Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport

KXLL · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport (KXLL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.8 62 83 83 82
February 69.6 89 84 77 63 74
March 76.3 76 82 80 78 69
April 80.4 78 79 84 87 81
May 77.2 95 75 84 82
June 83.4 71 83 85 92
July 87.1 91 93 84 85
August 85.1 84 91 83 88
September 77.3 72 86 82 82
October 75.2 89 75 63 69
November 86.8 93 84 94 84
December 72.9 68 65 78 77
Average 79.1 76.4 82.7 82.3 80.8 80.9

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 87.3 79 92 92 89
February 75.7 95 88 85 74 84
March 85.2 86 94 85 88 84
April 92.4 93 88 95 96 93
May 89.2 98 89 94 95
June 94.1 88 95 96 97
July 96.0 97 98 94 95
August 95.2 96 97 96 96
September 91.6 87 96 96 94
October 88.5 95 89 89 82
November 95.5 98 94 99 94
December 83.1 77 80 82 89
Average 89.8 88.6 91.8 92.0 91.9 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 3.8 4 2 4 6
February 6.6 8 9 7 3 7
March 10.5 12 11 12 12 13
April 16.1 17 19 9 17 14
May 22.3 22 23 22 20
June 23.8 25 26 27 28
July 29.5 29 30 29 31
August 28.2 27 30 29 28
September 22.5 24 24 25 24
October 18.4 19 17 20 18
November 11.2 11 13 11 15
December 6.3 8 6 9 6
Average 16.0 10.4 18.8 17.0 17.3 17.4

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 -3.1 -2 -6 -2 -1
February -2.7 -1 -1 -3 -3 0
March 1.4 3 1 2 2 3
April 6.0 7 8 2 6 5
May 11.0 9 13 10 10
June 13.2 15 16 17 16
July 18.4 19 20 19 21
August 18.0 18 19 20 19
September 13.2 15 14 15 13
October 9.1 9 7 12 9
November 2.1 1 4 1 4
December -1.6 2 0 1 -1
Average 6.8 1.9 8.7 7.5 8.2 8.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 16 11 6 7
February 11.2 7 8 11 22 14
March 10.7 14 10 9 9 10
April 9.1 11 7 8 6 13
May 9.1 2 11 7 8
June 5.7 7 4 7 2
July 4.7 3 4 4 4
August 4.4 3 1 5 5
September 7.1 9 9 6 3
October 9.1 7 12 5 13
November 6.4 2 8 4 9
December 11.4 13 22 3 9
Average 8.4 11.9 6.0 8.2 6.9 7.8

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 6.3 6 6 7 6
February 5.2 5 6 7 6 6
March 7.2 7 8 7 7 6
April 7.2 7 7 8 7 9
May 5.7 5 6 6 7
June 5.4 6 5 5 5
July 4.5 4 6 4 5
August 4.7 5 5 5 5
September 4.9 5 5 6 5
October 5.5 5 6 6 5
November 5.9 5 7 6 6
December 5.4 5 6 5 7
Average 5.7 6.5 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.9

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 282° 292° 305° 286°
February 280° 260° 263° 311° 268°
March 291° 288° 266° 281° 309°
April 261° 249° 280° 284° 291°
May 274° 066° 298° 244°
June 347° 259° 220° 252°
July 234° 233° 259° 239°
August 263° 234° 219° 243°
September 012° 287° 250° 237°
October 271° 301° 266° 264°
November 281° 260° 268° 258°
December 272° 295° 260° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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