Manston, 12:00 to 14:00, 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, 3.0% of daylight precipitation records missing, 1.4% of daylight wind records missing.

This is the analysis for the average of 24 years  (1997–2020).
Time slot: 12:00 to 14:00  (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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1  6  2%
≤ 10 mph 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 6 5 4 5 4  62  17%
≤ 15 mph 11 10 13 15 16 17 17 18 16 13 13 12  172  47%
≤ 20 mph 15 15 18 20 21 20 22 22 21 18 17 17  226  62%
≤ 30 mph 18 19 21 23 22 22 23 24 23 21 20 20  257  70%
≤ 40 mph 19 19 22 23 23 23 24 24 23 22 21 21  263  72%
any wind 19 20 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 22 21 21  266  73%
‘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
≤ 10 mph   −0.1   +0.1 −0.1 −0.2 −0.1 −0.2   −0.1 −0.1 +0.1 −0.6
≤ 15 mph   −0.2 −0.1 +0.2 +0.1 −0.1 −0.1 −0.1   −0.2 −0.1 +0.1 −0.4
≤ 20 mph   −0.1   +0.2 +0.2       +0.1 −0.1     +0.5
≤ 30 mph   −0.1 +0.1 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.2 −0.1 −0.1 +0.1 +0.7
≤ 40 mph +0.1 −0.1 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.2 −0.1   +0.1 +0.9
any wind +0.1 −0.1 +0.2 +0.2 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.2 −0.1   +0.1 +1.2
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 26 25 27 27 28 27 28 29 27 27 26 26  322  88%

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 22 21 25 25 26 25 26 26 26 25 23 24  293  80%

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 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2  13  3%
≤ 10 mph 7 6 7 7 8 8 9 8 7 6 7 7  87  24%
≤ 15 mph 17 15 18 20 21 21 22 22 20 17 18 18  228  62%
≤ 20 mph 23 21 25 26 27 27 28 28 26 25 24 24  302  83%
≤ 30 mph 29 26 29 29 29 29 30 30 29 29 28 29  348  95%
≤ 40 mph 30 27 30 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 29 30  359  98%

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