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Hilbre Island weather station
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Last 10 min: Summary
Last 48 hrs: Wind | Temperature | Pressure | Humidity | Solarity | PAR | Rainfall | Battery
Last 7 days: Wind | Temperature | Pressure | Humidity | Solarity | PAR | Rainfall | Battery

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Wind speed conversion table (at 10 metres above ground)
  Beaufort Scale Mean wind speed Range of wind speeds
knotsm s-1km hr-1miles hr-1 knotsm s-1km hr-1miles hr-1
0 Calm
1 Light air
2 Light breeze
3 Gentle breeze
4 Moderate breeze
5 Fresh breeze
6 Strong breeze
7 Near gale
8 Gale
9 Strong gale
10 Storm
11 Violent storm
12 Hurricane
0
2
5
9
13
18
24
30
37
44
52
60
68
0
0.9
2.4
4.4
6.7
9.3
12.3
15.5
18.9
22.6
26.4
30.5
34.8
0
3
9
16
24
34
44
55
68
82
96
110
125
0
2
5
10
15
21
28
35
42
50
59
68
78
< 1
1-3
4-6
7-10
11-16
17-21
22-27
28-33
34-40
41-47
48-55
56-63
64-71
0-0.2
0.3-1.5
1.6-3.3
3.4-5.4
5.5-7.9
8.0-10.7
10.8-13.8
13.9-17.1
17.2-20.7
20.8-24.4
24.5-28.4
28.5-32.6
32.7-36.9
< 1
1-5
6-11
12-19
20-28
29-38
39-49
50-61
62-74
75-88
89-102
103-117
118-133
< 1
1-3
4-7
8-12
13-18
19-24
25-31
32-38
39-46
47-54
55-63
64-72
73-82


Status

last updated on 10th December 12   » View all status messages

Met stations
23rd February 2011
Hilbre Met Station was down due to battery problems. Systems now working normally.

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