Kroenlein Airport

5LL2 · Illinois, United States

Climate Kroenlein Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.1 39 40 75 50 34
February 67.0 87 74 66 63 56
March 71.2 77 66 78 83 57
April 80.7 85 93 85 100 73
May 77.3 91 76 84 46
June 89.5 92 92 88 93
July 85.0 89 85 77 88
August 85.9 73 85 95 90
September 85.7 81 88 93 82
October 73.7 65 87 66 79
November 74.3 88 76 89 82
December 64.1 54 45 63 69
Average 75.5 72.6 77.0 80.2 78.1 71.6

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 74.5 65 78 94 72 55
February 84.3 94 95 87 87 78
March 87.8 93 87 97 91 77
April 92.4 98 99 96 100 85
May 87.4 98 89 93 57
June 95.0 96 97 97 96
July 91.5 96 93 89 94
August 95.0 91 94 96 98
September 90.8 88 94 96 90
October 86.5 74 90 87 90
November 91.3 97 92 98 94
December 86.4 82 80 80 96
Average 88.6 88.0 90.4 92.5 90.0 84.2

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 2.6 1 6 1 2 4
February 6.6 12 9 4 1 5
March 11.2 15 11 13 10 12
April 17.6 18 20 16 19 17
May 23.5 25 24 21 21
June 28.6 29 29 29 29
July 29.1 29 29 28 30
August 27.6 28 28 29 28
September 26.9 27 25 29 26
October 19.0 19 19 19 18
November 10.8 13 12 11 14
December 6.8 8 6 10 6
Average 16.6 11.4 18.5 17.5 16.7 17.3

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 -5.2 -5 -1 -8 -5 -3
February -3.4 0 -1 -6 -4 -3
March 1.8 4 1 2 2 3
April 6.5 9 7 6 7 5
May 13.0 12 14 12 12
June 17.5 16 18 18 17
July 19.1 19 20 19 20
August 17.5 18 17 19 17
September 14.4 14 14 16 13
October 7.9 9 6 9 6
November 0.9 2 2 1 4
December -2.6 2 -1 1 -3
Average 6.7 1.8 7.9 7.2 7.4 7.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 8 11 5 15 5
February 8.3 3 3 13 15 19
March 7.6 1 6 7 9 10
April 5.2 8 1 5 0 9
May 5.1 1 6 10 4
June 2.7 2 2 4 3
July 3.3 1 6 4 5
August 2.2 6 2 0 2
September 2.2 1 5 4 1
October 6.8 5 5 8 6
November 4.1 2 5 1 2
December 4.2 0 4 5 5
Average 5.0 4.8 3.0 5.1 6.3 5.6

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 9.1 8 9 11 7 8
February 9.5 10 10 8 11 10
March 9.5 5 11 11 11 10
April 9.3 0 11 11 11 11
May 8.4 7 10 8 9
June 6.8 7 6 7 7
July 5.0 5 5 5 4
August 5.1 6 5 6 4
September 5.7 6 5 7 5
October 8.4 9 8 8 8
November 8.8 8 10 9 10
December 9.1 9 9 10 8
Average 7.6 5.4 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.7

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 250° 235° 296° 245° 235°
February 218° 233° 210° 342° 295°
March 193° 223° 227° 188° 220°
April 360° 222° 213° 197° 266°
May 114° 179° 185° 247°
June 037° 228° 218° 194°
July 238° 225° 272° 174°
August 273° 207° 219° 054°
September 176° 303° 221° 198°
October 248° 226° 240° 257°
November 230° 224° 231° 211°
December 217° 203° 210° 236°

Prevailing wind direction

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