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Detailed Wind Data

Current
Measure	Value
Gust	3.5 mph
Max Gust Last Hour	5.8 mph
Speed	1.8 mph
10-min Speed	2.1 mph
30-min Speed	1.6 mph
1hr Speed	1.8 mph
24hr Speed	3.9 mph
Beaufort Speed	Light air (F1)
Direction	SE
10-min Direction	E
30-min Direction	ESE
1-hr Direction	ESE
24-hr Direction	ENE
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Day Average Speed	3.0 mph
Week Average Speed	3.7 mph
Month Average Speed	4.0 mph (-0.0)
Year Average Speed	5.1 mph (+0.3)
31-day Speed	4.1 mph
365-day Speed	5.1 mph
Day Average Direction	ENE
Month Mean Direction	SW

Current Extremes
Measure	Today	Yesterday	Week	Month	Year
Max Gust	11.5 mph 00:24	21.9 mph 19:04	31.1 mph 5th Aug	31.1 mph 5th	43.8 mph 24th Mar
Max Windspeed	7.8 mph 00:23	14.4 mph 19:03	19.9 mph 5th Aug	19.9 mph 5th	27.8 mph 24th Mar
Max 10-min Speed	5.8 mph 00:30	10.5 mph 19:04	14.5 mph 5th Aug	14.5 mph 5th	19.3 mph 24th Mar
Calmest Day	-	-	2.2 mph 9th Aug	2.2 mph 7th	0.7 mph 8th Jul
Windiest Day	-	-	8.0 mph 5th Aug	8.0 mph 5th	12.7 mph 12th Mar

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	August	11th Aug
Max Gust	63.9 mph 18th Feb 2022	48.4 mph Day 10, 2019	30.0 mph 2019
Max Windspeed	44.1 mph 18th Feb 2022	28.6 mph Day 21, 2020	19.4 mph 2016
Max 10-min Speed	29.5 mph 18th Feb 2022	21.9 mph Day 20, 2016	14.8 mph 2016
Calmest Day	0.0 mph 15th Nov 2021	0.2 mph Day 31, 2020	0.8 mph 2015
Windiest Day	16.4 mph 9th Feb 2020	13.5 mph Day 20, 2016	8.1 mph 2019

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