Dupage Airport

KDPA · Illinois, United States

Climate Dupage Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dupage Airport (KDPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.2 33 22 74 48 39
February 67.6 78 65 69 71 77
March 70.7 73 61 67 81 59
April 77.8 78 79 88 77
May 78.9 88 72 87 79
June 85.7 77 91 88 96
July 87.9 84 85 83 94
August 87.3 86 81 94 94
September 82.5 77 77 93 77
October 73.0 69 83 70 81
November 69.5 81 67 84 74
December 60.4 40 40 70 72
Average 73.7 61.1 70.2 75.6 80.9 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 72.0 58 64 88 77 73
February 81.6 89 84 86 81 89
March 89.0 90 88 86 95 82
April 89.8 90 91 97 92
May 91.1 94 87 97 89
June 92.4 84 95 95 99
July 95.9 92 95 96 98
August 94.8 94 93 98 98
September 91.2 89 90 98 85
October 88.7 91 90 89 92
November 88.3 93 87 97 87
December 83.8 72 73 89 97
Average 87.8 79.1 86.8 89.1 92.8 90.5

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 -1.7 -2 3 -3 0 2
February 3.1 10 5 1 -4 2
March 9.1 12 8 10 12 10
April 15.1 17 13 17 15
May 21.8 23 23 21 20
June 27.7 28 28 29 29
July 28.8 28 29 28 30
August 27.9 27 28 29 29
September 25.0 24 24 27 23
October 16.9 17 18 19 16
November 8.3 10 11 9 12
December 4.3 6 4 7 4
Average 14.5 6.5 16.4 15.9 16.1 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 -7.0 -6 -3 -12 -5 -4
February -7.7 -2 -4 -8 -12 -6
March -1.4 1 -1 0 1 0
April 3.7 4 4 5 3
May 10.3 10 12 10 10
June 16.0 14 16 17 17
July 18.5 18 19 18 20
August 16.9 16 18 19 17
September 14.1 15 14 14 13
October 6.9 8 5 11 4
November -1.5 -1 1 -1 3
December -4.5 1 -3 -2 -4
Average 4.7 -3.5 6.3 5.5 6.2 6.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.2 21 25 14 12 10
February 10.2 0 18 12 15 10
March 9.3 9 12 18 5 12
April 11.4 12 14 7 11
May 7.8 7 10 6 11
June 5.0 4 6 6 5
July 3.8 7 5 3 4
August 3.0 3 7 1 1
September 5.9 9 6 4 9
October 10.5 14 7 15 8
November 8.8 7 15 4 4
December 8.7 17 16 5 5
Average 8.2 9.9 10.8 10.2 6.5 7.3

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 9.4 9 8 11 9 9
February 10.1 10 11 11 9 11
March 10.5 11 10 10 11 10
April 10.5 11 12 10 10
May 8.9 8 10 9 9
June 8.0 8 8 8 8
July 7.1 6 8 7 7
August 7.0 7 8 6 7
September 7.6 7 8 8 9
October 9.1 9 9 8 10
November 9.6 9 11 10 10
December 9.2 9 9 10 9
Average 9.0 10.0 8.5 9.4 8.7 8.8

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 266° 260° 270° 285° 253°
February 251° 254° 247° 287° 295°
March 261° 277° 265° 204° 231°
April 237° 221° 247° 283°
May 052° 143° 185° 005°
June 034° 237° 219° 182°
July 268° 255° 296° 237°
August 307° 253° 181° 246°
September 139° 296° 240° 241°
October 265° 241° 337° 265°
November 239° 226° 240° 221°
December 241° 195° 228° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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