Wind Climatology--Jacksonville, FL  WSO Airport (JAX)
 

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	1.0	2.6	2.1	.6	.1	*	0	*	0	0	0	5.7	6.5
NNE	.5	1.3	1.6	1.1	.2	*	*	0	*	0	0	4.8	8.5
NE	.6	1.6	2.1	2.1	.4	.1	*	*	0	0	0	7.1	9.6
ENE	.5	1.4	1.8	1.4	.2	*	*	*	0	0	0	5.4	8.6
E	.5	1.3	1.8	1.2	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	8.1
ESE	.4	1.2	2.0	1.3	.1	*	0	*	0	*	0	5.1	8.6
SE	.6	1.8	2.4	1.2	.1	*	*	0	*	*	0	6.3	8.0
SSE	.5	1.3	1.4	.5	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	3.8	7.2
S	.8	2.2	2.0	.7	.1	*	0	*	0	0	0	5.5	6.7
SSW	.6	1.7	1.5	.6	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	7.2
SW	.9	2.8	2.5	.9	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	7.4	7.2
WSW	.8	2.5	2.3	.9	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	6.8	7.2
W	1.0	2.4	2.0	.9	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	6.9
WNW	.9	1.9	1.6	1.0	.2	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.7	7.6
NW	1.1	2.4	2.0	.9	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	6.7	7.3
NNW	.7	2.0	1.7	.5	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	6.7
Calm												9.2
All	11.4	30.3	31.0	15.8	2.1	.2	*	*	*	*	0	100	6.9

 

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	NW	WSW	ESE	SE	WSW	SW	SW	ENE	NE	NE	NW	WSW
Average	speed	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Peak	Gust	55	62	66	67	56	58	69	61	55	47	46	45	69