Union County, Troy Shelton Field

35A · South Carolina, United States

Climate Union County, Troy Shelton Field 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Union County, Troy Shelton Field (K35A) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 74.3 75 64 86
February 82.3 91 75 80
March 77.6 71 83 79 78
April 86.8 81 87 93
May 86.9 81 87 93
June 85.0 82 95 78
July 88.3 95 81 89
August 84.6 87 86 82
September 86.6 88 85 87
October 83.5 91 84 76
November 87.2 92 72 95
December 68.6 81 53 66
Average 82.4 78.9 83.6 83.0 84.0

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
January 84.9 84 79 93
February 88.2 97 81 85
March 85.8 81 90 88 85
April 92.6 88 93 97
May 95.8 94 97 98
June 92.5 92 98 88
July 93.1 98 89 93
August 92.0 91 94 91
September 93.7 96 94 92
October 90.9 97 89 87
November 91.8 94 82 98
December 80.9 86 73 81
Average 89.9 86.9 90.7 90.8 91.4

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 2021
January 12.6 12 14 12
February 16.6 16 18 15
March 19.8 20 19 20 21
April 23.0 23 23 23
May 26.1 25 28 26
June 29.8 28 32 30
July 31.6 32 32 31
August 31.1 32 31 31
September 28.2 29 28 28
October 23.2 24 22 24
November 17.4 18 17 17
December 14.9 15 12 17
Average 21.8 16.0 23.0 23.3 24.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.3 1 5 2
February 4.3 4 7 2
March 7.5 7 7 7 10
April 9.3 10 9 9
May 14.5 14 16 14
June 18.5 17 19 19
July 21.2 21 22 21
August 20.8 21 21 21
September 16.6 17 17 16
October 10.7 10 9 13
November 5.4 5 8 3
December 4.7 3 4 7
Average 10.1 3.9 11.4 11.9 13.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.3 12 6 11
February 6.5 7 7 5
March 9.1 10 9 10 8
April 5.4 12 2 3
May 3.5 6 1 4
June 3.3 6 1 4
July 2.5 1 3 3
August 3.0 5 1 3
September 5.0 1 7 7
October 3.1 2 3 5
November 5.7 6 9 3
December 10.8 13 15 7
Average 6.1 9.4 5.8 4.8 4.3

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
January 5.1 6 5 5
February 5.5 6 5 6
March 5.6 5 5 6 6
April 5.2 5 5 5
May 5.1 6 5 5
June 4.2 5 4 4
July 3.4 3 4 3
August 3.6 4 4 3
September 4.2 4 5 4
October 4.1 5 4 4
November 4.6 4 5 4
December 4.1 4 3 4
Average 4.7 5.6 4.6 4.6 4.1

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 263° 246° 262°
February 260° 243° 266°
March 316° 272° 253° 071°
April 254° 245° 266°
May 009° 259° 273°
June 305° 335° 220°
July 251° 227° 235°
August 275° 204° 107°
September 024° 030° 013°
October 306° 356° 264°
November 018° 006° 332°
December 262° 336° 227°

Prevailing wind direction

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