4 Holes Field

44SC · South Carolina, United States

Climate 4 Holes Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Orangeburg Municipal Airport (KOGB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.1 82 71 84 72 83
February 77.5 95 75 83 61 73
March 79.8 72 79 72 86 74
April 86.2 78 86 96 92
May 84.7 74 83 94 84
June 83.7 75 88 82 81
July 86.6 81 82 87 92
August 82.3 85 72 79 83
September 86.1 85 87 89 78
October 83.4 88 81 81 85
November 79.6 85 76 96 78
December 67.9 82 64 69 75
Average 81.8 82.1 79.7 80.1 83.0 81.9

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 88.5 93 83 94 87 93
February 87.6 99 85 91 76 86
March 90.3 88 90 84 92 86
April 92.8 88 92 99 97
May 93.1 90 93 98 92
June 92.7 88 92 92 95
July 93.2 89 93 93 95
August 90.8 90 86 90 90
September 93.3 95 92 94 92
October 91.4 93 89 92 92
November 88.3 88 89 99 91
December 78.7 89 85 81 86
Average 90.6 92.5 89.1 90.0 91.4 91.5

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 15.2 17 17 14 14 16
February 18.9 19 21 19 15 17
March 21.1 23 21 22 21 22
April 24.6 25 24 25 24
May 28.4 26 29 28 27
June 30.8 30 32 30 30
July 32.4 33 32 31 33
August 31.8 33 31 32 32
September 29.8 29 29 29 28
October 25.5 26 23 25 26
November 19.2 20 20 19 22
December 16.3 18 16 20 14
Average 23.9 19.4 24.8 24.6 24.2 24.2

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 4.6 5 6 2 5 7
February 7.5 6 9 7 5 7
March 8.9 11 10 9 9 12
April 11.9 13 12 11 12
May 16.6 15 18 15 16
June 20.1 19 21 21 19
July 22.3 23 23 22 22
August 22.3 23 22 23 23
September 19.1 18 19 19 19
October 14.3 13 11 15 16
November 7.8 8 10 6 11
December 5.9 7 7 8 3
Average 12.7 7.5 13.7 13.6 13.1 13.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.8 9 11 7 12 7
February 7.6 6 10 4 15 14
March 7.0 8 9 9 5 9
April 4.7 7 4 1 4
May 4.8 9 3 3 5
June 5.4 11 5 7 3
July 3.4 5 5 3 2
August 4.4 7 5 4 5
September 4.8 3 5 6 6
October 4.0 4 5 5 2
November 4.9 2 8 2 7
December 10.5 15 11 6 5
Average 5.9 7.7 7.6 5.5 5.4 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 7.0 8 6 7 7 8
February 7.1 7 7 7 7 8
March 7.4 7 7 8 7 7
April 7.2 7 7 7 8
May 6.4 7 7 7 6
June 5.8 6 5 6 6
July 5.2 5 6 5 5
August 5.1 6 5 5 4
September 5.6 5 6 4 6
October 5.6 6 5 5 6
November 5.9 6 7 6 6
December 6.2 7 5 6 6
Average 6.3 7.2 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.2

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 253° 242° 297° 268° 280°
February 250° 246° 215° 305° 253°
March 255° 252° 229° 035° 233°
April 242° 220° 249° 243°
May 347° 235° 237° 267°
June 246° 109° 193° 247°
July 232° 219° 213° 202°
August 227° 198° 156° 197°
September 032° 028° 037° 033°
October 344° 019° 299° 051°
November 010° 021° 351° 025°
December 293° 354° 251° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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