Brize Norton, 14:00 to 16:00, 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: 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 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 ​ 24  7%
≤ 10 mph 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 10 9 9 ​ 116  32%
≤ 15 mph 14 13 17 17 19 20 21 20 20 17 15 15 ​ 207  57%
≤ 20 mph 15 15 19 19 20 21 22 21 21 19 16 16 ​ 225  61%
≤ 30 mph 17 16 20 21 22 22 23 22 23 20 17 17 ​ 241  66%
≤ 40 mph 17 17 21 21 22 23 24 22 23 21 17 17 ​ 246  67%
any wind 17 17 21 21 23 23 24 22 23 21 17 17 ​ 246  67%
‘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
≤ 10 mph +0.1     +0.1 +0.1   +0.1   +0.1 +0.1   +0.1 ​+0.6
≤ 15 mph   −0.1 −0.2 +0.2 +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 −0.2 −0.1 +0.2      
≤ 20 mph −0.2 −0.1 −0.2 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 −0.2 −0.1 +0.1   −0.1 ​−0.7
≤ 30 mph −0.1   −0.1 +0.2 +0.2   +0.1     +0.1     ​+0.2
≤ 40 mph −0.1   −0.1 +0.2 +0.2   +0.1     +0.1     ​+0.4
any wind −0.1     +0.2 +0.2   +0.1     +0.1     ​+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 24 28 28 29 29 30 29 28 28 24 24 ​ 324  89%

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 20 18 22 22 23 23 24 23 23 21 20 20 ​ 257  70%

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 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 6 ​ 36  10%
≤ 10 mph 14 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 14 15 16 ​ 164  45%
≤ 15 mph 24 20 23 23 25 26 27 28 25 25 25 25 ​ 297  81%
≤ 20 mph 27 24 26 27 28 27 29 29 27 28 27 27 ​ 325  89%
≤ 30 mph 29 27 29 30 30 29 31 31 29 30 29 30 ​ 354  97%
≤ 40 mph 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 ​ 364  100%
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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.