Wind Summary (mph)

Data last updated 4/12/2024 08:04.

Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2024	58	44*	46	48	34	36	32	41	39	39	58	25*	58*
2023	44	44	58	46	40	33	50	45	66	33	37	39	66
2022	42	67	48	44	29	30	34	30*	32	59	44	41	67*
2021	40	46	53	39	50	29	29	34	33	45	41	38	53
2020	60	78	55	41	39	37	37	46	46	39	40	44	78
2019	45	58	60	53	58*	44	41	59	51	55	45	60	60*
2018	71	54	55	42	46*	42	46*	45	63	56	52	58	71*
2017	50	56	44*	44	37	46	44	53	46*	52	56	60	60*
2016	84*	42*	41	41	64	44	33	41	32	87	38	87*	87*
2015	34	30	41	30	50	69	52	74	58	63	87*	63	87*
Max	84	78	60	53	64	69	52	74	66	87	87	87	87

Average Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2024	29	27*	26	30	20	22	21	24	22	21	20	17*	24*
2023	26	23	28	26	23	24	25	30	27	18	20	24	24
2022	21	34	24	25	19	19	22	21*	21	24	25	21	23*
2021	22	26	26	23	26	19	20	21	18	24	21	23	22
2020	32	41	32	23	22	23	23	24	22	25	23	24	26
2019	28	28	37	29	27*	28	27	29	30	30	27	32	30*
2018	34	31	33	28	28*	27	27*	26	30	31	31	27	29*
2017	19	23	30*	28	22	27	27	26	26*	29	28	30	26*
2016	36*	22*	22	21	31	23	23	25	18	20	19	50*	25*
2015	17	15	23	20	25	35	36	32	27	28	43*	41	28*
Avg	26	27	28	25	24	25	25	26	24	25	25	29	26

Average Wind Speed (mph)
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2024	7	7*	7	8	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4*	6*
2023	7	5	7	6	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	7	5
2022	5	9	5	6	4	4	5	3*	3	5	6	5	5*
2021	6	7	7	6	6	4	4	5	3	5	4	6	5
2020	12	15	10	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	7
2019	10	10	13	10	7*	9	8	9	9	9	8	11	9*
2018	12	10	12	9	8*	7	7*	7	9	9	11	10	9*
2017	3	6	8*	7	4	9	8	7	7*	10	9	11	7*
2016	6*	5*	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3*	3*
2015	3	2	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4*	8	3*
Avg	7	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	6

* 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 - 107	56 – 63	28.5 – 32.6
12	Hurricane force	> 73	> 118	> 64	> 32.7

Script Developed by Murry Conarroe of Wildwood Weather.