Central Il Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport

KBMI · Illinois, United States

Climate Central Il Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Central Il Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport (KBMI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.4 38 27 70 44 38
February 65.2 81 68 60 77 60
March 69.0 76 62 71 81 51
April 78.8 87 79 87 75
May 80.1 90 73 85 72
June 87.6 86 93 84 95
July 86.8 86 84 78 90
August 83.2 75 77 86 92
September 84.6 78 86 91 74
October 73.6 75 87 61 81
November 73.2 86 69 86 82
December 61.1 44 41 65 74
Average 74.2 66.1 73.6 76.0 78.0 74.7

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 69.9 55 68 86 67 63
February 79.8 90 88 80 85 75
March 83.8 90 83 87 89 69
April 89.9 96 96 92 84
May 91.0 97 83 92 87
June 94.3 93 98 95 99
July 94.9 94 91 87 97
August 93.8 92 90 97 97
September 92.6 93 92 94 83
October 87.0 91 90 77 89
November 88.5 94 88 97 93
December 79.2 65 71 76 91
Average 86.8 79.1 88.7 88.6 88.0 86.0

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 1.2 0 4 0 1 3
February 4.6 11 7 2 -3 3
March 10.5 15 10 11 13 11
April 16.6 20 15 17 16
May 23.3 25 24 21 20
June 28.5 28 29 29 29
July 29.0 29 29 28 30
August 27.8 28 28 29 28
September 25.8 25 25 27 24
October 17.9 18 18 19 17
November 9.5 11 11 9 14
December 5.7 7 5 9 5
Average 15.7 8.3 17.7 16.7 16.6 16.6

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 -7.6 -6 -2 -11 -5 -4
February -6.7 -3 -3 -8 -10 -6
March 0.3 2 0 0 2 1
April 4.9 5 5 6 4
May 12.1 12 14 11 11
June 17.3 15 17 19 18
July 19.1 19 19 19 20
August 17.7 18 18 19 17
September 14.7 14 14 15 13
October 7.6 8 5 11 6
November 0.0 0 1 0 3
December -3.3 0 -2 -1 -4
Average 5.5 -3.8 7.1 6.2 7.2 6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.8 20 16 10 25 16
February 16.4 4 13 23 22 28
March 13.6 9 17 16 10 20
April 10.5 8 14 10 11
May 7.2 4 10 14 8
June 3.7 4 7 5 2
July 3.6 3 6 7 3
August 3.0 6 3 2 3
September 3.5 7 4 2 3
October 10.6 10 12 15 7
November 9.7 5 17 6 8
December 11.0 17 18 8 6
Average 9.1 10.4 8.6 10.7 9.9 8.9

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 11.7 10 11 13 10 11
February 12.0 11 13 13 12 11
March 12.9 14 14 13 13 12
April 12.5 12 14 12 12
May 10.9 10 12 11 11
June 9.7 10 9 9 10
July 8.0 7 8 8 8
August 8.0 8 8 7 7
September 8.4 7 9 9 9
October 10.8 11 11 10 11
November 11.6 10 13 11 13
December 11.3 11 11 12 11
Average 10.7 11.8 10.2 10.8 10.2 10.3

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 257° 259° 286° 259° 241°
February 234° 242° 238° 315° 287°
March 233° 242° 246° 163° 231°
April 225° 221° 249° 277°
May 090° 180° 175° 211°
June 022° 255° 218° 202°
July 245° 260° 316° 189°
August 299° 236° 199° 208°
September 159° 270° 243° 200°
October 260° 241° 273° 259°
November 244° 225° 238° 219°
December 227° 191° 219° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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