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Average Wind Velocities
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Average wind velocities at selected locations within the continental United States.
| Location |
Ave. Velocity
mi/hr |
Prevailing Direction
|
| Albany, N.Y. |
9.0
|
S
|
| Albuquerque, N.M. |
8.8
|
SE
|
| Atlanta, Ga. |
9.8
|
NW
|
| Boise, Idaho |
9.6
|
SE
|
| Boston, Mass. |
11.8
|
SW
|
| Bismarck, N. Dak. |
10.8
|
NW
|
| Buffalo, N.Y. |
14.6
|
SW
|
| Burlington, Vt. |
10.1
|
S
|
| Chattanooga, Tenn. |
6.7
|
—
|
| Cheyenne, Wyo. |
11.5
|
W
|
| Chicago, Ill. |
10.7
|
SSW
|
| Cincinnati, Ohio |
7.5
|
SW
|
| Cleveland, Ohio |
12.7
|
S
|
| Denver, Colo. |
7.5
|
S
|
| Des Moines, Iowa |
10.1
|
NW
|
| Detroit, Mich. |
10.6
|
NW
|
| Duluth, Minn. |
12.4
|
NW
|
| El Paso, Tex. |
9.3
|
N
|
| Galveston, Tex. |
10.8
|
—
|
| Helena, Mont. |
7.9
|
W
|
| Kansas City, Mo. |
10.0
|
SSW
|
| Knoxville, Tenn. |
6.7
|
NE
|
| Louisville, Ky. |
8.7
|
S
|
| Memphis, Tenn. |
9.9
|
S
|
| Miami, Fla. |
12.6
|
—
|
| Minneapolis, Minn. |
11.2
|
SE
|
| Mt. Washington, N.H. |
36.9
|
W
|
| New Orleans, La. |
7.7
|
—
|
| New York, N.Y. |
14.6
|
NW
|
| Oklahoma City, Okla. |
14.6
|
SSE
|
| Omaha, Neb. |
9.5
|
SSE
|
| Pensacola, Fla. |
10.1
|
NE
|
| Philadelphia, Pa. |
10.1
|
NW
|
| Pittsburgh, Pa. |
10.4
|
WSW
|
| Portland, Maine |
8.4
|
N
|
| Portland, Ore. |
6.8
|
NW
|
| Rochester, N.Y. |
9.1
|
SW
|
| St. Louis, Mo. |
11.0
|
S
|
| Salt Lake City, Utah |
8.8
|
SE
|
| San Diego, Calif. |
6.4
|
WNW
|
| San Francisco, Calif. |
10.5
|
WNW
|
| Savannah, Ga. |
9.0
|
NNE
|
| Spokane, Wash. |
6.7
|
SSW
|
| Washington, D.C. |
7.1
|
NW
|
U.S. Weather Bureau records of the average wind velocity at selected stations. The period of record ranges from 6 to 84 years, ending 1954. No correction for height of station above ground.
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