Hammer Airport

00IL · Illinois, United States

Climate Hammer Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Whiteside County/Jos H Bittorf Field (KSQI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.0 35 21 73 49 41
February 72.8 83 70 74 78 80
March 70.5 76 62 66 77 50
April 79.0 77 76 86 82
May 76.4 87 72 79 75
June 86.4 78 93 89 96
July 81.6 84 77 80 90
August 84.6 76 80 91 94
September 83.6 78 82 95 75
October 77.1 75 90 70 82
November 78.0 88 69 87 84
December 57.2 42 39 71 71
Average 74.3 64.7 70.8 76.0 80.2 77.4

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 72.2 55 59 86 75 75
February 86.1 92 85 91 84 92
March 89.1 92 89 86 95 77
April 92.8 92 93 95 93
May 91.0 96 90 94 93
June 93.0 88 96 96 99
July 90.7 92 88 94 96
August 93.0 86 93 97 100
September 92.1 87 95 100 83
October 91.5 91 93 92 95
November 90.6 94 88 100 93
December 77.8 69 71 82 96
Average 87.9 79.8 86.0 90.0 92.6 91.3

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 -1.9 -1 2 -3 0 2
February 3.3 11 5 2 -4 2
March 9.4 13 8 10 12 10
April 15.3 18 13 17 16
May 22.1 25 23 21 21
June 28.2 29 29 30 29
July 28.9 29 29 28 30
August 27.9 28 28 30 29
September 25.4 26 24 28 23
October 17.0 18 16 20 16
November 8.8 11 11 10 13
December 4.0 7 4 7 4
Average 14.8 7.4 17.0 15.8 16.5 16.2

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 -9.9 -8 -5 -13 -7 -5
February -7.0 -3 -5 -9 -14 -6
March -1.4 1 -1 -1 1 1
April 3.5 3 3 6 4
May 9.4 11 11 11 10
June 15.3 15 16 18 17
July 17.6 17 17 18 19
August 15.4 15 17 18 16
September 12.1 14 12 13 12
October 6.0 8 3 10 4
November -1.0 -1 0 -1 2
December -4.1 -1 -3 -3 -5
Average 3.9 -4.8 5.7 4.8 5.9 5.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.5 27 31 12 18 13
February 11.4 4 17 11 16 10
March 11.5 12 16 21 8 15
April 11.2 9 17 9 11
May 7.8 5 13 10 8
June 4.4 4 4 6 3
July 2.6 3 5 5 2
August 2.3 2 4 1 1
September 5.8 6 5 2 11
October 10.4 16 7 12 8
November 9.2 6 23 4 7
December 12.1 21 19 6 7
Average 9.1 14.2 10.5 10.8 7.7 7.6

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 8.1 8 8 9 8 7
February 8.5 8 10 10 8 8
March 9.9 11 10 10 9 9
April 9.8 11 12 9 9
May 7.7 8 8 8 9
June 6.5 6 7 6 7
July 5.6 5 6 6 5
August 5.4 6 6 5 6
September 6.2 5 6 7 8
October 7.8 9 7 8 8
November 8.1 8 9 10 9
December 7.9 8 10 10 8
Average 7.7 9.3 7.6 8.1 7.6 7.6

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 287° 297° 296° 344° 279°
February 269° 272° 290° 309° 320°
March 297° 338° 299° 066° 318°
April 265° 250° 280° 301°
May 051° 108° 041° 012°
June 017° 275° 272° 173°
July 283° 283° 331° 296°
August 343° 309° 215° 299°
September 014° 319° 281° 305°
October 298° 282° 356° 295°
November 271° 253° 268° 247°
December 293° 190° 266° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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