Lindauer Airport

83LL · Illinois, United States

Climate Lindauer Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sparta Community-Hunter Field (KSAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.0 51 55 81 46
February 71.7 92 80 71 64
March 73.0 86 75 78 63
April 86.9 97 89 85
May 83.4 85 78 75
June 92.0 94 95 93
July 91.5 93 92 92 88
August 88.8 82 89 92 85
September 91.5 93 90 90 87
October 79.7 81 90 69 100
November 74.8 96 78 91
December 65.9 65 54 67
Average 80.6 77.5 83.8 83.8 83.6 76.7

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 80.5 73 82 93 75
February 86.3 96 97 86 84
March 91.7 97 92 98 90
April 95.7 100 97 96
May 93.2 94 92 88
June 97.7 99 98 98
July 96.2 98 96 96 93
August 96.5 96 98 97 94
September 95.4 98 94 93 92
October 92.4 94 96 86 100
November 91.2 96 92 100
December 85.8 85 79 85
Average 92.0 88.9 94.8 94.1 93.0 90.2

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 5.1 3 9 4 6
February 10.2 14 12 7 8
March 13.5 17 13 15 15
April 18.7 20 18 18
May 24.4 25 24 22
June 29.5 30 30 30
July 30.6 31 31 30 31
August 28.7 29 29 30 27
September 27.5 27 27 27 26
October 20.6 21 21 21 19
November 11.7 19 13 13
December 9.0 9 7 13
Average 18.6 11.6 20.9 19.2 21.5 19.9

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 -3.3 -4 1 -6 -1
February 0.1 2 2 -4 -1
March 3.7 6 3 4 5
April 7.8 8 8 8
May 14.6 14 15 13
June 18.5 17 19 19
July 21.0 21 22 21 22
August 19.2 20 19 20 18
September 16.0 15 14 16 15
October 9.8 10 7 13 9
November 2.1 6 3 2
December 0.7 1 1 4
Average 8.7 1.4 10.3 8.7 11.7 10.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.1 12 7 5 8
February 6.7 1 5 13 10
March 7.6 3 9 8 10
April 6.9 1 9 9
May 4.5 1 4 9
June 2.2 2 3 2
July 2.6 2 5 1 2
August 3.0 3 3 1 4
September 2.8 2 2 5 3
October 6.7 7 2 8 0
November 4.7 0 4 2
December 7.8 14 8 5
Average 5.0 5.1 3.9 5.2 3.6 6.3

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 7.1 6 8 8 7
February 7.4 8 7 7 8
March 8.0 8 9 8 8
April 8.2 8 8 8
May 6.6 6 7 7
June 5.7 5 5 6
July 4.8 5 5 4 5
August 4.7 5 5 5 4
September 4.9 4 5 6 5
October 6.7 7 7 7 7
November 6.7 7 7 7
December 6.9 8 6 8
Average 6.5 7.5 6.4 6.5 5.9 6.2

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 257° 245° 287° 230°
February 217° 219° 232° 276°
March 206° 219° 218° 196°
April 208° 201° 239°
May 086° 185° 179°
June 359° 214° 184°
July 235° 190° 029° 172°
August 214° 193° 181° 090°
September 164° 317° 187° 135°
October 238° 216° 210° 288°
November 187° 220° 219°
December 186° 200° 200°

Prevailing wind direction

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