Twin Lakes Airport

S17 · South Carolina, United States

Climate Twin Lakes Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aiken Regional Airport (KAIK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.8 81 70 83 67 74
February 74.2 90 77 83 65 64
March 79.2 74 79 72 84 71
April 85.8 77 89 94 89
May 83.5 76 87 91 83
June 85.8 81 93 78 83
July 87.1 89 84 85 89
August 82.9 91 78 78 82
September 85.8 89 85 85 74
October 81.2 91 83 75 83
November 79.4 88 76 94 72
December 71.1 86 52 65 73
Average 81.3 81.1 82.7 81.7 80.4 78.8

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 85.4 89 78 95 82 86
February 85.7 96 87 90 75 81
March 90.2 87 89 85 93 86
April 94.1 91 93 98 96
May 92.5 88 96 97 90
June 94.0 92 96 90 95
July 93.5 95 93 92 95
August 91.6 95 92 87 92
September 93.9 97 94 92 91
October 90.3 94 93 87 90
November 89.3 92 90 99 90
December 82.2 90 77 78 86
Average 90.5 90.3 90.9 91.7 89.5 90.2

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 13.8 14 16 13 13 15
February 17.7 17 20 18 15 16
March 20.2 21 20 22 21 22
April 23.8 24 24 24 24
May 27.6 25 29 28 27
June 30.5 29 33 30 30
July 32.2 33 32 32 33
August 31.4 33 31 32 32
September 29.4 29 29 29 28
October 24.6 24 23 25 25
November 18.1 19 19 19 21
December 14.8 16 14 18 14
Average 22.9 17.2 23.9 24.1 23.8 23.8

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 3.0 2 5 1 3 6
February 6.0 4 8 5 4 6
March 7.7 8 8 8 9 11
April 10.7 11 10 10 11
May 15.7 15 17 14 14
June 19.6 19 20 20 20
July 21.5 22 23 22 22
August 21.3 22 21 22 22
September 18.1 18 18 17 19
October 12.9 12 10 15 15
November 6.6 7 9 6 9
December 4.5 4 6 8 2
Average 11.5 4.8 12.5 12.6 12.5 12.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 6 9 6 8 5
February 8.1 6 7 4 12 20
March 6.0 8 7 6 3 10
April 3.7 6 2 1 4
May 4.3 8 2 2 3
June 3.0 3 1 4 2
July 2.6 3 4 2 4
August 3.6 5 5 4 2
September 4.3 2 3 8 6
October 4.1 4 1 6 2
November 5.7 6 7 0 3
December 11.6 8 13 7 8
Average 5.2 6.4 5.3 4.1 4.5 5.5

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 7.3 9 7 8 7 8
February 7.5 8 8 8 8 8
March 7.9 8 7 9 8 8
April 7.6 8 8 8 9
May 6.8 8 7 7 7
June 6.2 7 6 7 7
July 5.5 6 6 6 6
August 5.3 6 6 5 5
September 6.2 6 7 5 8
October 6.2 7 7 6 6
November 6.5 7 8 8 7
December 6.6 7 6 7 7
Average 6.8 8.0 6.9 7.1 6.8 7.1

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 251° 240° 266° 261° 262°
February 233° 233° 211° 311° 246°
March 265° 227° 227° 066° 227°
April 220° 221° 252° 243°
May 009° 225° 253° 274°
June 263° 011° 183° 262°
July 248° 221° 210° 230°
August 253° 169° 130° 202°
September 035° 034° 015° 040°
October 003° 025° 271° 057°
November 034° 028° 343° 048°
December 251° 036° 234° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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