The Eastern Iowa Airport

KCID · Iowa, United States

Climate The Eastern Iowa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of The Eastern Iowa Airport (KCID) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.0 35 35 77 54 40
February 75.1 89 70 76 70 85
March 69.0 61 68 74 57
April 77.9 86 69 83 80
May 77.6 91 78 73 74
June 87.2 80 88 92 89
July 89.3 90 86 86 93
August 86.5 87 82 92 96
September 84.3 80 85 92 81
October 76.9 70 93 69 83
November 74.0 87 63 88 84
December 61.8 43 40 80 67
Average 74.9 60.4 74.1 76.8 80.0 78.1

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 70.1 54 62 89 69 65
February 85.3 94 83 91 80 92
March 84.9 83 83 86 77
April 91.8 95 89 98 93
May 91.3 98 91 93 92
June 93.7 85 96 96 94
July 96.0 94 95 97 95
August 94.2 94 93 96 99
September 92.3 93 93 97 87
October 90.2 87 96 88 94
November 89.1 96 82 98 88
December 80.9 72 64 88 86
Average 87.1 72.6 87.4 89.6 91.1 88.9

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 -2.2 -3 0 -4 -2 -1
February 1.7 10 4 0 -7 1
March 8.1 8 8 10 10
April 15.1 17 12 16 15
May 22.0 25 23 20 19
June 27.9 29 28 29 28
July 28.7 29 29 28 29
August 27.5 29 28 29 28
September 25.2 27 25 26 23
October 16.4 18 18 18 14
November 8.2 10 9 9 12
December 3.5 6 3 6 2
Average 13.8 3.6 16.8 15.2 15.3 14.9

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 -10.5 -8 -6 -16 -9 -8
February -9.4 -3 -7 -12 -15 -8
March -2.3 -2 -2 1 0
April 3.0 4 1 5 2
May 10.5 11 12 10 9
June 16.1 16 15 17 17
July 17.6 17 18 18 17
August 16.0 17 16 17 15
September 12.8 14 12 13 11
October 5.5 7 4 9 3
November -3.9 -1 -1 -2 0
December -6.6 -1 -5 -5 -7
Average 3.2 -6.0 5.7 3.7 4.9 4.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 20 11 8 6 9
February 8.1 0 16 8 9 4
March 7.9 7 11 8 9
April 7.8 2 14 3 6
May 6.4 2 11 8 6
June 3.5 1 5 6 7
July 1.8 2 3 2 2
August 2.5 2 4 3 0
September 4.1 1 3 2 9
October 6.9 7 4 12 4
November 5.9 4 16 4 5
December 9.3 18 18 3 7
Average 6.6 10.8 5.5 8.1 5.5 5.4

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 10.4 10 10 12 10 11
February 11.0 11 11 13 10 10
March 11.6 11 12 12 11
April 12.5 14 14 12 12
May 10.1 10 11 10 10
June 8.7 8 9 8 9
July 7.1 7 8 7 7
August 7.0 7 7 7 7
September 8.4 7 9 9 10
October 10.3 11 10 10 11
November 10.9 10 12 12 12
December 10.1 10 12 11 9
Average 9.8 10.3 9.6 10.5 9.6 9.7

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 298° 287° 292° 347° 282°
February 264° 276° 299° 310° 311°
March 312° 319° 150° 260°
April 258° 259° 271° 293°
May 110° 144° 162° 032°
June 088° 217° 211° 170°
July 280° 225° 164° 183°
August 219° 195° 180° 221°
September 162° 291° 214° 242°
October 295° 263° 020° 286°
November 257° 258° 257° 223°
December 213° 195° 229° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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