Wind Seasonal Summary (mph)

Data last updated 05/22/13 2:52 PM.
Northern Hemisphere Meterological Seasons
Winter: December, January, February
Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
Fall: September, October, November

 Daily DetailMonthly SummarySeasonal Summary 

Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2012 / Nov 201338.034.5*------38.0*
Dec 2011 / Nov 201231.134.527.641.441.4
Dec 2010 / Nov 201131.134.531.129.934.5
Dec 2009 / Nov 201026.530.029.940.340.3
Dec 2008 / Nov 200928.8*33.431.033.433.4*
Max38.0 34.5 31.1 41.4 41.4
 
Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2012 / Nov 201315.9 0.6 more than the Winter average.17.0* 0.2 less than the Spring average.------16.4*1.2 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2011 / Nov 201216.3 1 more than the Winter average.16.8 0.4 less than the Spring average.13.0 0.2 less than the Summer average.14.7  15.2 
Dec 2010 / Nov 201114.5 0.8 less than the Winter average.17.7 0.5 more than the Spring average.12.3 0.9 less than the Summer average.15.0 0.3 more than the Fall average.14.90.3 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2009 / Nov 201013.9 1.4 less than the Winter average.16.2 1 less than the Spring average.13.5 0.3 more than the Summer average.15.3 0.6 more than the Fall average.14.70.5 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2008 / Nov 200916.3* 1 more than the Winter average.18.2 1 more than the Spring average.14.0 0.8 more than the Summer average.13.8 0.9 less than the Fall average.15.5*0.3 more than the yearly average.
Avg15.3 17.2 13.2 14.7 15.2
 
Average Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2012 / Nov 20132.8 0.2 less than the Winter average.2.8* 0.1 less than the Spring average.------2.8*0.5 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2011 / Nov 20122.8 0.2 less than the Winter average.2.3 0.6 less than the Spring average.1.0 0.4 less than the Summer average.1.8 0.1 less than the Fall average.2.00.3 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2010 / Nov 20112.9 0.1 less than the Winter average.3.2 0.3 more than the Spring average.1.1 0.3 less than the Summer average.1.9  2.3 
Dec 2009 / Nov 20103.1 0.1 more than the Winter average.2.7 0.2 less than the Spring average.1.3 0.1 less than the Summer average.2.1 0.2 more than the Fall average.2.3 
Dec 2008 / Nov 20093.3* 0.3 more than the Winter average.3.2 0.3 more than the Spring average.2.1 0.7 more than the Summer average.2.0 0.1 more than the Fall average.2.6*0.3 more than the yearly average.
Avg3.0 2.9 1.4 1.9 2.3
* denotes incomplete data for the month/year.

WIND COLOR CODING CHART
Beaufort number Description Wind speed
mph km/h kts m/s
0Calm< 1< 1< 1< 0.3
1Light air1 – 31.1 – 5.51 – 20.3 – 1.5
2Light breeze4 – 7 5.6 – 113 – 61.6 – 3.4
3Gentle breeze8 – 1212 – 197 – 103.4 – 5.4
4Moderate breeze 13 – 1720 – 2811 – 155.5 – 7.9
5Fresh breeze 18 – 2429 – 3816 – 208.0 – 10.7
6Strong breeze25 – 3039 – 4921 – 2610.8 – 13.8
7High wind, Moderate gale, Near gale31 – 3850 – 6127 – 3313.9 – 17.1
8Gale, Fresh gale39 – 4662 – 7434 – 4017.2 – 20.7
9Strong gale47 – 5475 – 8841 – 4720.8 – 24.4
10Storm, Whole gale55 – 6389 – 10248 – 5524.5 – 28.4
11Violent storm64 – 72103 - 10756 – 6328.5 – 32.6
12Hurricane force > 73> 118> 64> 32.7

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