Twin City Airport

5J9 · South Carolina, United States

Climate Twin City Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Columbus County Municipal Airport (KCPC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.0 84 84 83 71 88
February 81.2 92 79 84 68 74
March 82.7 78 87 84 85 74
April 86.6 84 86 93 94 87
May 83.5 80 82 91 86
June 86.7 86 95 85 69
July 89.1 93 81 89 80
August 82.5 85 76 82 85
September 84.6 83 90 87 69
October 86.4 93 85 82 81
November 86.6 87 86 94 84
December 82.4 88 91 78 80
Average 84.4 84.3 86.2 85.5 84.8 80.7

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 91.7 93 90 93 82 97
February 91.1 98 90 91 76 91
March 91.2 88 93 93 93 88
April 93.1 94 92 95 98 95
May 93.6 92 94 97 96
June 94.0 96 97 93 84
July 94.5 97 91 96 85
August 91.3 94 90 87 92
September 93.0 94 95 93 83
October 94.0 98 92 94 89
November 93.4 94 95 97 92
December 89.0 92 98 87 86
Average 92.3 93.2 93.8 93.3 91.8 90.1

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 14.2 15 17 13 13 16
February 17.5 17 20 18 14 16
March 19.9 22 20 22 20 21
April 23.9 24 25 24 24 23
May 27.0 26 29 28 25
June 29.9 29 31 30 29
July 32.0 33 32 31 33
August 31.2 32 31 31 32
September 28.4 28 29 28 27
October 24.4 24 23 25 26
November 18.7 19 20 18 21
December 15.9 17 15 19 14
Average 23.0 19.4 24.0 24.0 23.4 22.7

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 4.2 4 6 1 4 7
February 6.8 5 9 6 5 7
March 8.9 10 9 9 9 12
April 11.8 13 12 11 12 12
May 16.4 14 18 15 16
June 20.4 19 20 21 21
July 22.4 23 21 22 23
August 22.1 22 22 21 23
September 19.1 18 19 17 22
October 13.9 12 12 14 17
November 7.5 7 10 5 10
December 5.6 5 6 7 3
Average 12.7 7.7 12.9 13.1 12.7 13.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 2 4 4 5 4
February 5.2 3 3 1 16 9
March 3.2 3 3 3 3 6
April 3.7 4 4 3 1 4
May 3.2 4 1 1 5
June 4.0 3 2 5 9
July 3.7 4 4 3 3
August 4.5 4 5 5 12
September 3.4 3 3 5 10
October 1.8 2 0 2 1
November 2.9 3 2 1 4
December 5.6 4 2 5 6
Average 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.4 3.8 5.3

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 4.9 6 5 5 5 5
February 5.5 5 6 6 6 6
March 5.7 5 6 7 6 6
April 5.6 5 5 6 5 7
May 5.1 5 6 5 5
June 4.2 4 4 5 5
July 4.1 3 5 4 4
August 3.5 3 3 3 4
September 3.7 3 4 4 4
October 3.9 4 4 4 4
November 4.1 4 5 5 5
December 4.2 4 4 4 5
Average 4.6 5.4 4.3 4.8 4.6 5.0

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 236° 241° 326° 292° 227°
February 282° 232° 169° 331° 216°
March 005° 269° 209° 034° 236°
April 220° 187° 214° 245° 218°
May 020° 192° 208° 299°
June 210° 134° 189° 180°
July 201° 201° 194° 182°
August 205° 180° 171° 173°
September 358° 059° 111° 030°
October 355° 351° 284° 037°
November 008° 048° 343° 059°
December 324° 003° 240° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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