Yearly Wind Summary (kmh)

Data last updated 05/02/12 08:05 AM.

Maximum Wind Speed (kmh)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	57.4	48.1*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	57.4*
2011	61.0	44.4	48.1	68.5	64.8	68.5	81.4	74.0	75.9*	64.8*	59.2*	57.4*	81.4*
2010	48.1	57.4	48.1	42.5	59.2	59.2	50.0	59.2	64.8	57.4	48.1	57.4	64.8
2009	17.0	39.0	27.0	25.0	23.0	27.0	29.0	27.0	47.0	61.1	55.5	44.4	61.1
2008	48.1	48.1*	44.4	48.1*	37.0*	51.8*	66.6*	57.4*	46.3*	55.5*	31.0	21.0	66.6*
2007	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	48.1*	42.6*	55.5*	51.8*	46.3*	55.5*
Max	61.0	57.4	48.1	68.5	64.8	68.5	81.4	74.0	75.9	64.8	59.2	57.4	81.4

Average Maximum Wind Speed (kmh)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	36.7	37.0*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	36.8*
2011	31.4	28.6	29.6	32.5	33.7	37.8	44.7	34.1	42.0*	41.2*	40.9*	41.6*	36.4*
2010	33.0	32.3	30.4	26.6	33.4	30.5	29.2	34.1	36.6	32.7	28.4	29.0	31.3
2009	11.3	16.3	13.2	12.7	10.2	10.3	13.3	11.5	18.9	30.6	33.5	31.7	17.8
2008	25.3	26.6*	20.0	22.4*	18.5*	26.4*	27.2*	30.7*	23.7*	26.6*	13.2	12.7	22.6*
2007	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	31.2*	26.9*	35.3*	26.3*	28.6*	29.4*
Avg	27.5	26.4	23.3	23.6	24.0	26.2	28.6	27.7	29.2	33.3	28.4	28.6	27.4

Average Wind Speed (kmh)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2012	9.2	12.2*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	9.6*
2011	6.8	5.4	5.7	6.1	5.8	7.7	10.1	7.5	10.6*	11.4*	10.7*	12.9*	8.3*
2010	6.5	6.2	4.7	3.8	5.2	4.3	3.7	4.8	5.5	5.8	5.2	5.6	5.1
2009	0.4	1.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.5	1.0	3.0	6.4	5.8	1.9
2008	3.2	2.9*	1.6	1.6*	0.9*	2.2*	2.6*	2.7*	1.9*	2.6*	1.1	0.8	2.0*
2007	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	2.9*	2.7*	4.7*	3.1*	4.4*	3.7*
Avg	5.2	4.4	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.7	4.4	4.1	4.1	5.5	5.3	5.9	4.4

* 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.