Brize Norton, sunrise to sunset, 1997–2020
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Met Office station 605: Brize Norton, Oxfordshire  (OX18 3); OS grid reference: SP 292067.
Coordinates:  N51°45'29" W1°34'34"  (51.758 -1.576), elevation 81 m.
Note: gusts not recorded in 4 out of the 24 years.

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 ​ 4  1%
≤ 10 mph 3 2 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 5 ​ 41  11%
≤ 15 mph 7 5 6 8 7 9 10 8 8 7 6 8 ​ 89  24%
≤ 20 mph 7 7 8 9 8 10 11 9 9 8 7 9 ​ 102  28%
≤ 30 mph 8 7 9 10 10 11 12 10 10 9 8 10 ​ 113  31%
≤ 40 mph 9 8 9 10 10 11 12 10 10 9 8 10 ​ 115  31%
any wind 9 8 9 10 10 11 12 10 10 9 8 10 ​ 115  31%
‘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                         ​−0.1
≤ 10 mph +0.1     +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 +0.1         +0.1 ​+0.2
≤ 15 mph   −0.2   +0.2 +0.2 −0.1 +0.1 −0.1 −0.1     −0.1  
≤ 20 mph −0.1 −0.1   +0.2 +0.3   +0.1 −0.1 −0.1   −0.1 −0.1  
≤ 30 mph −0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.3 +0.4   +0.2       −0.1 −0.1 ​+0.5
≤ 40 mph     +0.1 +0.3 +0.4   +0.2           ​+0.7
any wind     +0.1 +0.3 +0.4   +0.2           ​+0.7
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 17 15 16 17 17 18 19 17 16 17 15 17 ​ 201  55%

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 12 11 15 15 14 14 15 14 16 14 12 14 ​ 166  46%

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 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 ​ 14  4%
≤ 10 mph 11 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 9 11 12 ​ 110  30%
≤ 15 mph 21 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 21 22 22 ​ 255  70%
≤ 20 mph 24 21 23 24 25 25 26 26 25 25 25 25 ​ 293  80%
≤ 30 mph 28 25 28 29 30 29 30 30 29 29 28 29 ​ 344  94%
≤ 40 mph 30 28 30 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 ​ 362  99%
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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.