Anderson Regional Airport

KAND · South Carolina, United States

Climate Anderson Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Anderson Regional Airport (KAND) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.6 73 57 81 76 81
February 72.6 90 77 71 62 70
March 80.0 76 81 73 84 74
April 84.0 75 86 92 90
May 84.0 80 88 92 81
June 86.4 77 94 84 86
July 91.0 98 85 90 94
August 86.9 89 81 90 85
September 87.3 90 85 87 77
October 82.2 93 81 80 77
November 81.6 89 73 91 83
December 70.1 73 44 64 83
Average 81.9 79.2 81.7 80.0 83.4 82.1

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 2021 2020
January 83.9 83 72 93 80 89
February 85.5 96 92 80 79 85
March 89.6 86 89 87 89 86
April 92.4 87 93 94 97
May 94.3 94 98 99 92
June 94.2 89 99 94 93
July 96.2 99 94 96 98
August 94.6 94 91 96 96
September 93.9 97 91 94 90
October 92.0 98 90 89 88
November 90.1 95 83 98 92
December 80.6 81 63 78 90
Average 90.7 88.0 90.6 89.8 91.1 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 2020
January 12.4 12 14 11 11 14
February 16.4 17 19 16 13 14
March 19.1 20 20 20 20 20
April 22.9 23 23 23 23
May 26.9 25 29 26 25
June 30.0 28 33 30 29
July 32.1 33 33 31 33
August 31.2 32 31 31 31
September 28.9 29 28 28 27
October 23.8 24 23 23 24
November 17.3 18 18 17 20
December 13.8 14 12 18 13
Average 22.1 16.1 23.2 23.3 22.5 22.6

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 2.5 1 5 1 2 5
February 5.4 4 7 4 3 5
March 7.3 8 7 8 7 10
April 10.4 11 10 9 10
May 15.4 14 17 14 14
June 19.7 18 21 20 20
July 21.8 22 23 22 22
August 21.4 22 22 22 22
September 18.4 18 17 17 18
October 12.6 11 10 14 13
November 6.1 6 8 4 9
December 4.2 4 6 7 2
Average 11.2 4.3 12.0 12.3 11.8 12.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.2 14 11 9 10 14
February 10.2 6 10 10 12 18
March 9.1 12 9 12 9 13
April 7.1 16 4 5 5
May 5.8 6 5 5 8
June 5.3 14 1 4 4
July 2.7 2 5 5 3
August 5.3 9 5 6 5
September 4.6 1 7 7 8
October 6.1 1 5 11 7
November 7.4 6 13 4 2
December 12.8 16 16 10 8
Average 7.4 10.6 8.4 6.9 6.9 7.4

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 6.6 7 6 7 7 7
February 6.8 7 7 6 7 7
March 7.2 7 6 8 7 7
April 7.2 8 7 7 7
May 6.7 7 7 7 6
June 6.1 6 6 6 7
July 5.3 5 6 5 5
August 5.2 6 5 5 5
September 5.6 5 6 5 7
October 5.6 6 6 5 5
November 5.6 6 7 6 5
December 6.0 6 5 6 6
Average 6.2 6.9 6.2 6.4 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 253° 239° 242° 250° 268°
February 222° 235° 220° 283° 239°
March 248° 225° 239° 112° 230°
April 222° 232° 242° 247°
May 067° 214° 226° 236°
June 241° 198° 203° 233°
July 250° 222° 225° 208°
August 221° 199° 175° 215°
September 067° 049° 199° 059°
October 244° 016° 232° 090°
November 073° 100° 251° 033°
December 247° 106° 212° 227°

Prevailing wind direction

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