Detailed Wind Data

Current
Measure	Value
Gust	8.1 mph
Max Gust Last Hour	13.8 mph
Speed	5.6 mph
10-min Speed	5.4 mph
30-min Speed	5.7 mph
1hr Speed	6.6 mph
24hr Speed	5.1 mph
Beaufort Speed	Gentle breeze (F3)
Direction	WNW
10-min Direction	W
30-min Direction	W
1-hr Direction	W
24-hr Direction	W
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Day Average Speed	5.1 mph
Week Average Speed	7.4 mph
Month Average Speed	7.4 mph (+2.2)
Year Average Speed	5.9 mph (+0.8)
31-day Speed	5.6 mph
365-day Speed	4.5 mph
Day Average Direction	W
Month Mean Direction	W

Current Extremes
Measure	Today	Yesterday	Week	Month	Year
Max Gust	19.7 mph 19:38	19.4 mph 16:48	35.1 mph 2nd Mar	35.1 mph 2nd	40.9 mph 15th Jan
Max Windspeed	12.3 mph 13:22	13.7 mph 11:34	21.5 mph 1st Mar	21.5 mph 1st	28.4 mph 9th Jan
Max 10-min Speed	8.8 mph 19:47	10.6 mph 14:32	18.1 mph 1st Mar	18.1 mph 1st	20.4 mph 9th Jan
Calmest Day	-	-	4.5 mph 28th Feb	5.1 mph Today	2.1 mph 19th Jan
Windiest Day	-	-	10.1 mph 2nd Mar	10.1 mph 1st	11.1 mph 9th Jan

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Note 1: Valid wind records began in August 2009.
Note 2: Figures in brackets refer to departure from average conditions.

A note on "Speed" vs. "Gust": "Speed" is the windspeed sampled over a one minute period, "Gust" is the windspeed sampled over a 14 second period.

Records
Measure	Overall	March	5th Mar
Max Gust	52.6 mph 24th Dec 2013	39.3 mph Day 12, 2013	30.1 mph 2012
Max Windspeed	35.5 mph 14th Feb 2014	27.3 mph Day 11, 2013	19.2 mph 2012
Max 10-min Speed	26.6 mph 14th Feb 2014	20.7 mph Day 11, 2013	12.9 mph 2012
Calmest Day	0.4 mph 20th Jan 2014	1.2 mph Day 29, 2011	2.6 mph 2013
Windiest Day	13.9 mph 11th Mar 2013	13.9 mph Day 11, 2013	10.0 mph 2012

March 2015 Windrose		2015 Windrose

NB: Daily wind speed maxima & averages for the current year (and all other years on record) can be viewed here

31-day wind speed graph