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In the table below are the historical average mean monthly wind speeds for each site.  A brief decription of each site with plots of the monthly average windspeeds for the site's period of record are accessible from the links. 

Historical Average Mean Monthly Wind Speeds (mph)

SITE ID 

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep 

Oct 

Nov 

Dec 

Ann 

BD 

20.0 

17.1 

15.0 

14.0 

12.9 

12.9 

11.3 

11.2 

12.8 

16.3 

18.5 

21.2 

15.3 

CB 

21.3 

22.3 

19.8 

18.0

17.4 

17.8 

19.7 

17.1 

17.0 

17.6 

19.7 

20.6 

19.0 

GL 

10.0 

9.6 

10.4 

12.2 

12.7 

13.1 

12.6 

12.1 

10.7 

10.0 

10.1 

8.9 

11.1 

GU 

13.0 

12.4 

13.7 

16.2 

16.8 

17.1 

16.4 

15.5 

13.7 

13.1 

13.1 

11.6 

14.4 

KZ 

20.7 

19.0 

18.5 

17.8 

17.6 

17.7 

15.8 

15.4 

14.7 

16.9 

20.0 

19.0 

17.6 

SL 

10.5 

9.8 

12.9 

15.6 

19.1 

19.9 

21.0 

19.6 

15.4 

12.5 

9.8 

10.0 

14.8 

SM 

10.6 

10.1 

13.1 

16.6 

19.2 

21.4

22.4 

20.8 

17.0 

14.0 

10.7 

10.6 

15.7 

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Last updated: December 27,2002