Gary/Chicago International Airport

KGYY · Indiana, United States

Climate Gary/Chicago International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.3 38 29 71 46 42
February 66.7 78 68 70 68 67
March 72.6 73 66 77 84 56
April 80.1 85 86 81 72
May 80.5 90 78 88 77
June 84.9 76 92 88 96
July 86.1 81 85 73 93
August 88.8 85 83 93 94
September 83.5 81 80 88 78
October 72.2 72 86 61 72
November 70.4 79 76 84 77
December 62.0 47 45 72 66
Average 74.6 63.8 73.3 79.5 78.3 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 76.7 64 76 90 78 74
February 84.5 90 90 89 80 84
March 89.4 85 90 94 96 85
April 90.3 98 97 91 82
May 90.4 96 88 96 90
June 90.7 84 94 96 99
July 94.9 91 93 92 98
August 98.0 97 97 100 100
September 95.2 96 95 98 91
October 91.0 96 92 88 92
November 92.5 96 95 97 93
December 87.3 78 79 92 92
Average 89.4 80.3 91.0 92.5 92.4 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 1.5 0 4 -2 1 4
February 4.5 9 7 3 -2 3
March 9.1 12 7 10 12 10
April 15.0 17 14 16 14
May 19.9 14 23 20 20
June 26.6 25 28 27 28
July 28.1 28 28 27 30
August 27.7 27 27 29 28
September 24.8 24 24 26 23
October 17.7 18 17 19 16
November 9.6 11 12 9 14
December 5.7 8 4 8 5
Average 14.8 7.0 15.6 15.9 16.1 16.1

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 -5.1 -5 -2 -10 -4 -2
February -5.7 -1 -3 -6 -12 -4
March 0.7 2 0 0 2 2
April 4.8 5 4 6 5
May 10.5 6 13 11 11
June 15.4 13 14 18 14
July 18.7 17 18 19 19
August 17.7 18 18 19 16
September 15.0 14 14 15 14
October 8.4 9 6 12 6
November 1.4 1 2 0 4
December -2.6 2 -2 -1 -2
Average 5.9 -2.7 6.6 6.1 7.1 6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.7 14 14 11 14 18
February 12.6 3 10 12 21 18
March 9.6 8 14 16 6 8
April 9.7 5 7 12 12
May 8.6 4 12 5 13
June 5.4 5 4 9 2
July 4.0 5 9 4 3
August 2.0 4 1 1 2
September 4.8 8 7 2 6
October 9.2 10 10 14 7
November 7.3 5 6 4 6
December 7.3 11 11 4 5
Average 7.8 8.1 7.6 8.5 7.5 7.9

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 8.7 8 8 9 7 8
February 9.2 8 10 10 8 10
March 9.8 10 10 9 9 9
April 9.5 10 10 8 9
May 7.9 7 9 8 7
June 6.8 7 6 6 6
July 6.2 6 6 7 6
August 6.5 7 6 6 5
September 6.7 6 6 8 7
October 8.2 9 7 7 8
November 8.7 8 9 9 9
December 8.7 7 7 9 7
Average 8.1 8.9 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5

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 265° 251° 271° 264° 244°
February 272° 241° 260° 279° 291°
March 290° 300° 265° 299° 273°
April 237° 209° 278° 314°
May 024° 127° 061° 011°
June 004° 311° 270° 068°
July 343° 310° 336° 358°
August 002° 316° 133° 347°
September 061° 314° 280° 302°
October 284° 256° 332° 288°
November 253° 222° 243° 232°
December 249° 192° 234° 242°

Prevailing wind direction

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