Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station (Merritt Field)

KNBC · South Carolina, United States

Climate Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station (Merritt Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station (Merritt Field) (KNBC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.1 80 68 83 79 85
February 77.3 90 74 80 59 81
March 82.2 70 83 75 84 78
April 86.0 90 78 89 82 89
May 79.9 71 86 48 85
June 80.5 81 89 44 81
July 82.8 83 82 45 91
August 80.9 86 79 55 86
September 78.6 83 79 45 77
October 79.6 88 73 56 84
November 76.1 80 69 77 84
December 76.7 80 74 79 83
Average 80.5 82.1 79.7 80.3 61.7 83.7

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 87.3 85 74 86 89 94
February 86.3 94 90 85 68 88
March 92.4 86 94 88 93 90
April 93.2 95 90 95 83 95
May 89.2 91 97 50 96
June 90.1 94 96 52 98
July 89.9 92 92 55 98
August 90.4 94 93 64 95
September 86.8 96 90 52 93
October 89.8 93 91 64 94
November 85.1 89 85 80 92
December 85.0 87 80 90 90
Average 89.2 90.2 90.6 90.5 68.7 93.9

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 16.9 17 19 16 16 18
February 20.2 19 23 20 17 18
March 22.4 23 23 23 23 24
April 25.5 26 26 26 25 26
May 29.2 27 30 29 28
June 31.2 30 33 29 31
July 32.6 34 33 29 34
August 32.6 34 32 32 33
September 30.6 30 30 31 30
October 26.8 26 25 27 27
November 20.8 22 22 20 23
December 18.1 18 19 22 17
Average 25.1 21.4 26.0 25.9 24.9 25.8

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 6.3 6 7 5 6 9
February 9.4 8 11 9 7 9
March 10.9 12 11 12 11 13
April 14.2 14 15 14 13 14
May 18.8 17 20 17 18
June 21.0 22 21 16 22
July 22.3 25 25 11 25
August 23.6 25 23 24 22
September 21.1 22 21 21 22
October 17.0 16 14 17 19
November 10.6 11 12 7 14
December 8.2 8 9 11 6
Average 14.7 10.1 15.8 15.4 13.4 16.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.6 8 8 5 6 4
February 7.0 8 12 4 14 7
March 4.5 6 6 8 4 5
April 3.9 6 6 2 2 5
May 3.4 9 1 1 3
June 3.4 6 4 3 1
July 3.4 4 8 4 2
August 5.5 7 14 3 4
September 6.8 5 9 8 5
October 3.3 3 0 6 3
November 7.3 10 9 7 10
December 6.9 14 6 5 1
Average 5.1 6.9 7.1 5.8 4.8 4.0

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 7.5 8 6 8 8 8
February 7.4 8 8 7 7 8
March 8.0 8 7 9 8 7
April 7.7 8 7 8 8 8
May 6.9 8 7 7 7
June 5.9 6 6 6 7
July 5.5 5 7 5 5
August 5.1 6 5 5 5
September 6.3 6 7 5 7
October 6.3 6 6 6 7
November 6.8 7 8 6 7
December 6.8 8 6 6 6
Average 6.7 7.7 6.6 6.9 6.4 6.7

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 271° 264° 323° 261° 303°
February 023° 256° 097° 320° 270°
March 256° 245° 204° 060° 179°
April 226° 163° 185° 236° 252°
May 038° 164° 151° 218°
June 243° 124° 194° 260°
July 244° 215° 212° 203°
August 199° 191° 166° 198°
September 041° 033° 043° 033°
October 014° 030° 330° 036°
November 015° 026° 346° 026°
December 330° 014° 243° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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