Greenville Spartanburg International Airport

KGSP · South Carolina, United States

Climate Greenville Spartanburg International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (KGSP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.9 71 61 80 79 76
February 71.9 88 67 72 66 70
March 78.4 72 81 73 82 73
April 82.9 86 73 87 95 88
May 80.4 80 79 89 76
June 85.9 75 95 81 85
July 90.0 95 84 89 93
August 86.2 87 89 88 84
September 86.0 88 85 92 74
October 80.2 92 80 75 77
November 80.8 91 68 93 82
December 69.7 69 45 69 83
Average 80.9 79.1 80.1 79.6 83.4 80.3

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 81.2 79 71 89 81 82
February 82.8 93 84 80 76 80
March 87.6 83 88 85 85 87
April 91.5 97 85 95 97 96
May 91.2 92 89 97 87
June 93.2 87 99 90 93
July 95.7 97 92 96 97
August 93.0 93 95 94 92
September 92.2 95 90 95 84
October 90.2 99 90 87 87
November 88.3 93 75 98 90
December 79.4 79 61 84 90
Average 89.2 88.1 88.7 88.0 90.2 89.0

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 11.6 11 14 10 11 13
February 15.8 16 18 15 12 14
March 18.3 20 19 20 19 19
April 22.7 24 22 23 23 22
May 26.3 24 28 26 24
June 29.5 28 31 29 29
July 31.8 32 33 31 33
August 30.7 32 31 31 31
September 28.1 28 27 27 26
October 23.2 24 22 24 23
November 16.6 18 17 16 19
December 13.3 14 11 17 13
Average 21.8 17.6 22.7 22.6 22.1 22.1

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 1.7 1 4 0 2 3
February 4.7 4 7 3 2 4
March 7.0 8 7 7 8 10
April 10.3 11 10 9 10 10
May 15.2 14 15 14 13
June 18.9 17 19 19 19
July 21.4 21 22 22 21
August 20.6 21 21 21 20
September 17.9 16 16 18 17
October 12.0 11 9 13 12
November 5.5 5 7 4 8
December 3.4 3 4 6 1
Average 10.9 5.7 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.5 17 11 11 10 14
February 10.5 7 9 12 14 17
March 8.3 12 10 12 8 10
April 7.8 8 18 3 5 6
May 5.8 8 6 4 9
June 4.6 10 3 4 3
July 2.5 2 3 6 3
August 4.4 6 2 6 5
September 4.6 3 7 4 7
October 5.6 1 5 8 7
November 7.8 7 17 3 5
December 12.7 17 18 9 7
Average 7.2 10.7 8.4 7.3 6.6 7.3

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 6.4 7 6 7 6 6
February 7.0 8 7 6 7 7
March 7.1 7 7 8 7 7
April 7.4 7 8 7 7 7
May 6.6 7 7 7 6
June 5.8 6 5 6 6
July 5.1 5 6 5 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 5.4 5 6 4 6
October 5.4 6 5 5 5
November 5.6 5 7 6 5
December 5.7 6 5 7 6
Average 6.2 7.2 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.0

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 278° 230° 287° 263° 292°
February 220° 233° 293° 343° 227°
March 348° 219° 222° 054° 227°
April 229° 224° 223° 231° 250°
May 034° 214° 223° 346°
June 201° 356° 200° 229°
July 227° 223° 218° 191°
August 218° 190° 137° 207°
September 055° 034° 318° 043°
October 252° 003° 261° 043°
November 049° 041° 299° 008°
December 249° 115° 216° 221°

Prevailing wind direction

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