Wind Seasonal Summary (mph)

Data last updated 05/17/12 16:45.
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 2013------------0.0*
Dec 2011 / Nov 201234.528.8*------34.5*
Dec 2010 / Nov 201165.5*41.432.257.565.5*
Dec 2009 / Nov 201048.3*25.3*31.1*69.0*69.0*
Dec 2008 / Nov 200971.366.7*54.0*35.6*71.3*
Dec 2007 / Nov 2008---------71.3*71.3*
Maximum71.3 66.7 54.0 71.3 71.3
 
Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2012 / Nov 2013------------0.0*17.6 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2011 / Nov 201215.1 6.7 less than the Winter average.14.7* 0.7 less than the Spring average.------14.9*2.7 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2010 / Nov 201124.4* 2.6 more than the Winter average.13.0 2.4 less than the Spring average.13.0 3.1 more than the Summer average.14.5 7.1 less than the Fall average.16.1*1.5 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2009 / Nov 201017.7* 4.1 less than the Winter average.11.1* 4.3 less than the Spring average.4.8* 5.1 less than the Summer average.31.0* 9.4 more than the Fall average.16.4*1.2 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2008 / Nov 200930.0 8.2 more than the Winter average.22.8* 7.4 more than the Spring average.11.0* 1.1 more than the Summer average.13.4* 8.2 less than the Fall average.19.3*1.7 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2007 / Nov 2008---------34.0* 12.4 more than the Fall average.34.0*16.4 more than the yearly average.
Average Maximum21.8 15.4 9.9 21.6 17.6
 
Average Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2012 / Nov 2013------------0.0*1.7 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2011 / Nov 20123.0 0.1 more than the Winter average.2.3* 0.3 more than the Spring average.------2.7*1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2010 / Nov 20112.1* 0.8 less than the Winter average.2.0  0.3 0.1 more than the Summer average.1.7 0.3 more than the Fall average.1.5*0.2 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2009 / Nov 20102.3* 0.6 less than the Winter average.1.2* 0.8 less than the Spring average.0.1* 0.1 less than the Summer average.0.5* 0.9 less than the Fall average.1.1*0.6 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2008 / Nov 20094.0 1.1 more than the Winter average.2.4* 0.4 more than the Spring average.0.2*  0.8* 0.6 less than the Fall average.1.8*0.1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2007 / Nov 2008---------3.9* 2.5 more than the Fall average.3.9*2.2 more than the yearly average.
Average2.9 2.0 0.2 1.4 1.7
 
* 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 – 11756 – 6328.5 – 32.6
12Hurricane-force > 73> 118> 64> 32.7

Script developed by Murry Conarroe of Wildwood Weather.