Culdrose, any hour sunrise to sunset, 1997–2020
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Met Office station 1393: Culdrose, Cornwall  (TR12 7); OS grid reference: SW 672257.
Coordinates:  N50°05'06" W5°15'25"  (50.085 -5.257), elevation 78 m.
Note: gusts not recorded in 6 out of the 24 years, 0.2% of daylight visibility records missing, 1.4% of daylight precipitation records missing, 0.3% 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 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 6 6 5 ​ 83  23%  241  5%
≤ 10 mph 12 11 13 17 18 20 22 22 18 15 12 12 ​ 191  52%  1050  21%
≤ 15 mph 18 18 21 24 25 26 27 27 24 21 20 18 ​ 269  74%  1987  41%
≤ 20 mph 21 21 23 26 27 27 28 28 26 24 22 21 ​ 293  80%  2325  47%
≤ 30 mph 24 23 25 27 28 28 29 29 26 25 25 24 ​ 312  85%  2617  53%
≤ 40 mph 25 24 26 27 29 28 29 29 27 26 26 26 ​ 321  88%  2776  57%
any wind 26 25 26 28 29 28 29 29 27 27 26 26 ​ 325  89%  2835  58%
‘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   +0.1   −0.1 −0.2         ​−0.2
≤ 10 mph +0.3 −0.1   +0.1 +0.3 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1       −0.1 ​+0.4
≤ 15 mph +0.1 −0.1   +0.1   +0.1     −0.1 +0.1 −0.1 −0.1 ​+0.1
≤ 20 mph   −0.1   +0.1 +0.1     −0.1 −0.1   −0.1 −0.1 ​−0.3
≤ 30 mph                 −0.1       ​+0.1
≤ 40 mph +0.1   +0.1 +0.1   +0.1           +0.1 ​+0.5
any wind +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1   +0.1         +0.1 +0.1 ​+0.6
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 27 26 27 28 29 29 29 29 27 27 27 28 ​ 333  91%

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 29 27 30 30 31 30 31 31 29 30 29 29 ​ 356  97%

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 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 6 6 5 ​ 83  23%
≤ 10 mph 12 11 13 17 18 20 22 22 18 15 12 12 ​ 191  52%
≤ 15 mph 18 18 21 24 25 26 27 27 24 21 20 18 ​ 269  74%
≤ 20 mph 21 21 23 26 27 27 28 28 26 24 22 21 ​ 293  80%
≤ 30 mph 24 23 25 27 28 28 29 29 26 25 25 24 ​ 312  85%
≤ 40 mph 25 24 26 27 29 28 29 29 27 26 26 26 ​ 321  88%
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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.