Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport

KCUB · South Carolina, United States

Climate Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport (KCUB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.9 75 69 81 70 83
February 76.8 92 75 80 64 73
March 77.8 65 81 71 85 73
April 88.1 77 87 96 95
May 85.1 76 85 93 85
June 87.0 80 92 90 81
July 87.6 84 81 89 90
August 84.3 85 75 83 84
September 86.9 84 86 88 79
October 83.7 89 83 81 86
November 81.3 85 75 97 81
December 74.1 81 62 69 76
Average 82.2 76.3 80.5 80.5 84.4 82.4

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 87.2 87 82 91 81 92
February 87.8 98 85 86 76 89
March 90.1 80 92 88 92 88
April 95.0 90 94 99 98
May 94.0 89 95 99 92
June 94.7 90 96 95 95
July 94.4 92 92 96 96
August 92.3 91 87 90 91
September 93.5 92 92 95 93
October 93.3 96 94 95 93
November 90.6 91 89 99 93
December 86.1 91 88 84 85
Average 91.4 87.4 90.0 91.1 92.0 92.2

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 14.7 14 17 13 13 16
February 18.4 17 20 19 15 17
March 20.9 21 21 22 22 22
April 24.8 24 25 25 25
May 28.6 26 30 29 27
June 31.5 30 34 31 31
July 33.1 33 33 32 34
August 32.3 33 32 32 32
September 30.4 29 30 30 29
October 25.6 25 24 26 26
November 19.0 19 20 19 22
December 15.8 16 15 19 14
Average 23.8 17.6 24.3 24.9 24.3 24.4

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 4.1 4 6 2 4 7
February 7.0 5 8 6 5 7
March 8.7 9 9 9 8 12
April 11.8 12 12 10 12
May 16.5 15 18 15 15
June 21.0 19 22 21 20
July 23.2 23 24 23 23
August 22.8 23 23 23 23
September 19.4 19 19 19 20
October 14.4 12 12 15 16
November 7.4 7 9 5 11
December 5.3 5 6 8 3
Average 12.6 5.9 13.2 13.7 13.0 13.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 8 10 9 8 5
February 6.3 4 5 6 14 11
March 6.2 11 6 8 2 9
April 3.9 9 5 1 3
May 4.2 11 3 3 3
June 3.3 4 5 5 2
July 2.5 5 4 3 3
August 3.8 8 6 5 2
September 5.1 5 8 5 6
October 3.3 3 2 3 3
November 5.6 8 7 1 5
December 9.1 10 11 7 6
Average 5.2 8.1 6.8 5.8 4.3 4.6

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 4.8 6 5 5 4 5
February 5.0 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.3 4 5 6 5 5
April 5.4 5 5 5 6
May 4.7 5 5 5 4
June 4.3 5 4 4 5
July 4.0 4 5 4 4
August 3.6 4 3 3 3
September 3.6 3 4 3 4
October 3.6 4 3 4 3
November 3.7 4 4 4 4
December 4.0 4 3 4 4
Average 4.4 4.9 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.3

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 240° 238° 258° 257° 253°
February 232° 237° 213° 258° 242°
March 262° 231° 234° 211° 232°
April 230° 229° 253° 246°
May 261° 221° 237° 264°
June 233° 251° 208° 234°
July 224° 212° 219° 206°
August 217° 205° 192° 192°
September 256° 309° 221° 335°
October 263° 239° 240° 221°
November 264° 229° 265° 248°
December 253° 261° 223° 250°

Prevailing wind direction

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