Henderson Airport

95IL · Illinois, United States

Climate Henderson Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 49.9 50 50
February 82.6 86 79
March 77.6 78 78
April 89.0 89
May 80.4 81
June 89.3 89
July 88.9 89
August 84.7 85
September 91.8 92
October 81.5 82
November 81.0 88 77
December 57.2 62 54
Average 73.1 72.5 80.5 66.1

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
January 79.4 79 80
February 97.8 98 98
March 92.2 92 92
April 94.2 94
May 93.5 94
June 98.0 98
July 95.8 96
August 93.4 93
September 97.0 97
October 90.6 91
November 93.6 95 93
December 75.4 86 69
Average 88.2 90.2 92.9 81.4

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
January 6.6 3 10
February 13.9 15 13
March 15.7 17 14
April 20.9 21
May 24.7 25
June 29.1 29
July 30.1 30
August 28.1 28
September 27.4 28
October 20.7 21
November 13.4 15 11
December 9.9 11 9
Average 13.8 11.6 20.0 9.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January -1.2 -3 1
February 2.6 3 3
March 4.8 6 4
April 8.0 8
May 13.6 14
June 16.5 17
July 22.8 23
August 20.3 20
September 15.7 16
October 10.4 10
November 2.9 4 1
December 2.0 3 1
Average 4.3 1.9 9.7 1.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 3.5 0 7
February 1.8 0 4
March 0.0 0 0
April 0.0 0
May 0.0 0
June 0.0 0
July 0.0 0
August 0.0 0
September 0.0 0
October 0.0 0
November 3.7 0 6
December 5.5 0 9
Average 2.7 0.7 7.3

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
January 5.9 6 6
February 6.6 7 7
March 6.6 6 7
April 6.6 7
May 4.5 5
June 4.3 4
July 4.0 4
August 4.1 4
September 2.7 3
October 4.6 5
November 4.3 5 4
December 4.7 5 4
Average 5.1 6.2 5.0 4.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 278° 260°
February 280° 232°
March 224° 255°
April 251°
May 057°
June 351°
July 230°
August 311°
September 050°
October 267°
November 244° 272°
December 225° 221°

Prevailing wind direction

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