Summerville Airport

KDYB · South Carolina, United States

Climate Summerville Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Summerville Airport (KDYB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.1 87 77 86 74 81
February 80.3 93 78 80 87 74
March 83.3 81 84 81 84 77
April 88.7 83 89 96 89
May 84.6 77 87 93 65
June 87.0 83 93 81 82
July 86.0 86 82 84 88
August 85.9 91 79 82 88
September 87.7 90 88 91 76
October 83.3 87 83 86 81
November 80.2 85 78 94 80
December 78.6 88 88 75 78
Average 84.5 86.5 84.1 84.4 85.3 80.0

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 90.3 95 86 91 88 92
February 89.5 97 85 88 88 85
March 92.0 90 92 90 92 89
April 94.5 91 95 98 96
May 91.3 93 94 97 68
June 94.3 94 96 93 94
July 91.5 92 90 92 95
August 93.8 95 90 92 96
September 94.1 97 94 95 88
October 92.7 93 92 95 91
November 88.7 89 89 97 90
December 87.8 91 95 88 89
Average 92.1 93.9 91.7 92.0 93.3 89.1

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 15.9 16 18 15 15 18
February 19.8 18 22 20 18 18
March 21.4 22 22 23 22 23
April 24.7 26 25 24 25
May 27.2 26 30 28 20
June 30.1 30 33 30 30
July 31.3 33 33 30 33
August 31.5 33 31 32 32
September 29.4 29 29 29 28
October 25.0 25 24 23 27
November 19.6 20 21 19 23
December 16.9 17 17 21 16
Average 23.8 18.9 25.0 25.2 24.4 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 4.0 5 7 3 6 7
February 7.5 5 9 7 8 8
March 9.2 11 10 10 10 13
April 11.9 13 11 11 13
May 15.6 15 18 15 10
June 19.6 19 21 19 21
July 21.6 23 23 23 23
August 22.0 21 22 24 23
September 19.9 19 19 20 21
October 14.7 12 12 16 17
November 8.2 8 11 6 12
December 6.2 6 8 8 4
Average 12.7 6.9 13.5 13.9 14.0 14.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.2 3 6 2 4 3
February 3.9 5 5 4 2 7
March 4.1 4 5 3 2 6
April 3.0 4 1 1 4
May 3.2 4 4 2 1
June 3.9 2 3 4 4
July 2.7 2 5 2 2
August 4.2 3 4 4 6
September 3.6 0 3 4 7
October 2.4 2 1 3 3
November 4.4 6 3 3 3
December 5.1 4 3 5 1
Average 3.7 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.9 3.6

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 5.1 6 5 6 5 6
February 5.0 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.4 5 5 6 6 5
April 5.0 5 5 5 6
May 4.1 6 5 4 3
June 3.5 4 4 4 4
July 2.1 3 0 3 1
August 2.0 3 1 2 0
September 3.6 4 5 2 3
October 3.3 4 4 0 3
November 4.3 5 5 3 5
December 4.5 5 4 4 4
Average 4.1 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.6

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 275° 261° 334° 289° 314°
February 332° 255° 294° 215° 293°
March 299° 284° 242° 025° 270°
April 281° 267° 288° 275°
May 330° 303° 256° 299°
June 279° 349° 291° 306°
July 252° 301° 262° 001°
August 287° 313° 247° 360°
September 357° 006° 018° 036°
October 347° 357° 360° 025°
November 354° 358° 336° 016°
December 324° 329° 298° 294°

Prevailing wind direction

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