Myrtle Beach International Airport

KMYR · South Carolina, United States

Climate Myrtle Beach International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Myrtle Beach International Airport (KMYR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.1 84 79 78 75 87
February 76.7 94 76 86 62 76
March 80.3 78 83 75 82 74
April 88.9 84 93 95 87
May 83.8 80 83 92 81
June 85.9 83 92 82 78
July 87.8 90 82 87 93
August 84.9 87 81 80 89
September 84.0 77 87 91 76
October 82.6 88 73 84 84
November 83.3 90 77 94 88
December 78.7 86 71 80 80
Average 83.5 85.0 83.5 82.3 84.2 82.7

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 89 85 87 96
February 86.2 98 85 94 70 87
March 91.9 90 94 91 91 91
April 95.5 93 96 99 96
May 94.5 94 94 97 94
June 96.6 98 98 97 93
July 97.3 97 96 97 99
August 95.3 95 94 95 98
September 94.4 94 94 99 92
October 94.0 96 80 98 96
November 91.6 94 86 99 95
December 87.9 91 87 89 91
Average 93.3 93.9 93.7 91.8 93.6 94.1

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 13.6 14 16 12 13 16
February 16.7 16 19 17 13 15
March 18.4 20 20 20 19 20
April 22.0 23 22 23 23
May 25.5 24 27 26 25
June 28.4 28 29 29 28
July 30.6 31 31 30 31
August 29.7 31 30 30 30
September 28.3 28 28 28 27
October 24.4 24 22 25 25
November 18.8 18 20 18 21
December 15.9 16 16 19 15
Average 22.0 16.5 23.1 22.9 22.5 22.9

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 5.2 4 7 2 6 8
February 8.1 7 10 7 6 7
March 9.9 12 11 10 10 12
April 13.8 14 13 13 14
May 18.6 17 20 17 18
June 22.1 21 22 22 21
July 24.0 25 25 24 25
August 23.9 24 24 24 24
September 21.1 20 20 21 21
October 15.8 15 11 17 18
November 9.5 9 13 7 13
December 7.1 7 8 9 5
Average 14.1 7.3 14.9 14.8 14.7 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 5.8 2 6 6 10 3
February 9.4 6 11 6 19 12
March 5.9 6 7 7 5 7
April 3.5 5 3 1 4
May 3.9 8 1 2 3
June 3.8 3 3 6 4
July 4.5 3 11 4 3
August 4.9 5 5 6 6
September 5.6 5 6 4 7
October 3.3 3 1 4 2
November 5.1 7 5 2 8
December 8.8 7 1 9 5
Average 5.2 4.8 5.6 4.7 5.6 5.2

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 9 8 9 8 9
February 8.2 8 8 8 8 9
March 9.1 9 9 9 9 8
April 9.5 9 9 10 10
May 9.1 9 10 9 9
June 8.3 8 8 8 9
July 8.3 8 9 8 7
August 7.4 8 7 7 7
September 7.9 7 7 7 7
October 7.7 8 7 8 7
November 7.7 7 8 8 8
December 7.5 8 6 7 8
Average 8.3 8.9 8.1 8.0 8.1 8.1

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 267° 246° 320° 287° 303°
February 275° 241° 150° 317° 250°
March 237° 259° 194° 050° 196°
April 166° 200° 224° 242°
May 101° 181° 181° 180°
June 192° 157° 174° 207°
July 194° 196° 187° 180°
August 189° 182° 171° 189°
September 011° 068° 140° 027°
October 343° 354° 298° 059°
November 352° 005° 339° 005°
December 320° 353° 249° 295°

Prevailing wind direction

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