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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 2025 / Nov 2026------23*---23*
Dec 2024 / Nov 202518*---------18*
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 2025 / Nov 2026------14* 3 more than the Summer average.---14* 
Dec 2024 / Nov 202512* 4 less than the Winter average.---------12*2 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 1 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 2025 / Nov 2026------1* 1 more than the Summer average.---1*1 less than the yearly average.
Dec 2024 / Nov 20251* 2 less than the Winter average.---------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.