Yearly Wind Summary (mph)

Data last updated 04/02/12 07:49.

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Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	65.6	20.7*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	65.6*
2011	43.7	77.1	55.2	40.3	49.5*	41.4	39.1*	39.1	57.5	47.2	44.9	55.2	77.1*
2010	32.2*	36.8	34.5	32.2	28.8	39.1	39.1	35.7	34.5	33.4	34.5	28.8	39.1*
2009	47.1	23.0	39.1	32.2	40.3*	34.5	32.2	38.0	35.7	41.4	44.9	35.7	47.1*
2008	50.6	51.8	54.0	47.2	41.4	47.2*	36.8	40.3	42.6	39.1	100.1	40.3	100.1*
2007	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	20.7*	36.8*	24.1	31.1*	44.9	44.9*
Max	65.6	77.1	55.2	47.2	49.5	47.2	39.1	40.3	57.5	47.2	100.1	55.2	100.1

Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	29.9	14.0*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	28.0*
2011	22.8	33.6	24.7	23.6	29.2*	26.6	22.2*	24.8	29.7	28.3	24.7	33.5	26.9*
2010	19.2*	17.8	21.8	18.6	16.3	16.9	21.4	20.5	20.5	20.1	20.4	14.9	19.0*
2009	22.2	15.3	21.6	18.2	22.8*	16.5	22.5	22.2	19.2	19.4	29.3	18.8	20.7*
2008	31.4	25.6	31.3	24.5	21.0	23.6*	26.0	28.2	21.1	24.4	24.8	20.6	25.2*
2007	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.0*	19.3*	12.5	17.3*	20.7	16.6*
Avg	25.1	22.8	24.8	21.2	22.3	20.9	23.0	22.3	22.1	20.9	23.3	21.7	22.5

Average Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	8.9	4.0*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	8.3*
2011	7.2	10.7	6.7	7.0	8.7*	7.4	5.8*	6.2	8.6	8.9	8.0	10.6	8.0*
2010	5.5*	5.4	6.6	5.6	4.5	4.3	6.1	5.9	5.8	6.0	6.7	4.6	5.6*
2009	6.8	3.7	5.4	4.9	6.4*	4.3	6.2	5.8	5.2	5.3	9.0	6.0	5.8*
2008	6.3	7.4	9.6	6.7	5.5	6.0*	7.0	7.9	5.3	7.1	7.0	6.1	6.8*
2007	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	4.8*	5.4*	2.5	4.5*	5.4	4.5*
Avg	6.9	6.7	7.1	6.1	6.3	5.5	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.0	7.1	6.5	6.4

* 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

Script developed by Murry Conarroe of Wildwood Weather.