Wind Climatology--Athens GA  (AHN)
 

Annual wind statistics from the International Station Meteorological Climate Summary CD-ROM, NCDC
 

Direction	1-3	4-6	7-10	11-16	17-21	22-27	28-33	34-40	41-47	48-55	>55	Percent of all speeds	Mean wind speed
N	.7	2.1	.6	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	4.8
NNE	.5	2.2	.9	.2	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	5.8
NE	.6	3.8	3.3	1.0	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	9.0	7.2
ENE	.5	3.6	3.7	1.2	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	7.3
E	.5	3.0	2.0	.5	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.8	6.2
ESE	.4	1.7	.9	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6.1
SE	.4	1.7	.8	.2	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6.3
SSE	.3	1.3	.7	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	6.3
S	.5	2.4	1.7	.6	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	6.5
SSW	.4	1.8	1.3	.5	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	4.2	7.1
SW	.6	2.9	2.0	.7	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	6.4	7.1
WSW	.6	3.5	2.6	.9	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	8.1	7.0
W	.8	3.2	3.1	1.7	.2	*	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	7.5
WNW	.6	3.6	3.3	2.1	.3	*	*	0	0	0	0	10.1	8.0
NW	.6	3.1	2.2	1.1	.2	*	*	0	0	0	0	7.5	7.7
NNW	.4	1.5	.7	.2	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	2.9	6.2
Calm												7.2
All	8.5	41.6	30.2	11.2	1.0	.1	*	0	0	0	0	100	6.5

 
 

Monthly wind statistics

From the NCDC web site based on 1930-1996 data.
 

Station		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Prevailing	direction	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW
Average	speed	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	7
Peak	Gust	55	54	83	60	52	58	78	56	55	47	59	45	83