Aldergrove, 14:00 to 16:00, 1997–2020
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Met Office station 1450: Aldergrove, County Antrim  (BT29 4); IRL grid reference: 314562E 380950N.
Coordinates:  N54°39'50" W6°13'26"  (54.664 -6.224), elevation 63 m.
Note: gusts not recorded in 4 out of the 24 years, 1.1% of daylight visibility records missing, 0.5% of daylight wind records missing.

This is the analysis for the average of 24 years  (1997–2020).
Time slot: 14:00 to 16:00  (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 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 ​ 22  6%
≤ 10 mph 7 5 6 6 7 9 10 9 8 7 7 8 ​ 90  25%
≤ 15 mph 13 10 13 14 15 16 17 16 16 15 13 14 ​ 173  47%
≤ 20 mph 15 12 16 17 18 18 19 18 18 17 15 16 ​ 197  54%
≤ 30 mph 16 13 17 18 19 19 19 18 18 18 16 17 ​ 207  57%
≤ 40 mph 16 14 17 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 16 17 ​ 210  57%
any wind 16 14 17 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 16 17 ​ 210  58%
‘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         ​−0.3
≤ 10 mph   +0.1   +0.1   +0.2 +0.2 −0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1   ​+0.7
≤ 15 mph +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.3 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2   +0.1 +0.3 +0.2 +0.1 ​+1.9
≤ 20 mph +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.3 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1   +0.3 +0.2 +0.1 ​+1.6
≤ 30 mph +0.1 +0.2   +0.3 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1   +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 ​+1.3
≤ 40 mph +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.3 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 ​+1.4
any wind +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.3 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 ​+1.5
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 27 24 28 28 29 28 29 29 28 28 27 27 ​ 332  91%

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 18 15 18 19 20 19 20 19 19 19 17 18 ​ 220  60%

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 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 ​ 33  9%
≤ 10 mph 11 8 8 9 10 13 14 14 12 10 11 13 ​ 133  36%
≤ 15 mph 21 17 20 21 23 25 27 27 24 23 22 22 ​ 273  75%
≤ 20 mph 26 23 26 26 28 28 30 29 28 28 27 27 ​ 325  89%
≤ 30 mph 29 26 29 29 30 30 31 31 29 30 29 29 ​ 352  96%
≤ 40 mph 30 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 ​ 362  99%
Please send any comments, questions, or corrections to me, Mike Cowlishaw, at mfc@speleotrove.com.

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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.