° 255° 269°
February 297° 234° 276° 333° 310°
March 240° 238° 240° 151° 275°
April 238° 199° 244° 289°
May 047° 196° 187° 038°
June 354° 239° 209° 172°
July 239° 181° 082° 143°
August 254° 216° 189° 032°
September 262° 333° 223° 174°
October 262° 253° 244° 319°
November 265° 225° 243° 218°
December 242° 191° 232° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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