Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport

KSAV · Georgia, United States

Climate Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (KSAV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.1 82 76 84 76 85
February 79.5 89 81 86 61 81
March 84.7 72 88 80 87 84
April 89.5 82 92 96 91
May 90.2 78 91 98 88
June 90.4 85 95 89 86
July 91.2 91 85 87 95
August 89.1 88 88 89 93
September 88.8 90 87 92 77
October 84.9 87 78 87 82
November 77.7 83 69 91 78
December 78.1 84 79 81 83
Average 85.5 80.4 84.5 85.2 86.8 85.6

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 91.0 92 85 91 88 95
February 88.4 96 91 91 71 91
March 93.0 84 95 93 93 92
April 96.2 91 97 100 97
May 96.7 92 99 99 95
June 97.0 97 98 97 97
July 96.1 98 93 95 98
August 95.8 94 94 98 97
September 95.7 98 94 98 91
October 94.2 96 92 94 90
November 89.3 90 91 96 90
December 87.7 89 89 91 91
Average 93.4 90.1 93.1 93.8 93.6 94.0

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 17.6 17 19 16 17 19
February 20.8 20 23 20 18 20
March 23.0 23 23 23 23 25
April 25.8 26 26 25 26
May 29.3 27 30 29 29
June 31.6 30 32 31 31
July 33.0 34 33 31 34
August 32.5 33 32 31 33
September 30.5 30 29 30 30
October 26.8 26 25 26 28
November 21.0 21 22 19 24
December 18.6 18 20 22 18
Average 25.2 19.9 25.9 25.7 25.1 26.4

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 8 4 7 9
February 9.5 7 12 8 8 9
March 11.0 12 12 11 11 14
April 13.8 15 13 12 15
May 18.4 17 19 16 18
June 22.0 21 22 21 22
July 22.9 24 24 23 25
August 23.4 24 23 24 24
September 21.1 20 20 20 22
October 16.4 15 13 16 19
November 10.2 10 12 7 15
December 8.2 8 10 11 6
Average 14.5 8.4 15.5 15.0 14.6 16.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.2 2 7 4 9 6
February 6.3 7 10 4 11 7
March 4.3 5 6 8 6 4
April 2.8 4 1 2 5
May 2.9 6 1 1 2
June 3.7 3 4 5 3
July 3.5 4 6 4 2
August 4.6 6 7 6 3
September 4.3 5 5 6 6
October 3.7 4 1 5 2
November 7.3 10 10 6 7
December 6.9 10 5 4 3
Average 4.5 4.7 5.9 4.6 5.1 3.8

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 8.2 10 7 9 8 9
February 8.3 8 9 8 8 9
March 8.8 8 9 10 8 8
April 9.0 8 9 9 9
May 8.1 9 8 9 8
June 7.2 8 7 8 8
July 6.5 6 7 7 7
August 6.3 7 6 6 6
September 7.2 7 7 6 7
October 7.2 7 6 6 7
November 7.2 7 8 7 8
December 7.3 8 7 7 7
Average 7.7 8.6 7.6 7.7 7.3 7.7

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 262° 257° 298° 266° 303°
February 252° 247° 187° 306° 259°
March 249° 231° 212° 076° 214°
April 154° 180° 233° 241°
May 049° 176° 164° 176°
June 236° 117° 174° 241°
July 235° 215° 193° 200°
August 178° 144° 163° 195°
September 035° 031° 057° 041°
October 012° 028° 333° 048°
November 006° 019° 348° 030°
December 332° 009° 249° 281°

Prevailing wind direction

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