Wind Seasonal Summary ()

Data last updated 02/22/12 7:55 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 2011 / Nov 201231.1*---------31.1*
Dec 2010 / Nov 201135.634.523.028.835.6
Dec 2009 / Nov 201043.734.532.234.543.7
Dec 2008 / Nov 200933.4*32.223.034.534.5*
Dec 2007 / Nov 200842.5*34.523.038.042.5*
Dec 2006 / Nov 200735.636.8*21.9*38.038.0*
Dec 2005 / Nov 200632.2*32.219.6*34.534.5*
Max43.7 36.8 32.2 38.0 43.7
 
Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2011 / Nov 201216.2* 0.2 less than the Winter average.---------16.2*2.1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2010 / Nov 201115.3 1.1 less than the Winter average.17.0 1.2 more than the Spring average.10.5 0.2 less than the Summer average.12.8 0.4 less than the Fall average.13.90.2 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2009 / Nov 201015.5 0.9 less than the Winter average.15.5 0.3 less than the Spring average.11.5 0.8 more than the Summer average.14.7 1.5 more than the Fall average.14.30.2 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2008 / Nov 200917.8* 1.4 more than the Winter average.17.4 1.6 more than the Spring average.11.1 0.4 more than the Summer average.13.3 0.1 more than the Fall average.14.9*0.8 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2007 / Nov 200818.5* 2.1 more than the Winter average.17.3 1.5 more than the Spring average.11.4 0.7 more than the Summer average.13.3 0.1 more than the Fall average.15.1*1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2006 / Nov 200717.8 1.4 more than the Winter average.16.0* 0.2 more than the Spring average.11.8* 1.1 more than the Summer average.14.1 0.9 more than the Fall average.14.9*0.8 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2005 / Nov 200612.7* 3.7 less than the Winter average.11.4 4.4 less than the Spring average.7.5* 3.2 less than the Summer average.10.8 2.4 less than the Fall average.10.4*3.7 less than the yearly average.
Avg16.4 15.8 10.7 13.2 14.1
 
Average Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2011 / Nov 20122.1*  ---------2.1*0.5 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2010 / Nov 20111.8 0.3 less than the Winter average.2.4 0.4 more than the Spring average.0.7 0.1 less than the Summer average.1.2 0.2 less than the Fall average.1.50.1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2009 / Nov 20102.1  1.9 0.1 less than the Spring average.1.0 0.2 more than the Summer average.1.7 0.3 more than the Fall average.1.70.1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2008 / Nov 20092.9* 0.8 more than the Winter average.2.6 0.6 more than the Spring average.0.9 0.1 more than the Summer average.1.4  1.9*0.3 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2007 / Nov 20082.4* 0.3 more than the Winter average.2.3 0.3 more than the Spring average.0.8  1.4  1.7*0.1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2006 / Nov 20072.1  2.1* 0.1 more than the Spring average.0.9* 0.1 more than the Summer average.1.5 0.1 more than the Fall average.1.7*0.1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2005 / Nov 20061.2* 0.9 less than the Winter average.1.0 1 less than the Spring average.0.2* 0.6 less than the Summer average.0.9 0.5 less than the Fall average.0.8*0.8 less than the yearly average.
Avg2.1 2.0 0.8 1.4 1.6
 
* 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.