Detailed Wind Data

Current
Measure	Value
Gust	6.9 mph
Max Gust Last Hour	12.5 mph
Speed	6.5 mph
10-min Speed	5.2 mph
30-min Speed	4.8 mph
1hr Speed	5.8 mph
24hr Speed	5.2 mph
Beaufort Speed	Gentle breeze (F3)
Direction	NNE
10-min Direction	ENE
30-min Direction	NE
1-hr Direction	NE
24-hr Direction	NNE
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Day Average Speed	4.9 mph
Week Average Speed	4.6 mph
Month Average Speed	4.5 mph (-0.7)
Year Average Speed	6.5 mph (+1.3)
31-day Speed	6.6 mph
365-day Speed	5.2 mph
Day Average Direction	NNE
Month Mean Direction	SW

Current Extremes
Measure	Today	Yesterday	Week	Month	Year
Max Gust	8.1 mph 00:00	19.2 mph 18:03	25.3 mph 6th Mar	28.6 mph 2nd	49.7 mph 14th Feb
Max Windspeed	5.6 mph 00:02	14.5 mph 16:12	17.6 mph 6th Mar	19.7 mph 2nd	35.5 mph 14th Feb
Max 10-min Speed	-	11.1 mph 16:20	13.9 mph 6th Mar	15.3 mph 2nd	26.6 mph 14th Feb
Calmest Day	-	-	2.3 mph 5th Mar	1.9 mph 1st	0.4 mph 20th Jan
Windiest Day	-	-	6.8 mph 7th Mar	7.7 mph 2nd	13.3 mph 15th Feb

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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	11th Mar
Max Gust	52.6 mph 24th Dec 2013	39.3 mph Day 12, 2013	38.9 mph 2013
Max Windspeed	35.5 mph 14th Feb 2014	27.3 mph Day 11, 2013	27.3 mph 2013
Max 10-min Speed	26.6 mph 14th Feb 2014	20.7 mph Day 11, 2013	20.7 mph 2013
Calmest Day	0.4 mph 20th Jan 2014	1.2 mph Day 29, 2011	2.2 mph 2012
Windiest Day	13.9 mph 11th Mar 2013	13.9 mph Day 11, 2013	13.9 mph 2013

March 2014 Windrose		2014 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