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Wind Seasonal Summary (mph)

Data last updated 12/25/2024 07:35 AM.
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 2024 / Nov 202518*------23*23*
Dec 2023 / Nov 20243134302434
Dec 2022 / Nov 20233033292333
Dec 2021 / Nov 2022343628*3436*
Dec 2020 / Nov 202131*33*44*30*44*
Dec 2019 / Nov 2020343430*41*41*
Dec 2018 / Nov 20193732284141
Dec 2017 / Nov 20183929252939
Dec 2016 / Nov 20173640242940
Dec 2015 / Nov 20163031222931
Dec 2014 / Nov 201526*31182931*
Max39 40 44 41 44
 
Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2024 / Nov 202512* 4 less than the Winter average.------13*  13*1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2023 / Nov 202416 1 less than the Winter average.12 4 less than the Spring average.3 9 less than the Summer average.9 4 less than the Fall average.104 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2022 / Nov 202317 1 more than the Winter average.14 1 less than the Spring average.12  13 1 less than the Fall average.14 
Dec 2021 / Nov 202218 2 more than the Winter average.18 2 more than the Spring average.13* 2 more than the Summer average.15 2 more than the Fall average.16*2 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2020 / Nov 202116* 1 less than the Winter average.16* 1 more than the Spring average.13* 2 more than the Summer average.14* 1 more than the Fall average.14* 
Dec 2019 / Nov 202017 1 more than the Winter average.18 2 more than the Spring average.14* 2 more than the Summer average.19* 6 more than the Fall average.17*3 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2018 / Nov 201916  17 2 more than the Spring average.13 2 more than the Summer average.14 1 more than the Fall average.151 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2017 / Nov 201817 1 more than the Winter average.16  13 2 more than the Summer average.14  151 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2016 / Nov 201717 1 more than the Winter average.18 2 more than the Spring average.14 3 more than the Summer average.14 1 more than the Fall average.162 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2015 / Nov 201615 1 less than the Winter average.15 1 less than the Spring average.11  13  141 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2014 / Nov 201514* 2 less than the Winter average.13 2 less than the Spring average.8 3 less than the Summer average.11 2 less than the Fall average.12*3 less than the yearly average.
Avg16 16 11 13 14
 
Average Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2024 / Nov 20251* 2 less than the Winter average.------1*  1*1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2023 / Nov 20242 1 less than the Winter average.1 1 less than the Spring average.0 1 less than the Summer average.1 1 less than the Fall average.11 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2022 / Nov 20232 1 less than the Winter average.2 1 less than the Spring average.0  1 1 less than the Fall average.11 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2021 / Nov 20222  2  1*  1  2* 
Dec 2020 / Nov 20212* 1 less than the Winter average.1* 1 less than the Spring average.0*  1*  1*1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2019 / Nov 20202 1 less than the Winter average.2 1 less than the Spring average.0*  3* 2 more than the Fall average.2* 
Dec 2018 / Nov 20194 1 more than the Winter average.4 2 more than the Spring average.1  1  31 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2017 / Nov 20185 2 more than the Winter average.4 1 more than the Spring average.1 1 more than the Summer average.2 1 more than the Fall average.31 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2016 / Nov 20174 1 more than the Winter average.4 2 more than the Spring average.1 1 more than the Summer average.2 1 more than the Fall average.31 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2015 / Nov 20162 1 less than the Winter average.2 1 less than the Spring average.0  1 1 less than the Fall average.11 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2014 / Nov 20152* 1 less than the Winter average.2  0  1  1* 
Avg3 2 1 1 2
* 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 - 10756 – 6328.5 – 32.6
12Hurricane force > 73> 118> 64> 32.7

Script Developed by Murry Conarroe of Wildwood Weather.