Historical Wind Speeds

These maps show the surface & low-level wind speeds, historically.
Mouse over the thumbnails to see the maps.

Takeaways: 1) Northern Virginia is an unusually low-wind region - perfect for our kind of flying. 2) 2019 was less windy than 2017.

2017

  • 2017 January 2017 January
    January
  • 2017 February 2017 February
    February
  • 2017 March 2017 March
    March
  • 2017 April 2017 APR
    April
  • 2017 May 2017 May
    May
  • 2017 June 2017 June
    June
  • 2017 July 2017 Jul
    July
  • 2017 August 2017 August
    August
  • 2017 September 2017 September
    September
  • 2017 October 2017 October
    October
  • 2017 November 2017 November
    November
  • 2017 December 2017 December
    December

2019

  • 2019 January 2019 January
    January
  • 2019 February 2019 February
    February
  • 2019 March 2019 March
    March
  • 2019 April 2019 APR
    April
  • 2019 May 2019 May
    May
  • 2019 June 2019 June
    June
  • 2019 July 2019 Jul
    July
  • 2019 August 2019 August
    August
  • 2019 September 2019 September
    September
  • 2019 October 2019 October
    October
  • 2019 November 2019 November
    November
  • 2019 December 2019 December
    December
2017 MPH scale

 

 

Notes:

  1. “Monthly Mean Sigma .995 Wind Speed” means the monthly average speed at the surface and close above it.
  2. Readings were taken every 6 hours and so include both day and nighttime readings.
  3. Anomalous readings - tornados, hurricanes, thunderstorms - were excluded.
  4. Source: NOAA.