Pembrey Sands, 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, 2.4% of daylight visibility records missing, 2.7% of daylight precipitation records missing, 2.0% of daylight wind records missing.

This is the analysis for the average of 24 years  (1997–2020).
Time slot: sunrise to sunset  (all daylight hours); click below on any-hour, or on the start time for a specific 2-hour slot (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 all daylight hours) 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
≤ 5 mph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ​ 2  0%
≤ 10 mph 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 ​ 15  4%
≤ 15 mph 6 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 6 7 6 6 ​ 66  18%
≤ 20 mph 8 7 7 9 9 9 11 9 10 9 8 8 ​ 102  28%
≤ 30 mph 10 9 11 12 13 13 14 13 13 13 11 11 ​ 143  39%
≤ 40 mph 11 10 12 13 14 13 15 14 14 14 12 12 ​ 153  42%
any wind 12 11 12 13 14 13 15 14 14 14 12 13 ​ 157  43%
‘Total’ shows the total flyable days, on average, in a year, and the same as a percentage.

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 all daylight hours) 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                          
≤ 10 mph −0.1   −0.1                   ​−0.2
≤ 15 mph −0.1   −0.1 +0.1   +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.2 −0.1 ​+0.2
≤ 20 mph −0.1 +0.1 −0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.2 +0.3   +0.2 +0.2 +0.1 −0.1 ​+1.1
≤ 30 mph   +0.2 −0.1 +0.2 +0.3 +0.2 +0.4 +0.2 +0.3 +0.3 +0.2 −0.1 ​+2.1
≤ 40 mph   +0.2   +0.3 +0.4 +0.3 +0.4 +0.2 +0.3 +0.4 +0.2 −0.1 ​+2.6
any wind   +0.3 +0.1 +0.3 +0.4 +0.3 +0.4 +0.2 +0.3 +0.4 +0.3   ​+3.0
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 all daylight hours) the visibility was adequate. That is, for the entire day:
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Good days 16 14 16 18 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 ​ 203  56%

Bad weather analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in all daylight hours) no bad weather occurred. That is, for the entire day, 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 18 17 20 19 20 19 20 19 20 18 16 18 ​ 225  62%

Wind speed analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in all daylight hours) 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 ​ 7  2%
≤ 10 mph 5 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 5 6 ​ 36  10%
≤ 15 mph 11 9 11 10 10 10 9 10 11 11 11 12 ​ 125  34%
≤ 20 mph 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 16 17 15 15 16 ​ 195  53%
≤ 30 mph 23 22 25 27 27 27 28 27 25 24 23 24 ​ 302  83%
≤ 40 mph 27 26 29 29 30 29 31 30 29 29 27 28 ​ 344  94%
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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.