Indianapolis International Airport

KIND · Indiana, United States

Climate Indianapolis International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Indianapolis International Airport (KIND) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.8 34 36 68 46 42
February 67.7 78 80 64 74 57
March 71.3 77 59 75 81 62
April 79.2 72 82 80 86 75
May 84.8 95 81 87 85
June 87.5 83 95 87 92
July 89.1 88 85 86 93
August 88.3 79 82 95 91
September 87.7 86 88 89 82
October 77.6 79 91 66 72
November 75.9 85 76 82 84
December 62.7 51 55 66 65
Average 76.7 66.3 76.2 79.8 80.2 76.6

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 76.4 60 74 90 74 78
February 85.1 97 93 85 93 74
March 88.6 89 85 97 95 83
April 94.4 92 96 94 97 96
May 93.9 99 90 95 97
June 94.9 87 99 95 97
July 96.4 96 94 96 98
August 95.5 95 92 98 97
September 95.7 96 97 97 94
October 91.5 93 97 87 90
November 90.2 93 91 94 94
December 85.5 83 70 85 96
Average 90.7 85.4 91.1 92.3 92.7 91.6

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 3.2 2 6 1 3 5
February 7.2 11 11 5 1 5
March 11.9 15 12 14 15 13
April 17.6 19 19 16 18 16
May 23.4 24 25 22 21
June 28.0 28 29 28 29
July 29.6 29 30 28 31
August 28.6 28 29 30 28
September 26.4 26 25 27 25
October 19.0 19 19 20 18
November 10.8 13 12 10 15
December 7.0 9 6 11 6
Average 17.0 11.5 18.6 18.0 17.6 17.6

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 -4.0 -4 0 -8 -3 -1
February -3.7 0 0 -5 -7 -3
March 1.9 4 1 2 3 4
April 6.8 9 6 7 7 6
May 13.1 12 14 11 12
June 17.9 17 18 19 18
July 20.3 20 21 20 21
August 19.0 19 19 20 19
September 16.1 16 15 16 14
October 9.2 10 7 13 8
November 1.7 3 3 1 5
December -1.0 2 -1 1 -2
Average 7.5 2.2 8.7 8.0 8.4 8.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.0 24 21 16 18 16
February 15.5 6 7 26 15 26
March 13.7 7 17 14 10 15
April 11.7 14 13 12 11 10
May 8.7 5 11 11 8
June 5.2 6 2 7 4
July 4.2 3 7 4 4
August 3.5 4 4 2 2
September 4.2 2 4 6 2
October 11.0 9 8 12 9
November 10.0 7 14 5 9
December 13.6 12 14 12 12
Average 10.1 12.7 8.5 10.4 9.0 9.0

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 9.8 10 10 10 9 9
February 10.3 10 11 10 10 10
March 11.2 12 12 12 11 11
April 10.6 11 10 12 11 10
May 9.1 8 10 8 9
June 8.5 9 8 8 8
July 7.5 8 8 7 7
August 7.5 8 8 8 7
September 7.7 6 8 9 8
October 9.3 9 10 8 9
November 9.5 9 10 9 10
December 9.3 9 9 10 10
Average 9.3 10.8 9.0 9.4 8.8 8.9

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 245° 263° 277° 230° 232°
February 253° 234° 251° 320° 280°
March 236° 242° 240° 198° 251°
April 243° 233° 219° 251° 266°
May 063° 173° 200° 222°
June 001° 249° 214° 213°
July 252° 247° 255° 241°
August 248° 260° 201° 282°
September 128° 268° 229° 216°
October 251° 229° 211° 218°
November 234° 225° 235° 229°
December 228° 179° 214° 241°

Prevailing wind direction

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