Wind Rose Farm Airport

IS57 · Illinois, United States

Climate Wind Rose Farm Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport (KDKB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.8 34 19 76 41 45
February 67.8 81 69 66 75 78
March 71.1 73 68 75 76 51
April 76.5 78 86 77
May 77.4 90 74 84 75
June 85.5 81 93 82 96
July 86.4 86 86 82 90
August 84.8 87 78 87 92
September 81.5 79 80 92 73
October 73.1 74 87 65 77
November 73.9 84 72 85 78
December 61.1 43 47 70 71
Average 73.6 63.8 73.1 77.7 78.1 76.2

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 70.1 58 56 94 71 67
February 83.3 91 87 90 84 92
March 87.8 89 89 89 92 74
April 89.8 93 97 88
May 90.3 95 89 97 86
June 92.2 87 97 93 99
July 95.3 93 94 95 96
August 93.8 94 91 95 98
September 90.3 88 91 98 81
October 87.5 88 92 85 92
November 89.8 95 91 98 91
December 81.6 67 79 85 94
Average 87.4 80.2 86.5 91.3 91.8 88.3

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 -2.7 -3 1 -4 -1 1
February 2.0 9 4 0 -6 1
March 8.2 11 7 9 11 9
April 14.0 12 16 14
May 21.2 24 22 20 20
June 27.1 27 28 28 28
July 27.7 27 27 27 29
August 26.2 27 26 25 28
September 20.4 24 23 0 22
October 14.3 16 17 5 15
November 7.6 9 10 8 12
December 3.5 5 2 6 3
Average 13.2 5.4 15.5 14.6 11.9 15.1

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 -8.3 -7 -4 -13 -6 -5
February -7.5 -3 -5 -9 -12 -7
March -1.0 1 -2 -2 1 0
April 3.4 3 5 3
May 10.2 10 12 9 10
June 15.9 14 16 18 16
July 17.0 17 18 18 19
August 15.3 15 17 12 16
September 11.3 14 13 0 12
October 5.2 7 5 2 4
November -2.9 -1 -1 -2 2
December -4.2 0 -4 -3 -4
Average 3.9 -4.9 5.9 4.7 3.7 5.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.6 16 16 4 10 7
February 8.7 2 11 9 12 8
March 7.3 8 7 13 4 13
April 8.9 8 6 11
May 7.3 7 10 6 9
June 4.0 2 4 4 2
July 2.7 4 3 4 4
August 2.7 3 4 2 2
September 4.9 8 4 2 7
October 8.4 10 5 12 7
November 7.0 4 12 5 5
December 7.6 15 9 4 4
Average 6.7 8.6 7.2 7.0 5.3 6.2

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 9.2 9 9 11 7 9
February 10.3 10 10 12 9 11
March 10.8 12 11 10 12 11
April 11.1 13 11 11
May 9.4 8 11 10 9
June 8.4 8 9 8 8
July 6.8 6 8 7 6
August 6.6 7 7 6 6
September 7.5 6 7 8 9
October 9.2 9 9 8 9
November 10.2 9 11 11 12
December 9.7 9 10 11 9
Average 9.1 10.2 8.2 9.7 8.8 9.0

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 262° 256° 270° 300° 252°
February 244° 254° 249° 302° 295°
March 245° 253° 266° 183° 218°
April 211° 256° 282°
May 092° 154° 195° 064°
June 033° 237° 226° 199°
July 262° 257° 288° 223°
August 277° 224° 194° 232°
September 151° 274° 231° 233°
October 254° 234° 335° 248°
November 244° 227° 238° 222°
December 230° 195° 225° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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