Yearly Wind Summary

Note: Data is updated after midnight each day.

Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2010	43.7	21.9	31.1	34.5	25.3	26.4	32.2	19.6	1.1	---	---	---	43.7
2009	33.4	31.1	27.6	32.2	31.1	23.0	20.7	23.0	23.0	34.5	20.7	34.5	34.5
2008	31.1	41.4	34.5	28.8	26.4	20.7	19.6	23.0	26.5	27.6	38.0	33.4	41.4
2007	35.6	27.6	28.8	36.8	18.4	21.9	19.6	18.4	26.4	25.3	38.0	42.5	42.5
2006	32.2	25.3	20.7	32.2	23.0	17.3	11.5	19.6	20.7	33.4	34.5	34.5	34.5
Max	43.7	41.4	34.5	36.8	31.1	26.4	32.2	23.0	26.5	34.5	38.0	42.5	43.7

Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2010	14.3	14.6	16.3	16.4	13.8	12.6	11.5	10.5	1.1	---	---	---	13.7
2009	16.2	18.5	17.0	19.3	16.1	10.9	11.5	10.8	10.8	15.3	13.6	17.5	14.8
2008	17.0	19.9	18.8	18.0	15.2	13.0	11.3	10.1	12.0	12.2	15.9	18.9	15.1
2007	18.5	17.5	17.9	18.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.5	12.2	13.3	16.9	18.3	15.0
2006	12.5	12.8	10.9	13.3	10.1	7.4	7.3	7.9	7.7	12.5	12.2	17.3	11.0
Avg	15.7	16.7	16.2	17.0	13.4	11.2	10.8	10.2	10.6	13.3	14.6	18.0	13.9

Average Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2010	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.6	1.1	0.8	1.0	0.0*	---	---	---	1.5*
2009	2.4	3.1*	2.6	3.2	2.0	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.9	1.7	1.4	2.5	1.9*
2008	2.4*	2.4	2.7	2.6	1.6	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.2	2.1	3.2	1.8*
2007	1.6	2.5	2.6*	2.6	1.2	1.0*	1.0*	0.9	0.9	1.4	2.2	2.5	1.7*
2006	1.0*	1.3	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.2*	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.9*
Avg	1.8	2.2	2.2	2.4	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.3	1.8	2.7	1.6

WIND COLOR CODING CHART

Beaufort number	Description	Wind speed
Beaufort number	Description	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

Wind Graph

Script developed by Murry Conarroe of Wildwood Weather.

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