Wind Climatology--Chattanooga WSO Airport (CHA)
 


 

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 1.4 2.6 2.8 1.1 .1 * 0 0 * 0 0 7.6 6.8
NNE 1.2 2.4 2.4 .9 * * 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 6.9
NE 1.2 2.3 1.7 .5 * * * 0 0 0 0 5.9 6.4
ENE .8 1.3 .6 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 5.2
E .7 .8 .2 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 4.1
ESE .5 .5 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4.5
SE .8 1.1 .4 .1 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 5.6
SSE .9 2.0 1.3 .5 * * * 0 0 0 0 4.9 6.5
S 2.0 4.2 3.8 1.6 .2 * * 0 0 0 0 11.3 6.8
SSW 1.2 2.7 2.3 .9 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 7.6 6.9
SW 1.5 1.8 1.4 .5 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 5.0 6.8
WSW .7 1.1 .9 .5 .1 * * * 0 0 0 3.4 7.1
W .8 .9 1.0 .5 .1 * * * 0 0 0 3.2 6.8
WNW .7 .9 1.1 .6 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 3.5 7.7
NW .9 1.2 1.3 .8 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 4.4 7.8
NNW .9 1.4 1.7 1.0 .1 * 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 7.8
Calm 22.7
All 15.9 27.4 23.1 9.8 1.0 .1 * * * 0 0 100 5.2

 

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 N N S S S S S S S N S S S
Average speed 7 7 8 7 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
Peak Gust 41 48 45 53 54 56 46 1 51 43 54 41 56