Wind Seasonal Summary (mph)

Data last updated 5/15/2024 11:10 PM.
Northern Hemisphere Meterological Seasons
Winter: December, January, February
Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
Fall: September, October, November

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Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2023 / Nov 2024---29*------29*
Dec 2021 / Nov 202248*42*------48*
Dec 2020 / Nov 202134*4648*44*48*
Dec 2019 / Nov 20204042*---44*44*
Dec 2018 / Nov 20194234*24*3742*
Dec 2017 / Nov 20183944*2532*44*
Dec 2016 / Nov 2017383628*42*42*
Dec 2015 / Nov 20163834373138
Dec 2014 / Nov 2015---------32*32*
Max48 46 48 44 48
 
Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2023 / Nov 2024---19* 1 less than the Spring average.------19*1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2021 / Nov 202224* 4 more than the Winter average.25* 5 more than the Spring average.------24*6 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2020 / Nov 202119* 1 less than the Winter average.23 3 more than the Spring average.16*  20* 2 more than the Fall average.20*1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2019 / Nov 202018 2 less than the Winter average.21* 1 more than the Spring average.---18*  19*1 more than the yearly average.
Dec 2018 / Nov 201920  19* 2 less than the Spring average.15* 1 less than the Summer average.18  18*1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2017 / Nov 201819 1 less than the Winter average.19* 1 less than the Spring average.16  18*  18*1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2016 / Nov 201719 1 less than the Winter average.20 1 less than the Spring average.16*  18*  18*1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2015 / Nov 201620  20 1 less than the Spring average.16  17 1 less than the Fall average.181 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2014 / Nov 2015---------17* 1 less than the Fall average.17*2 less than the yearly average.
Avg20 21 16 18 19
 
Average Wind Speed (mph)
DateWinterSpringSummerFallYear
Dec 2023 / Nov 2024---4*  ------4* 
Dec 2021 / Nov 20224*  4*  ------4* 
Dec 2020 / Nov 20214*  5  3*  4*  4* 
Dec 2019 / Nov 20204  4*  ---3*  4* 
Dec 2018 / Nov 20194  4*  2*  3  3* 
Dec 2017 / Nov 20184  4*  2  3*  3* 
Dec 2016 / Nov 20174  4  2*  3*  3* 
Dec 2015 / Nov 20164 1 more than the Winter average.4  3  3  
Dec 2014 / Nov 2015---------3*  3* 
Avg4 4 2 3 4
* 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.