Chicago O'hare International Airport

KORD · Illinois, United States

Climate Chicago O'hare International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chicago O'hare International Airport (KORD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.5 35 24 72 50 44
February 69.9 81 67 69 72 78
March 72.0 74 59 70 82 58
April 78.4 77 77 86 76
May 81.0 90 75 87 80
June 86.6 79 91 89 96
July 89.6 84 85 85 95
August 90.8 89 84 94 95
September 84.8 77 81 95 78
October 74.3 72 84 70 81
November 72.2 78 69 85 79
December 61.9 45 38 71 70
Average 75.7 63.9 71.4 76.5 81.7 78.8

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 77.1 63 70 91 78 74
February 86.3 97 86 86 83 91
March 90.5 93 89 91 95 83
April 91.6 92 93 96 94
May 92.7 96 88 98 89
June 94.0 86 97 99 100
July 96.7 92 95 97 99
August 98.4 99 98 99 99
September 95.5 96 95 100 91
October 90.5 94 91 90 94
November 92.8 94 92 99 94
December 86.6 76 74 92 95
Average 90.8 84.4 89.6 91.6 94.4 92.2

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 0.4 -1 3 -2 1 2
February 4.0 10 6 2 -2 3
March 9.2 12 8 10 12 11
April 15.0 17 13 17 15
May 21.8 23 23 21 21
June 27.6 27 29 29 29
July 29.0 29 29 28 31
August 28.4 28 28 30 30
September 25.1 25 24 26 24
October 17.3 18 17 19 16
November 8.9 11 11 9 14
December 4.8 7 4 7 5
Average 14.8 6.9 16.9 16.1 16.5 16.6

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 -6.3 -5 -2 -10 -4 -4
February -5.2 0 -3 -7 -10 -4
March 0.7 3 0 1 3 2
April 5.0 6 5 7 4
May 11.5 12 14 11 11
June 17.2 16 18 19 18
July 20.2 20 20 20 22
August 19.3 19 19 21 20
September 16.2 17 16 17 15
October 8.8 11 7 12 6
November 1.3 2 3 1 5
December -2.2 2 -2 0 -2
Average 6.3 -2.9 8.3 7.2 8.1 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 22.3 24 33 17 18 20
February 15.4 1 14 26 21 15
March 13.1 9 19 27 6 16
April 12.8 12 17 8 13
May 9.1 7 14 7 11
June 5.2 5 6 6 4
July 3.7 7 7 3 3
August 2.8 4 5 1 0
September 5.9 12 6 3 7
October 11.1 14 7 12 8
November 11.6 9 18 10 7
December 13.2 21 27 8 10
Average 10.2 11.1 12.4 13.8 7.8 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 9.2 9 8 10 9 8
February 10.1 10 11 11 9 11
March 10.7 11 11 10 12 10
April 10.4 11 11 10 10
May 9.4 9 10 10 9
June 8.6 9 9 8 9
July 7.9 7 8 8 8
August 8.0 9 8 8 8
September 8.3 7 8 9 9
October 9.3 9 9 9 10
November 9.6 9 11 9 11
December 9.0 8 9 10 9
Average 9.3 10.0 8.8 9.6 9.0 9.2

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 268° 261° 278° 292° 248°
February 260° 254° 275° 287° 301°
March 270° 303° 269° 217° 240°
April 234° 213° 250° 296°
May 048° 137° 144° 045°
June 027° 250° 220° 183°
July 296° 276° 344° 261°
August 347° 297° 180° 265°
September 117° 319° 247° 261°
October 266° 232° 010° 275°
November 245° 229° 244° 231°
December 246° 192° 235° 261°

Prevailing wind direction

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