Ben Emge Airport

2IL7 · Illinois, United States

Climate Ben Emge Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.1 49 56 81 54 49
February 71.9 88 82 66 71 64
March 74.6 86 74 73 79 64
April 85.6 96 86 88 80
May 83.7 84 75 83 80
June 92.3 90 95 89 95
July 91.8 88 92 89 91
August 88.6 76 86 95 92
September 91.1 91 87 92 87
October 78.4 83 90 68 75
November 79.7 88 81 95 84
December 69.7 54 56 69 81
Average 80.5 74.7 80.8 81.8 81.4 79.2

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 83.6 75 88 94 80 79
February 88.0 92 96 81 92 87
March 91.4 97 91 85 90 94
April 95.3 99 95 96 96
May 94.8 93 93 94 93
June 97.5 95 98 97 99
July 96.6 95 96 97 97
August 97.0 93 96 98 98
September 95.9 95 95 97 93
October 92.3 96 92 86 92
November 93.9 97 94 99 96
December 89.1 79 80 88 100
Average 92.7 88.3 93.2 92.1 92.9 93.9

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 5.4 3 9 4 5 6
February 9.5 16 12 8 1 8
March 14.2 18 13 15 16 15
April 19.7 21 19 20 19
May 25.4 27 25 24 23
June 30.7 31 31 31 31
July 32.0 32 33 30 32
August 30.2 31 30 31 29
September 28.4 29 27 28 27
October 20.9 22 21 22 19
November 13.2 16 13 13 16
December 9.6 11 7 14 9
Average 19.0 12.3 21.1 19.9 19.6 19.4

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 -4 1 -7 -2 -1
February -2.3 1 1 -5 -7 -2
March 3.5 6 3 3 5 5
April 7.6 7 8 7 7
May 14.2 13 15 12 13
June 18.4 17 18 20 19
July 20.7 20 22 20 21
August 19.4 21 19 20 19
September 15.6 14 14 15 14
October 9.2 10 6 12 7
November 1.9 2 2 1 5
December -1.7 2 1 2 -2
Average 7.9 0.9 9.1 8.4 8.9 8.7

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 13 7 7 14 9
February 8.8 5 6 18 10 12
March 9.5 4 10 14 10 11
April 7.4 1 10 10 8
May 5.8 3 6 6 8
June 2.8 2 3 3 4
July 3.0 2 8 1 3
August 3.1 3 2 1 3
September 2.6 2 6 3 1
October 6.2 7 6 5 7
November 5.0 4 2 2 5
December 7.7 14 7 6 3
Average 6.0 7.0 4.7 7.2 6.0 5.9

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 8.0 7 8 9 7 7
February 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
March 8.7 9 9 9 8 8
April 8.6 9 10 8 8
May 6.8 6 8 7 7
June 5.9 6 6 6 6
July 5.1 5 5 5 5
August 5.1 5 5 5 5
September 5.2 5 5 6 5
October 7.2 7 7 7 7
November 7.2 6 8 7 8
December 7.2 7 7 7 7
Average 7.0 8.1 6.8 7.1 6.7 6.6

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 275° 283° 320° 291° 247°
February 336° 247° 309° 346° 324°
March 235° 293° 259° 111° 218°
April 236° 226° 248° 293°
May 076° 189° 147° 331°
June 007° 225° 198° 175°
July 245° 171° 102° 146°
August 260° 078° 151° 058°
September 143° 345° 226° 116°
October 283° 298° 248° 317°
November 256° 235° 235° 215°
December 236° 202° 229° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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