General Downing-Peoria International Airport

KPIA · Illinois, United States

Climate General Downing-Peoria International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General Downing-Peoria International Airport (KPIA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.2 39 31 77 43 44
February 69.8 85 69 72 71 68
March 70.9 77 67 69 78 54
April 80.8 79 88 81 87 80
May 80.6 87 74 84 72
June 89.2 86 93 87 92
July 88.4 91 82 78 93
August 87.2 78 82 93 95
September 86.4 82 89 94 76
October 77.0 80 88 67 83
November 76.6 87 71 86 88
December 63.4 47 42 69 74
Average 76.9 70.6 75.6 78.4 79.2 77.4

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 76.2 59 75 92 71 74
February 84.7 92 88 89 82 84
March 87.5 91 90 88 87 74
April 91.6 89 97 95 94 89
May 91.2 98 84 92 87
June 95.4 91 98 97 96
July 95.0 94 93 88 97
August 95.2 92 91 98 99
September 93.2 91 95 98 87
October 90.1 91 92 84 97
November 91.3 96 90 97 94
December 83.6 69 75 84 93
Average 89.4 83.0 89.9 90.8 90.0 89.5

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 1.6 0 4 2 1 3
February 5.0 12 8 3 -3 3
March 11.2 15 10 12 13 12
April 17.2 18 20 15 18 16
May 23.6 25 25 22 21
June 29.1 30 30 29 29
July 29.9 30 30 29 31
August 28.7 29 29 30 29
September 26.5 26 26 28 24
October 18.4 19 19 20 17
November 10.2 12 12 11 14
December 6.3 8 5 9 5
Average 16.5 11.1 18.6 17.7 17.3 17.0

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 -6.0 -6 -2 -11 -5 -4
February -5.3 -1 -3 -8 -10 -5
March 1.3 4 1 1 3 2
April 5.8 8 7 5 6 5
May 12.7 12 14 12 12
June 17.7 17 18 19 18
July 20.0 20 20 20 21
August 17.8 16 18 19 18
September 15.5 16 15 16 14
October 8.2 9 6 12 6
November 0.8 1 2 1 4
December -3.9 2 -2 0 -4
Average 6.5 1.1 8.0 6.9 7.8 7.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 12 11 4 14 6
February 10.3 4 11 11 16 17
March 11.0 10 10 18 9 13
April 9.0 11 5 12 10 9
May 8.2 2 15 15 8
June 3.3 2 5 4 5
July 3.2 3 6 8 3
August 2.6 6 1 3 2
September 3.1 6 3 0 3
October 8.5 6 8 14 8
November 6.8 4 10 5 4
December 6.2 14 7 4 2
Average 7.0 9.4 6.3 8.3 8.2 6.5

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 8.1 7 8 9 7 8
February 8.5 8 9 9 8 8
March 9.2 10 9 9 10 9
April 9.3 10 10 10 9 9
May 7.6 7 8 8 8
June 6.9 6 7 7 7
July 5.8 5 6 6 6
August 6.1 6 7 6 6
September 6.3 5 7 7 7
October 7.8 8 9 7 8
November 8.5 8 10 9 10
December 7.9 7 8 9 7
Average 7.7 8.8 7.3 8.1 7.5 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 260° 257° 260° 247° 247°
February 220° 242° 242° 295° 276°
March 234° 234° 256° 165° 200°
April 223° 232° 228° 242° 263°
May 095° 170° 176° 202°
June 042° 233° 217° 198°
July 243° 226° 196° 203°
August 197° 217° 190° 198°
September 162° 247° 221° 198°
October 248° 230° 242° 232°
November 231° 227° 237° 213°
December 215° 201° 217° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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