Charleston Air Force Base/International

KCHS · South Carolina, United States

Climate Charleston Air Force Base/International 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charleston Air Force Base/International (KCHS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.4 84 74 84 81 86
February 79.5 91 78 82 62 77
March 84.3 75 86 78 90 82
April 90.6 87 93 98 92
May 90.1 79 88 95 88
June 89.9 89 95 88 84
July 91.3 86 86 92 94
August 90.4 91 87 87 91
September 90.2 89 89 95 85
October 84.7 84 82 85 85
November 82.0 86 75 94 89
December 80.3 89 83 83 82
Average 86.3 82.7 84.9 85.5 88.0 86.4

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 90.4 95 84 88 91 94
February 88.7 94 87 91 75 87
March 93.6 91 95 87 96 92
April 96.8 95 98 100 98
May 97.1 96 96 99 96
June 97.2 98 98 97 97
July 96.6 94 94 97 98
August 96.6 96 95 95 98
September 95.0 95 94 98 93
October 93.8 88 93 95 93
November 90.6 92 88 98 96
December 88.3 93 93 91 89
Average 94.0 93.3 92.9 93.1 94.8 94.3

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 16.6 17 19 15 16 18
February 19.8 19 23 19 16 18
March 21.8 23 22 23 22 23
April 24.9 26 24 25 25
May 28.4 27 29 28 27
June 30.6 30 32 30 30
July 32.3 34 32 31 33
August 31.6 33 31 31 32
September 29.8 30 29 29 29
October 25.9 26 24 26 27
November 20.4 21 22 19 23
December 17.7 18 18 21 16
Average 24.4 19.8 25.6 24.9 24.3 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 5.9 6 8 3 6 8
February 8.7 7 11 8 6 8
March 10.5 13 12 11 10 13
April 13.6 15 13 13 13
May 18.3 17 19 16 18
June 21.7 21 22 22 22
July 23.7 24 24 23 24
August 23.5 24 23 23 24
September 20.9 20 20 20 21
October 16.1 15 13 16 18
November 9.6 10 12 6 13
December 7.6 8 9 10 5
Average 14.3 8.6 15.3 15.1 14.3 15.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.4 3 8 5 8 10
February 7.5 10 7 5 14 13
March 5.9 9 7 8 5 7
April 3.9 5 3 2 5
May 4.2 7 4 2 4
June 5.1 4 3 7 4
July 3.6 4 4 5 3
August 5.6 8 7 5 6
September 6.3 6 8 7 7
October 4.5 6 1 5 4
November 7.8 10 9 5 9
December 8.8 10 4 6 5
Average 5.8 7.2 6.6 5.0 5.7 6.1

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 8.4 10 7 9 8 9
February 8.6 9 8 9 9 9
March 9.3 9 9 10 9 9
April 9.2 9 9 9 10
May 8.7 9 9 9 8
June 7.6 8 7 8 8
July 6.9 7 8 7 6
August 6.5 7 6 6 6
September 7.7 7 8 7 8
October 7.4 7 7 7 8
November 7.8 8 9 8 8
December 7.6 8 7 7 7
Average 8.1 9.0 7.7 8.1 7.8 8.0

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 255° 244° 321° 272° 297°
February 286° 245° 180° 303° 254°
March 251° 238° 199° 093° 209°
April 167° 185° 242° 246°
May 044° 196° 193° 194°
June 208° 128° 177° 243°
July 217° 209° 206° 198°
August 195° 198° 178° 196°
September 024° 026° 073° 042°
October 360° 010° 337° 055°
November 008° 022° 346° 053°
December 337° 005° 253° 296°

Prevailing wind direction

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