Allendale County Airport

KAQX · South Carolina, United States

Climate Allendale County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Allendale County Airport (KAQX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.7 86 74 88 69 82
February 78.0 92 80 83 59 81
March 81.9 75 84 76 87 73
April 85.8 82 80 94 88
May 85.0 76 86 93 84
June 85.6 84 94 80 83
July 87.4 89 84 85 90
August 84.3 91 83 75 84
September 85.0 91 89 88 75
October 83.3 89 84 81 81
November 80.8 75 78 96 75
December 73.9 83 69 68 77
Average 83.0 83.7 83.0 83.3 81.7 81.4

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 89.1 93 82 93 82 93
February 88.1 98 89 90 74 88
March 91.6 89 93 87 94 85
April 92.8 91 85 97 94
May 93.0 91 94 98 91
June 93.7 91 97 92 97
July 93.1 93 94 92 96
August 91.0 93 90 86 91
September 92.0 97 96 90 88
October 92.3 94 94 95 92
November 89.8 78 92 100 89
December 86.6 90 91 83 88
Average 91.5 92.9 90.5 91.8 90.6 91.2

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 15.8 16 18 15 15 17
February 19.4 18 22 20 16 17
March 21.7 22 21 23 22 23
April 24.9 25 24 25 25
May 28.6 26 30 28 28
June 31.1 30 33 31 30
July 32.3 33 33 31 34
August 31.9 33 31 31 32
September 29.9 29 29 29 28
October 25.4 24 24 26 26
November 19.3 18 21 19 22
December 16.7 17 17 21 15
Average 23.8 18.4 24.1 25.1 24.4 25.0

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 5.0 4 6 3 5 8
February 7.8 5 9 7 6 7
March 9.5 10 10 10 10 12
April 12.1 13 10 12 13
May 17.3 16 19 16 17
June 21.0 20 22 21 21
July 22.3 23 23 22 23
August 22.1 22 22 21 23
September 19.7 18 19 18 20
October 14.5 12 12 15 17
November 7.8 5 11 6 12
December 6.6 6 8 9 4
Average 12.7 6.3 12.9 13.8 13.3 14.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.5 2 5 4 6 3
February 3.2 4 3 1 8 5
March 3.1 6 3 3 2 7
April 1.9 3 1 2 3
May 1.8 4 1 1 1
June 1.8 2 1 2 1
July 1.1 2 1 1 2
August 2.1 4 2 1 1
September 2.5 2 3 2 4
October 1.7 2 0 3 0
November 3.2 4 4 2 2
December 4.4 5 2 4 3
Average 2.6 4.1 3.2 1.7 2.7 2.5

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 3.3 4 3 3 2 4
February 3.2 3 3 4 2 3
March 3.6 3 4 4 3 3
April 3.7 4 3 3 4
May 3.3 4 3 2 3
June 2.3 3 1 2 3
July 1.9 2 1 1 3
August 1.7 2 1 1 2
September 2.1 2 2 1 3
October 2.4 2 3 1 3
November 2.8 2 4 3 3
December 2.7 3 3 2 3
Average 2.9 3.7 2.9 2.6 1.8 3.1

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 259° 227° 326° 262° 098°
February 286° 232° 153° 253° 292°
March 107° 195° 191° 065° 174°
April 123° 160° 185° 189°
May 014° 142° 148° 151°
June 137° 122° 159° 122°
July 172° 173° 177° 155°
August 132° 141° 138° 152°
September 042° 016° 063° 041°
October 359° 044° 083° 098°
November 014° 048° 006° 033°
December 005° 016° 318° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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