Yearly Wind Summary

NOTE: Data is updated after midnight each day  |  Records begin Sept 7 2009  |  Other summaries:   TEMP

Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	---	21.9*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	21.9*
2011	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2010	20.7	19.6	25.3	26.5	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	26.5*
2009	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	54.1*	27.6	23.0	26.5	54.1*
Max	20.7	21.9	25.3	26.5	---	---	---	---	54.1	27.6	23.0	26.5	54.1
Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	---	13.4*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.4*
2011	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2010	12.2	11.4	13.1	15.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.0*
2009	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	10.5*	10.1	12.4	12.9	11.5*
Avg	12.2	11.8	13.1	15.3	---	---	---	---	10.5	10.1	12.4	12.9	12.3
Average Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	---	1.3*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	1.3*
2011	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2010	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	1.7*
2009	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0.3*	0.7	1.5	1.9	1.1*
Avg	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.8	---	---	---	---	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.9	1.4

* denotes incomplete data for the month/year.

WIND COLOR CODING CHART

Beaufort number	Description	Wind speed
		mph	km/h	kts	m/s
0	Calm	< 1	< 1	< 1	< 0.3
1	Light air	1 – 3	1.1 – 5.5	1 – 2	0.3 – 1.5
2	Light breeze	4 – 7	5.6 – 11	3 – 6	1.6 – 3.4
3	Gentle breeze	8 – 12	12 – 19	7 – 10	3.4 – 5.4
4	Moderate breeze	13 – 17	20 – 28	11 – 15	5.5 – 7.9
5	Fresh breeze	18 – 24	29 – 38	16 – 20	8.0 – 10.7
6	Strong breeze	25 – 30	39 – 49	21 – 26	10.8 – 13.8
7	High wind, Moderate gale, Near gale	31 – 38	50 – 61	27 – 33	13.9 – 17.1
8	Gale, Fresh gale	39 – 46	62 – 74	34 – 40	17.2 – 20.7
9	Strong gale	47 – 54	75 – 88	41 – 47	20.8 – 24.4
10	Storm, Whole gale	55 – 63	89 – 102	48 – 55	24.5 – 28.4
11	Violent storm	64 – 72	103 – 117	56 – 63	28.5 – 32.6
12	Hurricane-force	> 73	> 118	> 64	> 32.7

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