Oconee County Regional Airport

KCEU · South Carolina, United States

Climate Oconee County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oconee County Regional Airport (KCEU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.3 69 59 71 72 79
February 70.9 88 78 70 61 69
March 77.9 71 77 70 81 75
April 82.2 85 72 85 93 89
May 82.7 84 82 91 79
June 85.5 76 94 82 83
July 90.0 93 86 85 93
August 86.9 87 84 90 81
September 86.9 91 82 88 77
October 80.9 92 79 80 77
November 79.2 82 72 89 81
December 67.9 66 44 63 78
Average 80.6 77.1 80.1 78.3 82.1 80.4

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 79.6 79 68 80 77 85
February 80.7 91 84 75 75 78
March 87.1 80 81 86 85 86
April 90.6 92 84 94 95 93
May 92.8 94 95 96 88
June 93.4 90 98 92 91
July 95.1 95 92 92 95
August 93.9 93 93 96 91
September 92.8 97 89 93 84
October 89.9 94 90 90 84
November 87.2 85 81 96 91
December 77.7 72 58 75 87
Average 88.6 84.7 87.2 87.5 89.0 88.1

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 11.8 11 13 11 11 13
February 15.4 16 12 15 13 13
March 18.3 20 18 19 19 19
April 22.1 22 22 22 22 22
May 26.0 24 28 25 24
June 29.0 27 31 29 28
July 31.0 32 32 30 32
August 30.0 31 29 30 29
September 27.9 28 27 27 25
October 22.9 23 22 23 23
November 16.6 17 18 16 19
December 13.1 14 12 17 12
Average 21.5 16.9 22.4 22.2 21.6 21.5

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 2.8 1 5 1 2 5
February 5.5 5 5 4 3 5
March 7.5 8 5 8 8 10
April 11.2 13 11 10 10 10
May 15.8 14 17 14 14
June 19.3 18 20 20 19
July 21.4 21 22 20 22
August 21.1 21 21 22 21
September 18.6 18 18 18 18
October 13.0 12 10 14 14
November 6.6 7 9 5 9
December 4.4 4 5 8 2
Average 11.7 6.6 12.3 12.3 12.0 12.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 18 16 3 9 16
February 10.2 7 22 4 12 18
March 9.3 15 13 8 9 13
April 8.8 11 19 4 5 9
May 7.0 7 7 6 7
June 5.0 10 2 4 4
July 2.7 1 2 6 4
August 4.3 6 4 2 4
September 4.1 2 11 0 8
October 5.4 1 5 6 6
November 7.2 9 13 2 2
December 12.4 21 16 2 7
Average 7.6 13.2 9.4 5.9 5.1 7.9

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 5 4 5 5 6
February 4.9 5 4 4 5 5
March 5.2 5 4 6 5 5
April 5.3 6 6 5 5 6
May 4.6 5 5 5 5
June 4.0 4 4 4 5
July 3.6 3 4 3 3
August 3.4 4 3 3 3
September 3.9 3 4 3 5
October 4.0 4 4 4 3
November 4.0 4 4 4 5
December 4.1 4 3 3 4
Average 4.4 5.2 4.1 4.3 4.0 4.4

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 286° 284° 298° 274° 285°
February 287° 272° 308° 332° 280°
March 348° 295° 279° 056° 281°
April 268° 342° 277° 288° 277°
May 038° 276° 293° 316°
June 321° 014° 261° 270°
July 284° 263° 263° 312°
August 315° 306° 351° 282°
September 063° 030° 023° 054°
October 283° 356° 311° 028°
November 038° 027° 299° 358°
December 296° 063° 254° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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