Pembrey Sands, any hour sunrise to sunset, 1997–2020
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Met Office station 1226: Pembrey Sands, Dyfed  (SA17 4); OS grid reference: SN 365043.
Coordinates:  N51°42'47" W4°22'05"  (51.713 -4.368), elevation 3 m.
Note: gusts not recorded in 6 out of the 24 years, 2.2% of daylight visibility records missing, 2.5% of daylight precipitation records missing, 1.9% of daylight wind records missing.

This is the analysis for the average of 24 years  (1997–2020).
Time slot: sunrise to sunset  (any daylight hour); click below on the start time for a specific 2-hour slot, or on all-day for whole day analysis (all times are GMT):

any-hour  06:00  08:00  10:00  12:00  14:00  16:00  18:00  all-day

‘Flyable days’ analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in some daylight hour) the visibility was adequate, and there was no bad weather, and the wind speed was less than or equal to that shown on the left.
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Hours
≤ 5 mph 9 8 11 14 15 14 14 13 12 10 10 9 ​ 140  38%  477  10%
≤ 10 mph 14 14 18 21 21 21 21 20 19 17 16 15 ​ 217  60%  1270  26%
≤ 15 mph 20 20 25 27 26 26 27 26 25 23 21 20 ​ 284  78%  2302  47%
≤ 20 mph 24 23 27 28 28 28 30 29 27 26 24 23 ​ 317  87%  2873  59%
≤ 30 mph 28 26 30 29 30 30 31 30 30 30 28 27 ​ 349  95%  3478  71%
≤ 40 mph 28 26 30 29 30 30 31 31 30 30 29 29 ​ 353  97%  3600  73%
any wind 29 27 30 29 30 30 31 31 30 30 29 29 ​ 355  97%  3633  74%
‘Total’ shows the total flyable days, on average, in a year, and the same as a percentage.
‘Hours’ shows the total flyable hours, on average, in a year, and the same as a percentage of total daylight hours.

Trend analysis

This is the average change (per year, over the 24 years) in the average number of days in each month for which (in some daylight hour) the visibility was adequate, and there was no bad weather, and the wind speed was less than or equal to that shown on the left.

For example, if a value of +0.5 is shown for a given month then that implies that since 1997 the number of flyable days in that month has increased by (on average) half a day per year.
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
≤ 5 mph     −0.1   +0.1 +0.1   −0.2 −0.1 −0.1 +0.1 −0.1 ​−0.4
≤ 10 mph     −0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 −0.3       −0.1 ​−0.2
≤ 15 mph   +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.1     −0.2   +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 ​+0.2
≤ 20 mph       +0.1 +0.1     −0.1 +0.1 +0.1   −0.1 ​+0.2
≤ 30 mph     +0.1           +0.1 +0.1   −0.1 ​+0.2
≤ 40 mph     +0.1     +0.1       +0.1 +0.1   ​+0.4
any wind   +0.1 +0.1     +0.1         +0.1   ​+0.4
Empty cells indicate negligible change; ‘Total’ shows the sum of the trends over the whole year.

Visibility analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in some daylight hour) the visibility was adequate. That is, for the entire hour:
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Good days 29 27 30 29 30 30 31 31 30 31 30 29 ​ 356  98%

Bad weather analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in some daylight hour) no bad weather occurred. That is, for the entire hour, there was no rain, hail, snow, snow on the ground, icing conditions, thunderstorms, etc.
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Good days 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 ​ 365  100%

Wind speed analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in some daylight hour) the maximum (gust) wind speed was less than or equal to the value shown on the left.
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
≤ 5 mph 9 8 11 14 15 14 14 13 12 10 10 9 ​ 140  38%
≤ 10 mph 14 14 18 21 21 21 21 20 19 17 16 15 ​ 217  60%
≤ 15 mph 20 20 25 27 26 26 27 26 25 23 21 20 ​ 284  78%
≤ 20 mph 24 23 27 28 28 28 30 29 27 26 24 23 ​ 317  87%
≤ 30 mph 28 26 30 29 30 30 31 30 30 30 28 27 ​ 349  95%
≤ 40 mph 28 26 30 29 30 30 31 31 30 30 29 29 ​ 353  97%
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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.