Detailed Wind Data

Current
Measure Value
Gust 5.8 mph
Max Gust Last Hour 16.1 mph
Speed 4.6 mph
10-min Speed 7.4 mph
30-min Speed 6.5 mph
1hr Speed 6.6 mph
24hr Speed 6.3 mph
Beaufort Speed Light breeze (F2)
Direction SSE
10-min Direction SE
30-min Direction SSE
1-hr Direction SE
24-hr Direction S
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Day Average Speed 5.8 mph
Week Average Speed 5.5 mph
Month Average Speed 5.2 mph (+0.0)
Year Average Speed 5.2 mph (+0.0)
31-day Speed 5.5 mph
365-day Speed 4.9 mph
Day Average Direction S
Month Mean Direction WSW
Current Extremes
MeasureTodayYesterdayWeekMonthYear
Max Gust 17.3 mph
04:25
23.0 mph
21:47
30.0 mph
20th Jan
33.4 mph
11th
33.4 mph
11th Jan
Max Windspeed 11.3 mph
05:57
16.7 mph
22:03
18.1 mph
20th Jan
20.7 mph
11th
20.7 mph
11th Jan
Max 10-min Speed 9.0 mph
05:04
10.7 mph
22:03
13.8 mph
20th Jan
13.9 mph
9th
13.9 mph
9th Jan
Calmest Day - - 2.9 mph
18th Jan
2.9 mph
14th
2.9 mph
14th Jan
Windiest Day - - 8.0 mph
20th Jan
9.2 mph
9th
9.2 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
MeasureOverallJanuary23rd Jan
Max Gust 63.9 mph
18th Feb 2022
54.1 mph
Day 2, 2024
38.0 mph
2024
Max Windspeed 44.1 mph
18th Feb 2022
32.8 mph
Day 2, 2024
29.6 mph
2024
Max 10-min Speed 29.5 mph
18th Feb 2022
25.0 mph
Day 21, 2024
18.5 mph
2024
Calmest Day 0.0 mph
15th Nov 2021
0.1 mph
Day 14, 2022
0.2 mph
2017
Windiest Day 16.4 mph
9th Feb 2020
13.7 mph
Day 20, 2021
9.6 mph
2024

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


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