Wind
(asked on 5th January 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate she has made of the mean wind speed in each constituent part of the UK in each month of 2014.
Based on data from its network of wind observing stations, the Met Office’s estimate of mean wind speed in each of the constituent parts of the UK in each month of 2014 is shown in the following table:
Mean wind speed (knots) | |||||
Month (2014) | UK | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
January | 11.0 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 10.3 |
February | 13.7 | 12.9 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 13.0 |
March | 10.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 13.4 | 10.1 |
April | 9.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 8.8 |
May | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
June | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
July | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 |
August | 9.2 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 8.6 |
September | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
October | 10.6 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 9.9 |
November | 8.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 7.8 |
December | 11.3 | 10.1 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 10.1 |