Wind Climatology--Savannah  WSO Airport (SAV)
 


 

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 2.2 1.7 .5 * * 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 6.2
NNE .5 2.1 2.6 .9 * * * 0 0 0 0 6.2 7.4
NE .5 2.1 3.1 1.4 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 7.5 8.2
ENE .4 1.8 2.2 .9 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 5.4 7.8
E .4 1.6 1.9 .8 .1 * 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 7.3
ESE .3 1.4 1.7 .6 * * 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 7.6
SE .4 1.7 1.6 .5 * * 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 7.3
SSE .4 1.9 2.2 .8 * * 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 7.6
S .7 2.6 2.6 1.0 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 6.6 7.1
SSW .5 2.5 1.9 .5 * * 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 6.7
SW .7 3.1 2.4 .6 .1 * 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 7.0
WSW .7 2.7 2.6 .9 .1 * * * 0 0 0 7.2 7.4
W .8 2.5 2.5 1.5 .3 .1 * 0 0 0 0 7.1 8.0
WNW .5 1.8 2.1 1.6 .4 .1 * * 0 0 0 6.7 9.1
NW .6 1.5 1.5 .8 .1 * * 0 0 0 0 4.7 8.0
NNW .6 1.6 1.1 .4 * * 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 6.6
Calm 8.4
All 8.8 33.4 33.8 13.8 1.6 .2 * * 0 0 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 W W WNW WNW S S S S S S SW SW W
Average speed 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
Peak Gust 51 49 68 53 68 66 63 58 54 61 62 48 68