Wormwood Scrubs landkite spot

United Kingdom · Angleterre

Spot currently openBeginner levelAltitude 27 m 51.52 | -0.24

Overview

Wormwood Scrubs is a landkite spot located in London, England. This large park offers an open space for landkiting and traction kiting. The spot is not a body of water but a grassy terrain. Southwest and west winds prevail. Suitable for landkite beginners. Very accessible from central London.

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Sunrise 07:33 · Sunset 17:57

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Wormwood Scrubs: when to go?

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Season · peak

291h

in April · 26.5 rideable days

The season runs from March to September, peaking in April: 24 rideable days a month and 291 hours of usable wind, at 19 °C. The low point is October, at 18.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 21.5 rideable days J February: 21 rideable days F March: 23.5 rideable days M April: 26.5 rideable days26.5 d A May: 23.5 rideable days M June: 24.5 rideable days J July: 23 rideable days J August: 26 rideable days A September: 23.5 rideable days S October: 18.5 rideable days18.5 d O November: 19.5 rideable days N December: 24.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 21.5 rideable days J February: 21 rideable days F March: 23.5 rideable days M April: 26.5 rideable days26.5 d A May: 23.5 rideable days M June: 24.5 rideable days J July: 23 rideable days J August: 26 rideable days A September: 23.5 rideable days S October: 18.5 rideable days18.5 d O November: 19.5 rideable days N December: 24.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 92%13-20 knots · 7%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 92% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is February, with 82 mm.

Monthly averages: Wormwood Scrubs
Monthly averages — Wormwood Scrubs — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 21.5 162 h 7 °C 75 mm
February 21.0 198 h 10 °C 82 mm
March 23.5 234 h 13 °C 51 mm
April 26.5 291 h 16 °C 51 mm
May 23.5 261 h 19 °C 57 mm
June 24.5 283 h 22 °C 23 mm
July 23.0 211 h 23 °C 74 mm
August 26.0 249 h 23 °C 26 mm
September 23.5 246 h 19 °C 77 mm
October 18.5 169 h 15 °C 62 mm
November 19.5 159 h 11 °C 70 mm
December 24.5 188 h 9 °C 48 mm

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Technical details of Wormwood Scrubs spot

N: Depending on conditions NNE: Depending on conditions NE: Depending on conditions ENE: Depending on conditions E: Depending on conditions ESE: Depending on conditions SE: Depending on conditions SSE: Depending on conditions S: Rideable SSW: Rideable SW: Rideable WSW: Rideable W: Rideable WNW: Rideable NW: Depending on conditions NNW: Depending on conditions N E S W

The spot works with winds from S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW.

Depending on conditions: N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, NW, NNW.

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  • GW4345 LONDON UK7 km

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    source madis - NOAA

  • M0UPS-1316 km

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