Columbia Metro Airport

KCAE · South Carolina, United States

Climate Columbia Metro Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Columbia Metro Airport (KCAE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.9 82 68 86 74 81
February 77.5 93 75 85 63 73
March 78.5 69 77 70 85 71
April 87.0 77 88 96 93
May 84.3 73 85 92 83
June 86.4 82 93 85 84
July 88.9 90 84 89 91
August 84.1 91 76 81 83
September 87.4 89 86 86 78
October 82.8 89 79 80 84
November 80.8 89 70 96 79
December 74.9 84 58 72 79
Average 82.6 80.5 82.0 80.9 83.8 81.9

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 87.0 90 79 95 83 90
February 87.3 97 83 91 75 86
March 90.4 82 89 87 93 87
April 95.0 90 96 99 98
May 93.2 86 94 98 90
June 95.1 90 97 93 98
July 95.3 94 95 94 96
August 92.7 95 89 90 90
September 94.3 97 94 94 93
October 92.7 97 93 93 91
November 91.2 95 87 99 94
December 85.9 90 82 85 88
Average 91.6 89.0 90.4 92.0 91.8 91.8

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 14.7 14 17 13 13 16
February 18.5 18 21 18 15 16
March 21.0 22 21 22 21 22
April 24.9 25 25 25 25
May 28.7 26 29 28 27
June 31.5 30 33 31 30
July 33.1 33 33 32 33
August 32.4 33 31 32 32
September 30.4 29 30 29 28
October 25.6 25 24 26 26
November 18.9 19 20 19 21
December 15.8 16 15 19 14
Average 23.8 17.8 24.6 24.6 24.1 24.2

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 3.6 3 6 1 3 5
February 6.6 5 8 6 4 6
March 8.6 9 9 9 9 12
April 11.9 12 11 11 12
May 16.9 15 18 15 15
June 20.9 20 21 21 21
July 23.0 23 24 22 23
August 22.7 23 22 23 23
September 19.5 19 18 18 19
October 13.7 11 11 15 14
November 6.9 6 9 5 10
December 4.9 4 6 7 2
Average 12.4 5.5 13.0 13.2 12.7 13.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.6 6 12 5 9 5
February 8.6 5 8 7 18 14
March 7.6 9 7 13 5 11
April 4.6 6 4 2 4
May 5.2 11 3 4 7
June 3.9 5 2 5 3
July 3.2 4 4 4 5
August 4.2 5 6 6 4
September 4.6 2 6 5 8
October 3.7 3 3 4 2
November 6.3 7 10 1 6
December 10.0 9 9 6 7
Average 5.8 6.8 6.4 5.6 5.4 6.2

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 8 6 7 6 7
February 6.8 7 7 7 7 7
March 7.3 7 7 8 7 7
April 7.6 7 7 7 8
May 6.6 7 7 7 6
June 6.1 7 6 7 6
July 5.5 5 6 5 5
August 5.3 6 5 5 5
September 5.7 5 7 5 6
October 5.6 5 5 6 5
November 5.5 5 6 6 6
December 5.8 6 5 6 5
Average 6.3 6.9 6.1 6.3 6.0 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° 244° 280° 268° 273°
February 230° 235° 198° 306° 248°
March 272° 248° 230° 064° 235°
April 239° 230° 262° 250°
May 002° 238° 253° 309°
June 255° 032° 178° 263°
July 238° 217° 210° 187°
August 229° 189° 139° 186°
September 036° 040° 071° 047°
October 305° 012° 260° 066°
November 015° 028° 320° 079°
December 254° 023° 238° 254°

Prevailing wind direction

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