Flora Municipal Airport

KFOA · Illinois, United States

Climate Flora Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.2 52 45 79 54 45
February 70.6 87 81 72 70 63
March 76.0 82 69 82 82 64
April 84.5 82 96 84 90 81
May 83.3 91 81 84 78
June 90.2 91 96 87 91
July 88.0 90 86 81 85
August 89.9 86 91 93 86
September 88.6 93 91 91 80
October 80.4 87 91 74 71
November 74.7 86 79 86 83
December 66.4 56 61 65 71
Average 79.4 76.7 82.2 84.2 80.7 75.4

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 82.1 76 82 93 86 77
February 87.0 93 97 88 92 85
March 91.4 96 90 98 91 88
April 95.2 94 100 97 96 94
May 94.3 97 95 96 89
June 96.6 96 99 94 98
July 94.5 96 93 90 92
August 96.5 94 98 97 96
September 94.9 97 96 96 92
October 90.5 94 95 90 85
November 92.1 97 91 98 94
December 88.0 86 81 86 94
Average 92.0 90.6 94.2 94.4 92.8 90.4

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 4.8 3 8 3 4 6
February 8.6 13 11 6 1 7
March 13.6 17 12 14 16 14
April 19.0 20 20 18 19 18
May 24.8 25 25 23 21
June 29.7 30 30 29 30
July 30.5 31 30 29 31
August 29.2 29 29 30 28
September 27.6 27 27 28 26
October 20.7 21 20 22 19
November 12.6 15 13 12 16
December 8.8 10 7 13 8
Average 18.2 12.9 19.8 18.9 18.8 18.3

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 -3.2 -4 1 -7 -2 -1
February -2.6 0 1 -5 -7 -2
March 3.2 5 2 2 5 5
April 7.6 10 7 7 7 6
May 13.6 13 14 12 13
June 16.8 17 18 19 19
July 18.9 20 21 19 21
August 18.8 19 19 20 18
September 15.0 14 14 15 14
October 9.1 9 6 12 7
November 2.0 2 2 0 4
December -1.8 2 0 2 -2
Average 7.5 2.5 8.8 7.9 8.6 8.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.9 12 9 8 15 13
February 9.9 3 5 17 12 19
March 8.4 3 9 10 9 10
April 7.5 8 3 8 7 9
May 5.7 3 5 5 8
June 3.2 1 3 3 6
July 4.0 3 8 8 3
August 3.3 3 2 4 3
September 3.4 3 2 6 1
October 7.0 5 4 6 10
November 5.7 3 5 2 9
December 8.1 9 9 8 6
Average 6.4 6.4 4.4 6.4 6.8 7.8

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 8.8 9 10 10 9 8
February 9.3 10 10 9 9 10
March 9.9 11 11 10 10 10
April 9.7 11 10 11 10 9
May 7.9 8 10 8 9
June 6.8 8 7 7 7
July 5.5 7 6 5 6
August 5.5 6 6 6 6
September 6.1 5 6 7 7
October 8.3 9 9 9 9
November 8.7 8 10 9 10
December 8.8 9 8 10 9
Average 8.1 10.1 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.1

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 263° 257° 289° 275° 240°
February 256° 235° 254° 347° 298°
March 222° 236° 224° 161° 230°
April 234° 226° 218° 242° 259°
May 084° 191° 166° 231°
June 008° 229° 203° 206°
July 232° 218° 249° 190°
August 226° 236° 175° 125°
September 168° 311° 226° 212°
October 249° 227° 225° 247°
November 245° 223° 237° 217°
December 219° 198° 217° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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