"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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In your summary, for both August & the summer, your mean 10 m wind is
the highest since 1994. As Wokingham is a good 'proxy' for an inland
site in the highly populated inland part of SE England, do you have
any data to put that into context? Was it in the 'top 10%' of the
record (for August and/or summer) for example?

Martin.

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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

Thanks for that, Martin.

Regarding the length of my wind record, we set up the anemo in 1987, and
have 21 years of August/summer stats. The mean speed for Aug 2008 is 6.2 kt,
making it 2nd highest in 21 years after 1992, 7.1 kt. The 21 year average
for Aug is 5.0 kt, SD 0.9kt. The record gust for August stands at 41 kt, and
was also recorded in 1992, on the 30th.
For the summer season, this year's 5.8 kt mean speed has been equalled or
exceeded 6 times in 21 years, ranked as follows:

1988 6.3 kt
1994 6.1 kt
1992 6.0 kt
1990 5.9 kt
1991 5.8 kt
1993 5.8 kt
2008 5.8 kt

The 21 year average for summer is 5.3 kt, SD 0.6 kt.

I am afraid I do not have any earlier wind stats for this area.

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
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www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html