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Yearly Wind Summary (mph)

Data last updated 6/24/2017 10:20 PM.

Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2017	39	44	49	47	52	47*	---	---	---	---	---	---	52*
2016	43	41	48	44	49	45	41	35	48	46	53	43	53
2015	30	38	43	41	40	40	43	43	37	37	43	44	44
2014	43	44	48	51	49	47	43	36	38	35	39	32	51
2013	31	43	39	54	43	41	39	35	36	43	33	33	54
2012	54	40	45	44	47	45	37	29	45	36	37	35	54
2011	40	45	47	52	56	47	41	38	35	44	36	37	56
2010	39	45	46	55	48	56	45	43	43	39	43	41	56
2009	33	48	53	53	52	47	45	46	41	46	35	53	53
2008	43	49	51	54	53	59	35	37	37	46	41	44	59
2007	40	46	46	54	49	47	40	40	41	49	38	37	54
2006	43	54	40	46	49	40	45	44	47	48	40	43	54
2005	35	26	39	41	49	48	39	41	45	49	43	43	49
2004	33	33	40	49	51	41	40	38	40	38	32	26	51
Max	54	54	53	55	56	59	45	46	48	49	53	53	59

Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2017	20	25	25	32	33	30*	---	---	---	---	---	---	27*
2016	17	17	31	29	33	31	29	26	26	25	18	19	25
2015	11	20	23	29	29	31	30	28	24	21	18	20	24
2014	12	21	28	29	33	35	29	27	23	21	20	14	24
2013	14	21	26	33	32	32	28	24	24	20	16	14	24
2012	17	22	26	29	34	33	27	23	22	23	17	18	24
2011	17	22	29	36	36	36	30	28	25	22	18	16	26
2010	17	22	28	33	36	37	31	30	28	25	23	17	27
2009	18	21	30	35	36	37	35	30	26	28	18	19	28
2008	18	25	30	35	36	35	28	28	25	21	20	17	27
2007	20	26	27	35	35	34	28	28	30	26	18	17	27
2006	21	21	29	33	34	30	30	29	26	27	21	16	27
2005	14	15	25	28	31	34	25	28	29	26	19	16	24
2004	13	19	21	28	34	29	28	26	25	21	18	12	23
Avg	16	21	27	32	34	33	29	27	25	23	19	17	25

Average Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2017	4	5	6	9	10	8*	---	---	---	---	---	---	7*
2016	3	4	8	8	11	8	8	6	6	6	3	3	6
2015	2	4	5	9	8	7	9	8	6	5	4	4	6
2014	2	4	7	7	10	11	8	7	6	5	5	3	6
2013	2	4	7	10	10	10	8	6	5	4	4	2	6
2012	3	5	7	7	11	10	7	5	5	6	3	3	6
2011	4	6	8	12	12	12	9	8	7	6	4	3	8
2010	3	5	7	10	12	13	9	9	8	7	5	3	8
2009	3	3	8	11	12	14	11	10	7	8	4	4	8
2008	3	5	9	12	13	11	7	7	6	5	4	2	7
2007	4	7	6	11	12	11	8	7	10	7	3	2	7
2006	5	4	9	11	12	10	10	9	7	9	4	3	8
2005	3	4	9	10	12	14	7	8	9	7	4	3	8
2004	3	6	7	11	14	11	10	8	8	5	5	3	8
Avg	3	5	7	10	11	11	9	7	7	6	4	3	7

* denotes incomplete data for the month/year.

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

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