Chicago/Rockford International Airport

KRFD · Illinois, United States

Climate Chicago/Rockford International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chicago/Rockford International Airport (KRFD) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 51.0 78 37 19 76 46
February 73.9 78 82 70 77 82
March 72.1 73 75 62 71 79
April 78.1 76 76 79 90
May 80.2 89 87 76 86
June 86.1 83 79 92 88
July 89.5 87 89 88 88
August 87.3 82 88 84 92
September 84.6 91 79 82 95
October 78.9 97 77 88 68
November 71.2 51 86 72 88
December 59.5 50 42 45 71
Average 77.1 76.1 76.3 72.4 79.1 82.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 77.7 91 66 60 93 76
February 87.2 92 93 86 92 89
March 89.5 88 89 88 89 96
April 92.1 90 94 92 97
May 93.8 98 94 95 98
June 94.5 94 88 95 96
July 97.5 94 98 96 99
August 95.5 94 96 96 97
September 94.0 95 96 93 100
October 92.5 100 92 95 90
November 90.7 89 93 89 99
December 83.3 76 73 78 87
Average 91.1 90.3 90.4 88.9 92.4 94.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -1.3 -1.1 -2.0 2.2 -3.0 0.4
February 2.5 0.7 10.0 4.4 1.7 -5.7
March 9.6 13.3 12.0 7.4 10.0 12.0
April 15.4 16.8 16.8 13.0 17.6
May 22.6 25.0 24.0 23.5 22.0
June 28.3 28.8 28.1 28.8 30.3
July 29.0 27.8 28.5 28.8 29.1
August 28.0 28.0 27.6 27.6 29.8
September 25.2 26.6 25.1 23.6 27.8
October 17.3 21.0 17.1 17.6 19.3
November 8.7 10.4 9.6 10.8 9.3
December 4.0 2.7 5.9 3.1 6.5
Average 14.6 4.4 17.2 16.4 15.9 16.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -8.1 -11.8 -8.7 -4.0 -13.0 -6.5
February -7.0 -9.3 -3.3 -6.5 -9.9 -13.8
March -1.6 0.7 1.1 -2.8 -1.4 1.3
April 4.1 6.0 3.2 3.2 6.2
May 10.9 11.6 9.5 12.6 10.3
June 16.6 18.1 14.5 15.8 18.5
July 18.5 17.6 16.3 18.6 18.8
August 17.1 17.0 17.1 17.6 18.1
September 13.8 13.0 14.5 13.1 13.9
October 6.7 7.2 7.2 4.5 10.4
November -1.8 3.1 -2.8 0.3 -1.1
December -4.4 -5.5 -1.9 -4.2 -3.7
Average 4.5 -6.0 6.7 5.9 5.4 6.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 19.1 12 20 32 13 18
February 12.5 9 2 18 14 12
March 12.2 16 13 14 20 7
April 13.9 20 14 16 7
May 9.5 7 8 13 10
June 5.4 8 4 6 5
July 3.2 7 4 5 4
August 3.5 5 3 5 1
September 6.0 5 8 7 2
October 10.3 0 17 9 14
November 11.8 15 7 24 10
December 14.0 18 20 22 8
Average 10.0 12.4 9.6 11.7 11.9 7.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.8 11 8 7 10 8
February 9.3 9 9 9 11 9
March 10.0 11 10 9 9 11
April 10.2 10 10 11 10
May 8.1 8 6 9 9
June 7.7 9 6 8 7
July 6.4 5 5 7 7
August 6.6 6 6 6 6
September 7.1 6 6 7 8
October 8.7 9 9 8 7
November 9.3 9 9 10 10
December 8.4 9 8 8 9
Average 8.5 10.2 8.1 7.5 8.6 8.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 261° 260° 269° 280° 343°
February 287° 241° 259° 261° 297°
March 237° 268° 295° 296° 187°
April 264° 245° 238° 256°
May 241° 003° 180° 187°
June 237° 338° 250° 227°
July 210° 253° 261° 312°
August 257° 248° 239° 206°
September 357° 146° 298° 256°
October 233° 266° 257° 328°
November 258° 236° 233° 250°
December 263° 242° 210° 244°

Prevailing wind direction

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