Manston, sunrise to sunset, 1997–2020
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Met Office station 775: Manston, Kent  (CT12 5); OS grid reference: TR 323661.
Coordinates:  N51°20'46" E1°20'24"  (51.346 +1.340), elevation 49 m.
Note: gusts not recorded in 4 out of the 24 years, 3.5% of daylight visibility records missing, 3.4% of daylight precipitation records missing, 1.5% of daylight wind records missing.

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ​ 0  0%
≤ 10 mph 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 ​ 16  4%
≤ 15 mph 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 ​ 81  22%
≤ 20 mph 9 8 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 10 10 11 ​ 122  34%
≤ 30 mph 11 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 ​ 143  39%
≤ 40 mph 11 11 12 12 12 13 12 13 14 13 12 14 ​ 149  41%
any wind 12 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 12 15 ​ 151  41%
‘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                          
≤ 10 mph               −0.1         ​−0.2
≤ 15 mph   −0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.2   −0.1   ​+0.2
≤ 20 mph   −0.1   +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.3   −0.2 +0.1 ​+0.9
≤ 30 mph +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.2 +0.2 +0.1 +0.2 +0.4   −0.1 +0.1 ​+1.1
≤ 40 mph +0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.4   −0.1 +0.1 ​+1.4
any wind +0.1   +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.4   −0.1 +0.1 ​+1.6
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 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 21 19 19 18 20 20 21 21 20 21 20 22 ​ 241  66%

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 15 14 17 16 17 17 17 17 19 16 16 18 ​ 199  55%

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ​ 3  1%
≤ 10 mph 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 5 4 ​ 38  10%
≤ 15 mph 14 12 14 15 15 16 16 17 16 13 15 15 ​ 177  49%
≤ 20 mph 21 18 21 22 23 24 25 25 24 22 21 22 ​ 269  74%
≤ 30 mph 27 24 27 28 28 28 29 29 28 28 27 27 ​ 330  90%
≤ 40 mph 29 27 29 30 30 30 31 31 30 30 29 29 ​ 353  97%
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This page was last edited on 2021-05-09.