Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport

KSPI · Illinois, United States

Climate Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.9 37 45 72 44 42
February 67.6 85 73 62 67 62
March 73.0 78 68 76 82 60
April 82.0 78 91 83 88 77
May 82.6 84 78 83 75
June 90.6 85 93 91 93
July 89.9 87 85 82 92
August 87.9 73 86 92 95
September 89.1 81 90 93 81
October 78.1 77 88 70 81
November 77.7 86 77 92 89
December 65.3 47 51 70 71
Average 78.2 70.5 75.8 80.0 80.7 77.5

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 76.0 56 82 88 72 69
February 84.3 93 93 81 85 81
March 88.3 91 88 94 92 77
April 93.2 93 98 97 94 88
May 92.7 93 90 93 90
June 96.6 91 98 98 98
July 95.1 94 90 92 96
August 94.7 88 93 96 98
September 94.1 89 94 96 91
October 90.2 87 89 88 94
November 92.8 95 95 98 97
December 85.6 70 79 85 96
Average 90.2 84.3 89.4 91.4 91.2 89.8

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 3.0 0 6 3 2 4
February 6.7 13 9 6 -2 5
March 12.3 16 11 13 14 13
April 18.2 19 20 17 18 17
May 24.5 25 25 22 21
June 29.7 30 30 30 30
July 30.1 30 30 29 30
August 28.9 29 29 30 29
September 27.3 27 26 28 25
October 19.5 20 19 21 18
November 11.2 13 12 11 15
December 7.2 9 6 11 6
Average 17.5 12.1 19.1 18.2 18.0 17.8

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 -5.0 -6 -2 -9 -4 -3
February -4.4 -1 -2 -7 -9 -4
March 1.9 4 1 2 3 3
April 6.1 4 7 6 7 6
May 13.3 12 14 12 12
June 17.6 16 17 17 17
July 19.9 19 20 20 21
August 18.2 18 19 19 17
September 15.2 15 14 15 14
October 8.2 9 6 12 6
November 1.0 1 2 1 4
December -2.4 2 -1 1 -3
Average 6.8 0.5 8.1 7.1 7.8 7.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 14 8 9 17 6
February 10.5 5 9 19 15 18
March 10.4 6 11 13 10 13
April 7.6 8 3 10 9 11
May 6.7 4 11 9 8
June 3.2 3 4 5 4
July 3.6 1 8 4 5
August 2.6 8 1 1 2
September 3.3 5 4 1 3
October 9.2 11 10 10 6
November 5.0 4 6 3 3
December 6.9 22 3 5 1
Average 6.5 7.9 6.9 8.2 7.2 6.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 9 10 11 9 9
February 10.1 10 10 11 10 9
March 10.9 12 12 11 11 10
April 10.9 11 11 12 10 11
May 8.8 7 10 9 9
June 7.4 7 7 7 8
July 5.9 6 6 5 6
August 6.0 6 6 6 6
September 6.3 6 6 8 6
October 8.7 9 8 9 9
November 9.6 9 11 9 11
December 9.4 9 9 10 9
Average 8.8 10.5 8.4 8.8 8.4 8.3

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 256° 254° 292° 261° 239°
February 209° 241° 261° 324° 294°
March 226° 234° 234° 156° 221°
April 221° 219° 216° 236° 269°
May 111° 170° 155° 219°
June 036° 237° 202° 193°
July 249° 228° 297° 176°
August 264° 215° 198° 197°
September 183° 308° 219° 215°
October 245° 238° 249° 254°
November 235° 223° 236° 210°
December 209° 204° 209° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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