Hondarosa Airport

SC42 · South Carolina, United States

Climate Hondarosa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charleston Executive Airport (KJZI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.2 84 77 80 72 76
February 74.7 92 77 81 55 71
March 80.6 78 86 76 73 77
April 84.5 82 93 94 88
May 82.8 76 82 89 83
June 80.4 86 92 77 76
July 87.3 87 82 81 89
August 83.1 90 82 79 82
September 83.0 84 88 89 75
October 79.1 85 78 82 80
November 74.9 85 76 89 76
December 74.9 86 81 79 76
Average 80.9 84.1 83.5 82.7 80.2 79.4

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 85.8 89 83 87 82 86
February 83.9 95 86 90 68 79
March 90.1 92 93 85 88 87
April 91.9 95 97 98 94
May 94.1 92 96 95 95
June 92.6 96 97 96 94
July 95.4 94 93 96 95
August 93.4 97 92 95 93
September 92.8 94 94 95 92
October 90.4 92 92 92 92
November 85.6 89 89 96 86
December 83.4 89 93 88 85
Average 90.4 92.0 92.0 92.1 91.3 90.1

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 16.2 17 18 15 15 18
February 18.9 18 21 18 15 17
March 20.9 23 21 22 21 22
April 23.9 24 24 24 24
May 27.3 25 28 27 26
June 29.9 29 31 29 29
July 31.6 32 32 31 32
August 31.0 32 31 31 31
September 29.4 30 29 29 29
October 25.8 26 24 26 26
November 20.4 21 21 19 23
December 17.6 19 18 20 16
Average 23.7 19.4 24.9 24.4 23.9 24.5

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 9.0 7 10 9 7 8
March 10.9 12 12 12 11 13
April 14.0 15 13 13 14
May 18.8 17 20 16 18
June 22.3 21 23 23 22
July 24.0 23 25 24 25
August 23.7 23 24 24 23
September 21.5 19 21 21 22
October 16.4 14 14 16 18
November 10.4 10 13 7 14
December 8.1 8 9 10 6
Average 14.5 8.0 14.9 15.6 14.9 15.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 3 6 5 6 5
February 5.2 6 7 4 10 9
March 3.6 2 5 6 4 5
April 2.6 4 1 1 4
May 2.4 6 2 1 1
June 3.6 3 2 4 4
July 2.5 3 2 4 4
August 4.4 4 6 3 5
September 10.4 2 6 5 4
October 2.6 5 1 4 2
November 5.2 7 4 5 8
December 4.4 6 3 5 2
Average 4.1 3.7 4.6 3.3 3.9 4.2

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 6.6 8 7 8 7 1
February 7.5 8 8 8 8 8
March 8.5 9 8 9 9 8
April 8.1 8 8 8 8
May 7.9 9 8 8 8
June 6.9 7 7 8 7
July 6.2 6 7 6 6
August 5.8 6 5 5 5
September 7.0 7 8 6 7
October 6.9 7 7 6 7
November 7.0 7 8 7 7
December 6.0 7 7 6 6
Average 7.2 8.2 7.2 7.4 7.0 6.5

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 293° 253° 324° 258° 332°
February 316° 242° 091° 321° 254°
March 214° 241° 209° 064° 185°
April 141° 168° 212° 228°
May 057° 189° 145° 172°
June 204° 125° 151° 221°
July 210° 207° 167° 178°
August 180° 180° 114° 179°
September 044° 036° 096° 043°
October 017° 023° 354° 034°
November 014° 023° 353° 027°
December 360° 013° 247° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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