Wind Climatology--Macon  WSO Airport (MCN)
 

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	.3	1.9	1.7	.4	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	6.5
NNE	.3	2.0	2.2	.5	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	7.2
NE	.3	2.4	2.8	.7	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	7.5
ENE	.3	2.4	2.5	.7	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	7.2
E	.4	2.3	2.0	.5	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	6.4
ESE	.3	1.9	1.8	.5	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	6.9
SE	.4	2.0	1.8	.5	*	*	0	*	0	0	0	4.9	7.3
SSE	.3	1.7	1.7	.6	.1	*	0	*	0	0	0	4.4	7.6
S	.4	1.9	1.9	.9	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.0	7.6
SSW	.3	1.5	1.7	.9	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	4.6	8.2
SW	.3	1.6	1.8	.8	.1	*	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	8.1
WSW	.4	1.9	1.9	.7	.1	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.0	7.5
W	.6	2.6	2.1	.9	.1	*	0	*	0	0	0	6.0	6.9
WNW	.7	3.5	2.9	1.6	.2	*	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	7.6
NW	.5	2.7	2.9	1.8	.2	*	0	0	0	0	0	8.4	8.3
NNW	.3	1.8	2.2	.9	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	5.3	7.6
Calm												11.9
All	6.4	34.1	33.9	12.7	1.1	.2	*	*	0	0	0	100	6.6

 

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	WSW	ENE	ENE	ENE	WNW	WNW	WNW
Average	speed	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8
Peak	Gust	46	44	43	72	64	36	41	51	39	45	54	33	72

Extreme wind statistics

From Extreme Wind Speeds at 129 Stations in the Contiguous United States, National Bureau of Standards Building Series 118
 
 

Return Period	Predicted extreme wind at 10 meters
(in years)
2	44
10	56
50	66
100	70