Heller Airport

22IL · Illinois, United States

Climate Heller Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dubuque Regional Airport (KDBQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.0 31 28 73 47 40
February 74.0 84 67 79 71 85
March 68.8 74 59 65 74 49
April 76.4 76 66 85 79
May 74.7 87 73 78 74
June 85.5 76 86 88 93
July 86.9 89 85 83 93
August 83.8 81 75 90 93
September 80.6 74 79 92 79
October 75.2 67 94 67 83
November 71.0 85 61 88 81
December 60.1 43 42 75 68
Average 73.3 62.2 70.2 74.4 79.0 77.3

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 66.9 52 47 86 69 73
February 84.0 94 79 91 82 91
March 85.6 89 84 79 88 76
April 89.1 88 87 95 90
May 88.0 94 87 86 87
June 91.5 83 92 93 96
July 94.7 96 91 91 97
August 91.9 92 86 95 98
September 88.4 83 91 95 86
October 87.4 81 97 83 92
November 86.4 90 81 99 88
December 77.5 64 70 83 82
Average 85.7 77.8 82.5 87.2 88.7 88.5

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 -3.6 -3 0 -5 -2 0
February 0.7 9 2 -1 -7 0
March 7.4 11 6 7 10 8
April 13.8 16 12 15 14
May 21.1 23 22 20 19
June 27.0 28 27 28 27
July 27.9 28 28 28 29
August 26.4 27 27 28 28
September 23.6 24 23 25 21
October 15.5 16 17 18 14
November 7.1 9 9 8 12
December 2.6 5 2 4 1
Average 13.1 5.5 15.4 14.4 14.7 14.3

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 -10.6 -8 -6 -15 -8 -7
February -9.3 -3 -8 -11 -15 -9
March -2.5 0 -2 -2 0 0
April 2.9 3 2 5 2
May 10.4 11 12 10 9
June 15.6 15 16 18 13
July 17.6 17 18 18 19
August 16.5 17 18 18 16
September 13.2 15 13 13 11
October 5.7 7 4 10 3
November -2.3 -1 0 -1 1
December -6.9 -1 -5 -4 -7
Average 3.6 -4.3 5.6 4.5 5.3 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 19 15 10 5 5
February 7.6 0 19 6 7 5
March 8.6 11 11 14 7 9
April 8.5 9 17 5 4
May 6.3 4 10 7 8
June 4.9 4 6 6 7
July 2.0 3 5 1 1
August 3.1 4 5 5 1
September 4.6 3 1 3 12
October 7.5 10 2 11 8
November 8.4 5 20 13 7
December 8.5 17 16 4 6
Average 6.8 10.6 8.1 8.8 5.9 6.0

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 9.8 9 9 12 9 10
February 10.7 11 11 12 9 10
March 11.2 12 11 11 12 11
April 12.0 13 14 11 12
May 9.6 9 11 10 10
June 8.4 7 9 8 8
July 7.3 7 8 7 7
August 7.1 7 7 7 8
September 8.3 8 9 8 10
October 10.1 10 10 9 10
November 10.6 10 12 12 12
December 9.8 10 11 11 9
Average 9.6 10.7 9.2 10.3 9.2 9.5

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 284° 267° 270° 334° 258°
February 246° 268° 272° 299° 291°
March 308° 294° 314° 179° 240°
April 254° 243° 259° 288°
May 079° 140° 179° 042°
June 058° 228° 227° 183°
July 290° 234° 295° 196°
August 244° 228° 199° 209°
September 148° 281° 240° 237°
October 280° 242° 005° 281°
November 247° 237° 254° 221°
December 209° 194° 230° 268°

Prevailing wind direction

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