Yeovilton, 12:00 to 14:00, 1997–2020
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Met Office station 1302: Yeovilton, Somerset  (BA22 8); OS grid reference: ST 551232.
Coordinates:  N51°00'22" W2°38'24"  (51.006 -2.640), elevation 20 m.
Note: gusts not recorded in 6 out of the 24 years, 0.9% of daylight visibility records missing, 1.5% of daylight precipitation records missing, 0.6% of daylight wind records missing.

This is the analysis for the average of 24 years  (1997–2020).
Time slot: 12:00 to 14:00  (two hours); click below for any-hour analysis, or a different start time, or 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 this timeslot) 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 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 ​ 26  7%
≤ 10 mph 6 5 6 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 8 ​ 86  23%
≤ 15 mph 12 11 14 16 16 17 18 17 17 15 13 13 ​ 180  49%
≤ 20 mph 14 14 19 19 21 21 22 21 21 18 17 16 ​ 222  61%
≤ 30 mph 16 17 20 22 22 22 23 22 22 20 18 18 ​ 241  66%
≤ 40 mph 17 17 21 22 23 22 23 22 22 20 18 18 ​ 246  67%
any wind 17 17 21 22 23 22 23 22 22 21 18 18 ​ 247  68%
‘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 this timeslot) 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 −0.1 −0.2 −0.1       ​−0.5
≤ 10 mph   −0.1   +0.1 +0.1     −0.3 −0.1 −0.1 −0.1   ​−0.4
≤ 15 mph +0.1   −0.1 +0.2 +0.2     −0.3         ​+0.2
≤ 20 mph       +0.2 +0.2 +0.1   −0.2     −0.1   ​+0.3
≤ 30 mph       +0.2 +0.3 +0.1   −0.2 −0.1       ​+0.2
≤ 40 mph       +0.2 +0.3 +0.1   −0.2         ​+0.4
any wind +0.1     +0.2 +0.3 +0.1   −0.2         ​+0.5
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 this timeslot) the visibility was adequate. That is, for the entire timeslot:
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Good days 24 22 26 27 28 27 28 27 27 26 24 24 ​ 310  85%

Bad weather analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in this timeslot) no bad weather occurred. That is, for the entire timeslot, 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 21 20 23 23 24 23 24 23 23 22 21 21 ​ 267  73%

Wind speed analysis

This is the number of days in each month, on average, for which (in this timeslot) 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 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 5 ​ 37  10%
≤ 10 mph 11 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 10 9 10 12 ​ 120  33%
≤ 15 mph 20 17 20 20 21 22 23 24 22 21 21 21 ​ 252  69%
≤ 20 mph 25 22 26 26 27 27 28 28 27 27 26 26 ​ 315  86%
≤ 30 mph 29 26 29 29 30 30 30 30 29 30 29 29 ​ 350  96%
≤ 40 mph 30 28 30 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 ​ 361  99%
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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.