William E Koenig Airport

01IS · Illinois, United States

Climate William E Koenig Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Charles County Regional/Smartt Field (KSET) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.7 40 55 83 51 29
February 64.1 85 32 68 57 63
March 75.4 84 70 80 83 64
April 84.7 95 83 89 82
May 75.7 86 74 83 78
June 79.6 88 95 90 94
July 77.5 84 89 87 92
August 75.8 74 87 94 94
September 76.7 89 85 92 87
October 65.6 79 85 66 74
November 69.0 84 80 89 88
December 59.8 60 69 65 81
Average 72.1 69.8 76.2 82.4 80.4 78.3

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.0 70 85 94 81 43
February 77.8 89 38 82 75 88
March 91.9 92 87 97 94 90
April 95.0 98 93 95 97
May 85.6 96 91 96 89
June 83.1 91 99 96 98
July 82.2 94 94 93 98
August 82.3 91 94 97 98
September 81.4 93 92 98 94
October 78.7 92 90 90 93
November 80.5 95 94 97 97
December 76.5 87 87 80 99
Average 83.3 83.9 88.3 92.6 91.7 91.1

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 4.6 2 8 4 5 3
February 8.3 15 5 7 3 7
March 14.1 18 13 16 16 15
April 19.7 22 19 20 19
May 23.3 27 26 24 23
June 26.6 31 32 31 31
July 27.3 32 33 31 32
August 26.0 30 31 32 30
September 24.2 28 27 30 27
October 18.1 21 21 23 19
November 11.7 15 14 15 16
December 8.0 10 8 14 9
Average 16.9 11.5 20.1 20.0 20.3 19.2

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 -4.6 -5 0 -7 -2 -1
February -3.8 0 -1 -5 -5 -2
March 3.1 4 2 3 5 5
April 7.5 7 7 8 7
May 12.8 14 15 13 12
June 16.1 16 19 19 20
July 18.1 20 22 21 22
August 16.6 20 20 21 19
September 13.2 15 15 16 15
October 7.7 9 7 13 7
November 1.6 1 2 2 5
December -1.6 2 0 2 -2
Average 6.7 -1.7 8.7 8.3 9.4 8.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 13 7 5 14 3
February 5.0 4 1 10 4 8
March 7.4 5 10 8 7 8
April 5.6 0 10 8 5
May 4.1 1 8 5 4
June 2.0 3 2 1 4
July 2.7 2 8 3 3
August 1.6 5 1 0 1
September 1.4 1 4 3 1
October 5.9 8 6 10 6
November 4.3 2 4 1 7
December 5.1 12 4 6 4
Average 4.6 7.1 4.1 5.9 5.0 4.3

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 8 9 9 8 4
February 7.7 9 4 9 6 8
March 9.7 10 10 10 10 9
April 10.0 11 11 9 10
May 7.5 8 10 8 7
June 5.8 7 6 7 7
July 4.7 6 5 5 5
August 4.6 6 5 5 5
September 5.2 5 6 7 6
October 7.2 9 8 9 8
November 6.9 7 9 8 9
December 7.0 8 8 8 7
Average 7.2 9.0 7.2 7.9 7.4 7.1

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 276° 270° 306° 290° 292°
February 281° 238° 310° 351° 351°
March 241° 273° 240° 132° 247°
April 236° 231° 246° 275°
May 076° 162° 158° 317°
June 025° 229° 205° 193°
July 245° 140° 345° 095°
August 326° 184° 158° 048°
September 148° 001° 202° 231°
October 270° 271° 238° 295°
November 250° 237° 241° 206°
December 233° 213° 214° 264°

Prevailing wind direction

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