Wind Climatology--Columbus WSO Airport (CSG)
 

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	.8	2.6	2.1	.7	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	6.5
NNE	.6	1.5	.9	.2	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	3.4	6.2
NE	.9	2.8	1.8	.6	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	6.4	6.7
ENE	.8	3.7	3.5	1.2	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	7.4
E	.8	3.0	2.9	1.0	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	7.3	6.9
ESE	.4	1.7	1.2	.4	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	6.7
SE	.4	1.5	1.0	.3	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	3.4	7.0
SSE	.3	1.0	.8	.3	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	7.3
S	.6	2.1	1.9	.8	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.3	7.2
SSW	.3	1.4	1.5	.7	.1	*	*	*	0	0	0	4.1	8.0
SW	.5	1.9	1.6	.6	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	4.6	7.4
WSW	.4	1.9	1.6	.7	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	4.8	7.4
W	.5	2.2	1.7	.8	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.2	6.9
WNW	.4	2.0	1.7	1.1	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.5	7.9
NW	.7	2.5	2.3	1.3	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	7.3	8.0
NNW	.5	2.0	2.1	1.0	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.8	7.7
Calm												15.0
All	9.0	33.8	28.9	12.1	1.0	.1	*	*	0	0	0	100	6.1

 

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	ENE	ENE	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	S	S	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE
Average	speed	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Peak	Gust	53	37	44	40	46	62	39	40	38	52	40	33	62